Kalevala, Rune XLI: riassunto

Cosa succede

1. Wainamoinen washes his hands, settles on a bright summit, tunes his harp, and invites the Northland people to listen.
2. Forest animals, woodland inhabitants, birds, and sky maidens gather or stop their work to hear his music.
3. Fish and water beings listen, Ahto praises the playing, and the water hostess falls asleep.
4. Wainamoinen plays for three days, moves his human listeners to tears, and sheds tears that flow into the water.
5. The assembled people cannot retrieve his tears, and a raven also fails despite the promised reward of beautiful feathers.
6. A duck retrieves the tears as shining jewels, explaining the origin of sea pearls and its beautiful plumage.

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Cosa notare

The closing statement makes the recovered tears an explanation for two natural features: pearls and the duck’s feathers.

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