Ilmarinen

Ilmarinen is an important person in Finnish mythology. He is a very good smith who made the sky. He also made the Sampo, a magical machine that makes salt, gold and food. He tried to create a new moon and a sun, but failed. Ilmarinen married one of Louhi´s daughters.

Ilmarinen Media

Walter Runeberg - Ilmarinen Forging the Moon.jpg

"Ilmarinen Forging the Moon" by Walter Runeberg (1866).
Gallen Kallela The Forging of the Sampo.jpg

The Forging of the Sampo by Akseli Gallen-Kallela, 1893

Related pages

Ilmari, a given name

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