Then Lemminkäinen's mother
took them into her mouth
she tested them with her tongue
tasted them to her liking:
"These are some of those ointments
the Almighty's remedies
with which God has anointed
the Lord poured on injuries."
Then she anointed the weary one
tended the ill-befallen
anointed through the gaps in bone
and through the cracks in limbs
anointed below and above
slapped the middle once.
Then she put this into words
she declared and chattered.
"Rise up out of sleep
get up out of dream
from these evil places
from the bed of hard luck!"
Kalevela (Resurrection)
Lemminkäinen's mother heals her son.
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