Pohjola
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Pohjola (also Pohja) is a place in Finnish mythology and translates as the North Country. Pohjola is one of the main places in the Finnish national epic Kalevala and is said to represent the land of the Sámi, or Lapland. However, some say that Pohjola is a fictional place that is the source of evil.
In the Kalevala, Louhi is the mistress of Pohjola.
Questions and Answers
Q: What is Pohjola?
A: Pohjola is an evil country in Finnish and Karelian ancient stories. It is located in the north and it is a very cold place.
Q: Who rules Pohjola?
A: Louhi, an evil witch woman, rules Pohjola.
Q: Is Pohjola a real place?
A: We think that Pohjola does not really exist, but long ago when people thought about it they thought about Lapland and a region of Pohjanmaa.
Q: What are the daughters of Louhi like?
A: The daughters of Louhi were very beautiful. They were so white and bright that they were actually transparent; you could see flesh through their skin, bones through their flesh, and bone marrow through their bones. Daughters of Pohjola were sitting on the sky weaving gold and silver threads.
Q: What did Ilmarinen have to do to win one of Louhi's daughters as his wife?
A: Ilmarinen had to make Sampo, a machine that would do money, crop and salt in order to win one of Louhi's daughters as his wife.
Q: Did Ilmarinen succeed in winning one of Louhi's daughters as his wife?
A: No, even though he succeeded in making Sampo, Louhi still did not let her daughter marry him.
Q: How did pieces of Sampo end up on the shores of Finland?
A:Ilmarinen and other heroes then stole Sampo from Louhi which led to a big battle where Sampo was destroyed. Some pieces of Sampo drifted on sea and they came to shores of Finland which made wealth for Finnish people
