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#Kalevala Day at the dark moon 
We're thinking of this painting of creatrix #Luonnatar
Canto I. – Birth of Väinämöinen
Ilmatar, the daughter of the air, descends to the sea and is fertilised; she becomes the Water-mother. She gestates for centuries to no avail and laments her lot.
Time passes, and Sotka, a goldeneye floats over the water seeking a place to rest and make her nest. It sees the knee of the Water-mother rising above the waves and, confusing it for a grassy hill, decides to make its nest there. On the third day the Water-mother feels her knee is too hot and fears it is burning. She twitches her leg and the eggs fall into the water, crashing into fragments.
The fragments of the eggs grow into the earth and heavens and sun and moon and stars and the final pieces into the clouds.
Her son #Vainamoinen simply had no chance with #Pohjola's daughter who said NO by setting him truly impossible tasks while seated above on a 
As a result Vainamoinen cut himself deeply with an axe and bled for days (err...this is male #menstruation)
See our thread here on Vainamoinen and the Rainbow girl
https://c.im/@RadicalAnthro/109941743236976699
'against the advice of Louhi he looks up and sees an enormous rainbow with a beauteous maiden at the end of it. He invites her to come to his sledge and be his wife. She acts coy and tells him she will come with him if he succeeds in numerous challenges the final and greatest being the creation and launching of a boat without touching or interfering with it. He works hard on the creation of the boat, for three days, on the third day Hiisi makes Väinämöinen's axe head turn to his knee, cleaving a mighty wound into it.'
Who did the paintings ? They remind me of Ciurlionis, his zodiacal cycle.
@milubo Joseph Alanen painted these two. There is a wealth of art inspired by Kalevala, most famously Gallen-Kallela of course. And very very pagan Finno-Ugric.
And music Sibelius among many others.
His 'Luonnatar' is stunning, one of his greatest ever pieces.
#KalevalaDay
