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Joukahainen was drowning in a swamp.

Joukahainen promised to give his sister to Vainamoinen, if he saved him from the swamp.

Vainamoinen agreed and went to marry Joukahainen’s sister, but on the way he got into trouble.

Kokko the big bird saved Vainamoinen and took him to the mistress of the north, who was called Louhi.

Vainamoinen asked Louhi to give him a boat, so that he could get back home, to Kalevala. Louhi agreed ... but only if Vainamoinen made a Sampo for her. AND ... she would also give her daughter to Vainamoinen.

The Sampo gives salt, flour and money to its owner. The owner of Sampo does not have to work ever again (which is why Louhi wanted the Sampo).

Vainamoinen could not make the Sampo but he told her that he had a friend who could.

Vainamoinen asked his friend the blacksmith Seppo Ilmarinen to make the Sampo on his forge.

But Seppo Ilmarinen didn’t want to. Vainamoinen fooled Ilmarinen into climbing to the top of a tree to reach to the moon.

Suddenly Vainamoinen made a magic wind, which blew Seppo Ilmarinen straight to Louhi’s feet.

When the Sampo was forged, Seppo Ilmarinen asked Louhi’s daughter to marry him, but the girl said,

"I’m not going to marry you. Who would then make the birds sing? Who would make the cuckoo cuckoo?"

So Seppo Ilmarinen had to go back with empty hands and Sampo was left in the north with Louhi.

Louhi didn’t want to give Sampo back.

One day Kalevala’s men, with Vainamoinen's help, decided to steal the Sampo.

With the spells of Vainamoinen they stole the Sampo.

But the crime was discovered ...

and Louhi went after Kalevala’s men.

In the middle of the sea Louhi reached Kalevala’s men with the help of Kokko the big bird and her troops.

A battle began. The Sampo was smashed to splinters, and the splinters went to the bottom of the sea.