“Quick the wicked hostess, Louhi, Sends the black-frost of the heavens To the waters of Pohyola, O’er the far-extending sea-plains, Gave the black-frost these directions: “Much-loved Frost, my son and hero, Whom thy mother has instructed, Hasten whither I may send thee, Go wherever I command thee, Freeze the vessel of this hero, Lemminkainen’s bark of magic, On the broad back of the ocean, On the far-extending waters; Freeze the wizard…”

— The Kalevala, Rune XXX · served from our shelf