Kalevala | Louhi
Louhi is the Mistress of Pohjola ("Sariola"), the dark and cold land three days' journey north of Kalevala. Her tribe is apparently matriarchal, for though Louhi has a husband (killed by Lemminkainen in Poem 27), she is clearly the leader of her people. She is a powerful sorceress, but her magic is not as strong as Vamamdinen's. At first, relations between her people and Vainamdinen's are fairly peaceful, and her daughter marries Ilmarinen in Poems 20-25. After the theft of the Sampo, though, Louhi becomes Kalevala's nemesis, sending plagues, beasts, and darkness in an...
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