In a thicket of bird-cherry trees, in a dense forest of willows,
Underneath a stone, opposite a bramble-covered heap of stones.
v.opposite a brushwood-covered hill.
A birth took place in consequence, a lizard appeared,
"A court-yard's sweepings", "trash of fields",
"Ground's sweepings", "sweepings of Manala" [v.. dry land],
That dwells under fences, rustles among twig heaps.
There is a short story about lizards in Finland in the F.-L. Journ., v, p. 163. In another section of the Loitsurunoja (Magic Songs), in a charm for curing the bite of a lizard, this creature is called "Hiisi's eye", the son of Kähhönen, the son of Aijö; it is said to have been cast from copper, produced from copper ore, to be a preparation of a horse-hair bearded individual, to be the hatching of a grey- beard.
xiv.—The Origin of the Snail.
The daughter of Pain and Tuoni's[1] son
Slept on a ground-fast stone, were both together on a rock
When worms[2] were being engendered, when snails were being desired.
The girl became pregnant—carried a heavy womb.
At last her belly lightened.
Therewith 'worms' appeared, snails were brought forth.
xv.—The Origin of the Raven.
(a.)
Surely I know the raven's origin, I guess the "devourer's" birth,
Whence the black bird was gotten, how the raven was reared.
The scoundrelly raven, Lempo's bird, the most disgusting bird of air,
Was born upon a charcoal hill—reared upon a coaly heath,
Gathered from burning brands, bred from charcoal sticks,
Its head was made of potsherds, its breastbone from Lempo's spinning-wheel,
