02154cam a22002893u 450000100060000000300070000600500170001300600020003000700050003200800410003704000110007804100170008905000070010610000280011324500290014126400510017030000470022133600260026833700260029433800360032050000310035650800190038752013100040653400700171665300350178685600430182178564UtSlPG20260610134825.0mcr n260607r20261920utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d  aUtSlPG 7afi2iso639-1 4aPH1 aLeino, Eino,d1878-192610aKodin kukka ja uhrikuusi 1aSalt Lake City, UT :bProject Gutenberg,c2026  a1 online resource :bmultiple file formats  atextbtxt2rdacontent  acomputerbc2rdamedia  aonline resourcebcr2rdacarrier  aRelease date is 2026-04-28  aTapio Riikonen  aKodin kukka ja uhrikuusi by Eino Leino is a narrative poem (poetic tale) written in the early 20th century. Set in the forests and lakes of Kainuu, it weaves nature mysticism with village life to tell of a maiden torn between human love and a supernatural calling. The likely topic is the conflict between earthly devotion and a fatal, sacred attraction to the forest’s frost spirit embodied in a sacrificial spruce.

The poem follows a village’s “house flower,” a pure and lively girl, and the neighboring boy who grows up with her and loves her. Moonlit rows, summer bonfires, and tar-kiln nights frame her deepening pull toward the Hallan haltia, the frost spirit who calls from the uhrikuusi on Vuokatti. Despite her mother’s warnings and the suitor’s heartfelt vision of a shared farm life, the maiden answers the spirit’s summons. After a ruinous frost night, she climbs Vuokatti, sings farewell to parents and suitor, and meets the spirit at the sacrificial spruce. In their embrace her life is drained; she sinks into the lake as a water lily, while the spirit is renewed and the land grows fertile. The people prosper, the spirit still yearns for the lily on moonlit nights, and the human narrator remains behind with sorrow—and song. (This is an automatically generated summary.)  pOriginally published:cHelsinki: Kustannusosakeyhtiö Ahjo, 1920  aFinnish poetry -- 20th century40uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/78564