The myth of the Sampo— an infinite source of fortune and greed - Hanna-Ilona Härmävaara
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Hanna-Ilona Härmävaara |
TED-Ed
• September 2019
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After a skirmish at sea and long days of being battered by waves, Väinämöinen— a powerful bard as old as the world itself— washed up on the shores of distant Pohjola. A cunning witch nursed him back to health but demanded a reward for returning him home. Not content with mere gold or silver, the witch wanted what did not yet exist. Hanna-Ilona Härmävaara digs into the Finnish myth of the Sampo.
Lesson by Hanna-Ilona Härmävaara, directed by WOW-HOW Studio.