““Then the eagle, looking round him, Flew a third time, sailing, soaring, Flew then to the virgins’ castle, Knocked again with beak of copper, On the virgins’ roof of linen, Easy for him there to enter; Flew upon the castle-chimney, Quick descending to the chamber, Pulled the clapboards from the studding, Tore the linen from the rafters, Perched upon the chamber-window, Near the walls of many colors, On the cross-bars gaily-feathered,…”

— The Kalevala, Rune XIX · served from our shelf