But there is another thing to be said in a general was about this magic.

The magic of "Kalevala" is not like anything else known by that name in European literature.

The magic of "Kalevala" is entirely the magic of words.

These ancient people believed in the existence of words, by the utterance of which anything might be accomplished.

Instead of buying wood and hiring carpenters, you might build a house by uttering certain magical words.