Väinämöinen
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Väinämöinen is an important person in Finnish mythology. He was a wise man and he knew magic. He was a hero and had many adventures.
Väinämöinen was also a god. As such, he was worshipped.
Magic of Väinämöinen was in his songs. When he sings hills shake and water moves. He sings his enemy, Joukahainen, to sink in swamp.
Väinämöinen was bornt before Earth. He was floating in sea. Then bird came and made its nest on his knee. Then bird made eggs in the nest. Big wave destroyed the eggs. However the sky, the earth and everything else was made from pieces of those eggs.
