“Then a man
arose from ocean,
From the
waves a hero started;
Not the
hugest of the hugest,
Nor the
smallest of the smallest;
As a man´s
thumb was his stature,
Lofty as
the span of a woman.
Decked his
head a helm of copper,
On his feet
were boots of copper,
On his
hands were copper gauntlets,
Gloves
adorned his copper tracings;
Round his
waist his belt was copper;
In his belt
his axe was copper;
And the
haft thereof was thumb-long,
And the
blade thereof was nail-long.”
Except from
Kalevala, the Land of Heroes, book 1
Väinämöinen´s
sowing, 2nd poem of Kalevala
Read book,
2008, ISBN 1408670526
Translation
by W.F. Kirby
The very
first entry to Kalevala painting challenge is this tiny man from the sea by TL.
I´m yet to receive the model but was mailed the first two pictures of him. Not
sure what the model is but by the looks of it I think it is 15mm dwarf. Have to
confirm the manufacturer and other facts at some stage. Better pictures will be made available when I get the figurine.
Väinämöinen´s
sowing is a part of the world creation story in Finnish national epic Kalevala.
In this poem Väinämöinen who is a powerfull shaman summons Sampsa Pellervoinen
the architect of the forests to sow the land with trees. He sows many trees and
in time they grow and flourish; however, the oak will not grow.
The water
giant Iku-Turso then rises and burns a haystack and in the ashes he plants an
acorn and it begins to grow. It grows taller than any other tree in the land,
growing up to heaven and blocking out the sun and moon. Väinämöinen calls the
Water-mother to send him someone who can fell the great tree. Presently a man
appears from the water, clad in copper from head to toe, a man no taller than a
man's thumb.
Väinämöinen
mocks the man, but the man grows so large his head in among the clouds. He
swings his great copper axe and the great oak is felled on the third stroke.
(Wikipedia)
A size comparison between the tiny man and a 28mm dwarf.
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