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Iso, suuri, musta mato

SKVR X1 2866·Pori·1889·Collector: Vesterlund, J. E.

In the SKVR edition: Pori. Vesterlund. n. 32. -89. Kalle Grönvall, 20 v.

Song type: Käärmeen pidätys ja lumous

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SKVR textEnglish
Käärmeen sanoja.
1Iso, suuri, musta mato,Big, great, black serpent,
2Anna lanka kera,Give (me) the thread with it,
3Aatami panee Eevan suuhun suittimet.Adam places the igniters into Eve’s mouth.

English translations by DeepSeek R1, provided by Lidia Pivovarova (University of Helsinki). AI-generated translations may contain inaccuracies.

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Text: SKVR (Suomen Kansan Vanhat Runot), the digital edition of the Finnish Literature Society (SKS), licensed under CC BY 4.0.

Permanent address of this poem at SKS: http://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:sks-kvr-056914 · Read at SKS ↗

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