In Finnish mythology, the Sampo or Sammas is a magical device or object described in many different ways, constructed by the blacksmith, inventor and originally the sky god Ilmarinen, and which brings
The Theft of the Sampo, Akseli Gallen-Kallela, 1897
Ilmarinen Forges the Sampo, Berndt Godenhjelm, 19th century
The Forging of the Sampo, Väinö Blomstedt [fi], 1897
The Forging of the Sampo, Akseli Gallen-Kallela, 1893
Finnish mythology commonly refers to the folklore of Finnish paganism, of which a modern revival is practiced by a small percentage of the Finnish people. It has many shared features with Estonian and
Sampo
…In Finnish mythology, the Sampo (pronounced ) or Sammas (pronounced ) is a magical device or object described in many different ways, constructed by the blacksmith, inventor…
Painting by Robert Ekman in 1867 called Lemminkäinen tulisella järvellä ("Lemminkäinen on the Fiery Lake") where Lemminkäinen asks help from Ukko, the God of Thunder, with crossing the lake in fire on his route to the wedding at Pohjola.
Structure of the world, according to Finnish mythology.