02280cam a22002893u 450000100060000000300070000600500170001300600020003000700050003200800410003704000110007804100170008905000070010610000280011324500190014126400510016030000470021133600260025833700260028433800360031050000310034650800190037752014680039653400490186465300340191385600430194778353UtSlPG20260610134821.0mcr n260607r20261905utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d aUtSlPG 7afi2iso639-1 4aPH1 aLeino, Eino,d1878-192610aNaamioita I-II 1aSalt Lake City, UT :bProject Gutenberg,c2026 a1 online resource :bmultiple file formats atextbtxt2rdacontent acomputerbc2rdamedia aonline resourcebcr2rdacarrier aRelease date is 2026-04-03 aTapio Riikonen a"Naamioita I-II" by Eino Leino is a collection of verse dramas and playlets written in the early 20th century. The work blends Finnish myth and lyrical allegory to explore love, temptation, power, and conscience, following figures such as Väinämöinen and Aino, and the wanderer Äidin Kuopus with his devoted Kultahelkka as they face fateful choices. The opening of the collection presents two dramatic pieces. First, in Väinämöisen kosinta, Aino laments being promised to the aging singer-hero; forest maidens tease and advise her, Väinämöinen courts her with flattery and force, a storm breaks, and Aino flees while he is left in disillusion. Then Hiiden miekka unfolds: a mother’s ominous song frames Kuopus’s guilt over a broken golden heart, which Kultahelkka replaces with her own; the moonlit queen Sukkamieli lures him to a dream-palace, where comfort turns to emptiness and he wakes alone in a harsh forest. Guided by Lyhty-Ukko, he barters his golden heart to the Hiiden lord for an enchanted sword “none born of woman” can resist and at once bloodies it; later, at court, his mother and Kultahelkka confront him as he weds a princess, but he denies them and rejects his heart amid thunder and disgrace. The excerpt closes years on, with Kultahelkka aged and faithful, when a weary old wanderer—hinted to be Kuopus—staggers to her door before insisting he must still move on. (This is an automatically generated summary.) pOriginally published:cHelsinki: Otava, 1905 aFinnish drama -- 20th century40uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/78353