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Louhi

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[loh-hi] / ˈloʊ hɪ /

noun

Finnish Legend.
  1. a sorceress, the mistress of Pohjola and an enemy of the Finns, eventually defeated by Väinämöinen.


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Then Louhi asked him: 'What reward wilt thou give me, if I carry thee back to thy beloved home, to the plains of Kalevala?'

From Finnish Legends for English Children by Eivind, R.

Louhi bade Ilmarinen welcome when he came into the guest-hall, and calling up her servant-maidens, she gazed at her daughter's suitor.

From Finnish Legends for English Children by Eivind, R.

Louhi, Pohjola's old Mistress, Fell into the greatest fury, But she felt her strength was failing, And her power had all departed, So she prayed to the Cloud-Maiden.

From Kalevala, The Land of the Heroes, Volume Two by Lönnrot, Elias

Louhi has the wondrous Sampo, but I have lost the beauteous maiden.'

From Finnish Legends for English Children by Eivind, R.

So Louhi sent first for a pike and a salmon to sing its praises, but they could not do it.

From Finnish Legends for English Children by Eivind, R.

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