Metsän jumala / Forest goddess / 森林女神
Metsän jumala / Forest goddess / 森林女神
Metsän jumala / Forest goddess
森林女神
ink on rice paper, 114x160cm
纸本水墨, 2022
Lemminkäinen forced Kyllikki marry to him. Kyllikki was not satisfied with his belligerence. They swore an oath that Lemminkäinen would not go to war, and that Kyllikki would not go to dances in the country. Kyllikki forgot her oath and went to the village. Lemminkäinen was furious, and decided to abandon her at once. He proposed to the girl in Pohjola. He asked Louhi, the mistress of Pohjola, to marry her daughter to him。She asked him to wear snowshoes to hunt the great elk of Hiisi. Lemminkäinen failed to hunt elk, so he prayed to the forest god for help. The merciful and mysterious forest heroine Mielikki is the housewife of the Tapio family. She was dressed in sassy gold clothes, splendid silver clothes, gold bracelets and gold rings, ancient gold coins in her hair, gold earrings on her ears, and a bead necklace around her neck. She rules the treasury of the forest.
勒明盖宁使用武力把吉利基强行带回家结婚。吉利基不满意他的好战。他们立下誓言勒明盖宁不去打仗，吉利基不去参加乡间的跳舞。吉利基忘了誓约到村里去了。勒明盖宁于是大怒，决意立刻将她离弃，向波赫亚的姑娘去求婚。他要求波赫亚的女主娄希将女儿嫁给他，她就要他先穿着雪鞋去猎希息的大麋鹿。勒明盖宁猎鹿失败，于是他祈祷森林之神帮助。慈悲神秘的森林女主米莫尔基，是达彪家的主妇。她穿着飒飒的金衣，披着辉煌的银服，戴着金手镯金戒指，发上佩着古金币，耳朵上挂着金耳环，项颈上围着珠项链。她支配着森林的宝库。
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