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The Book of the Epic

BOOK I
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When the son of Evil attempts to cut this bread, he breaks his knife, for the housewife has baked a flint-stone in it.

In his anger the shepherd conjures up wolves and bears, which devour the cattle, and which he drives home in their stead after dark.

When the Rainbow Maiden therefore unsuspectingly tries to milk them, she is instantly devoured by these wild beasts.
_Runes XXXIV and XXXV._ Having thus effected his revenge, the Spirit of Evil hurries away to his tribe-folk, who bid him perform sundry tasks, in the course of which he crowns his evil deeds by assaulting a sister who was lost in infancy, and whom he therefore fails to recognize.

On discovering the identity of her ravisher, the unhappy girl throws herself into the river, where she perishes.
_Rune XXXVI._ Forbidden by his mother to commit suicide in punishment for his crime, Kullerwoinen decides to seek death on the field of battle.

Although the various members of his family see him depart without regret, his mother assures him nothing can destroy her love for her son.
"Canst not fathom love maternal, Canst not smother her affection; Bitterly I'll mourn thy downfall, I would weep if thou shouldst perish, Shouldst thou leave my race forever; I would weep in court or cabin, Sprinkle all these fields with tear-drops, Weep great rivers to the ocean, Weep to melt the snows of Northland, Make the hillocks green with weeping, Weep at morning, weep at evening, Weep three years in bitter sorrow O'er the death of Kullerwoinen!" Kullerwoinen, armed with a magic sword, does great slaughter among his foes, and returns home only to find all his kin have perished.


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