Pohjolan paha emäntä

SKVR VII4 loitsut 3165·Kuusjärvi·1913·Collector: Manninen, Ilmari

In the SKVR edition: Kuusjärvi. Manninen, I, n. 69. -13. Matti Hentiläinen, n. 79 v.

Song types: Ähky, Ähkyn synty

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Ähkyn synty.

1Pohjolan paha emäntäThe evil mistress of Pohjola

2selin tuulehen makasi,Lay with her back to the wind,

3p-ein pahahan säähän.Facing the wicked weather.

4Teki tuuli tiineheksi,The wind made her pregnant,

5ahava kohulliseksi.

6Teki poikoa yheksän,She bore nine sons,

7tyttölapsen kymmenennen.A girl-child as the tenth.

8Jeesus kulki tietä myöten,Jesus walked the road along,

9pyhä Pietari perästä.Holy Peter followed behind.

10Pyysi noita ristimähän,Asked the witch to be baptized,

11ristimähän, kastamahan.To baptize, to christen.

12Pyhä Pietari saneli:Holy Peter proclaimed:

13"Risti itse riivattusi,"Baptize your own accursed,

14kasta itse kannettusi!"Christen your own burden!"

15Istuvi vesikivelle,He sat on the water-stone,

16yhen niemen ympärille,Around one headland's edge,

17yhen saunan saapuville;Near a sauna's threshold;

18risti itse riivattunsa,Baptized his own accursed,

19kastoi itse kannettunsa:Christened his own burden:

20minkä pisti pistokseksi,Some he stuck as stakes,

21minkä löi luuvaloksi,Some he struck as bone-lights,

22minkä maatumattomaksi,Some made unrotting,

23minkä ammuksiks' asetti.Some set as ammunition.

English translations by DeepSeek R1, provided by Lidia Pivovarova (University of Helsinki). AI-generated translations may contain inaccuracies. Lines without English have no translation, or one that cannot be matched to the line with certainty.

The text is that of the SKVR digital edition of the Finnish Literature Society (SKS), with these changes:

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Permanent address of this poem at SKS: http://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:sks-kvr-038614 · Read at SKS ↗

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