Reading Notes Part B - Kalevala (European Unit)

                                                                                Kalevala

Author: Elias Lonnrot

Part B: Joukahainen's Revenge

  • Then the youth Joukahainen paused then was ready and one shoot and one restrained him
  • He shouted "I will shoot my arrows heedless"
  • Then he spanned his crossbow and took an arrow from his quiver
  • He took the strongest of his arrows
  • He was then ready to shoot at V
  • He spoke the words that follow "Do thou strike Birchwood arrow.. strike thou in the back.."
  • Quickly after he shot the first among his arrow high above his head it went.
  • He shot in reckless fashion his second arrow and it was far too low
  • Then he shot again a third time and in the blue elks spleen was buried
  • V plunged his fingers in the water grasping at the billows
  • J then uttered words of his triumph
  • He returned home and his mother asked have you shot V ? Slaughtered Kavelas famous offspring
  • J followed with "I have shot V... sent him swimming in the water out onto the foaming billows..."
  • His mother made him answer "Very evil has thou acted, this to shoot at V and overthrow K, of Suvantlona the hero, Kalevalas most famous hero"
Joukahainen's Revenge

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