the bird and the golden eggs
RUNE I. BIRTH OF WAINAMOINEN (From the first poem of Kalevala) ……. Excerpt of the creation myth: Scarce a moment onward passes, Ere a beauteous bird descending, Hastens toward the water-mother, Comes a-flying hither, thither, Seeks herself a place for nesting. Flies she eastward, flies she westward, Circles northward, circles…