Kalevala, Rune V: riassunto

Cosa succede

1. Wainamoinen mourns Aino and asks Untamo where the water maidens live.
2. Following Untamo's directions, he rows to an island and fishes until he catches an unusual fish.
3. The fish escapes his knife, identifies herself as Aino, and says she comes to become his wife.
4. Aino refuses his plea to return and dives into the water maidens' home.
5. Wainamoinen searches widely without finding her, condemns his lost judgment, and returns home in sorrow.
6. His mother wakes in her grave and advises him to seek a companion among the daughters of Suomi.

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Cosa notare

Wainamoinen identifies his failure to recognize Aino as the cause of his lost chance. His lament turns from mourning her absence to blaming his own judgment.

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