Sent abroad thine invitations,
Nine the villages invited
Thou hast asked the poor and lowly,
Asked the blind, and deaf, and crippled,
Toilers by the day, and hirelings;
Asked the maids with braided tresses,
How could such a slight be given,
Others sent thee grain in cupfuls,
While I sent thee fullest measure,
Of the richest of my harvest,
Even now young Lemminkainen,
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Nothing cooking in thy kettles,
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Ilpotar, the ancient hostess,
"Come, my pretty maiden-waiter,
Lay some salmon to the broiling,
Small of stature was the maiden,
Rinser of the dinner-ladles,
And she laid some food in kettles,
Turnip-stalks and withered cabbage,
Then she brought some beer in pitchers,
That the stranger, Lemminkainen,
Thus to still his thirst and hunger.
"Thou art sure a mighty hero,
Here to empty all our vessels!"
Closely handled all the pitchers,
There beheld he writhing serpents,
On the borders worms and lizards.
Filled with anger, spake as follows:
Get ye hence to Tuonela,
With the maid that brought ye hither,
Ere the day-star seeks the ocean!
Thou hast met with great dishonor,
But I'll drink thee, notwithstanding,
Then the hero to his pockets
Searching in his pouch of leather;
Drops it to the pitcher's bottom,
On his fish-book hang the serpents,
Catches frogs in magic numbers,
Casts them to the floor before him,
And decapitates the serpents.
When the wizard speaks as follows:
Since no beer to me is given
Neither has a ram been butchered,
Worthy food for Lemminkainen."
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