“Lemminkainen’s mother does not Cast the dead upon the waters, On the streams of Tuonela; She again with hope and courage, Rakes the river lengthwise, crosswise, Through the Manala pools and caverns, Rakes up half the head, a fore-arm, Finds a hand and half the back-bone, Many other smaller portions; Shapes her son from all the fragments, Shapes anew her Lemminkainen, Flesh to flesh with skill she places, Gives the bones their proper…”

— The Kalevala, Rune XV · served from our shelf