. Bird gods. Animal worship; Birds -- Folklore. Bird Gods in Ancient Europe of the various gods in writing for the benefit of Europe in after ages. It is a characteristic of folk-tales and ballads by the people's bards to ring the changes on some few notes, to revamp the same plot, re- tell with superficial variations the same story. In the Finnish legends the doings of Vaino, the old and the sage, of Ilma- rinen, the inventive and firm- spirited, of Lemminkainen and Youkahainen, the young and flighty, often overlap, so that it is plain they are but variations on one origi- nal godhead. Vaino
. Bird gods. Animal worship; Birds -- Folklore. Bird Gods in Ancient Europe of the various gods in writing for the benefit of Europe in after ages. It is a characteristic of folk-tales and ballads by the people's bards to ring the changes on some few notes, to revamp the same plot, re- tell with superficial variations the same story. In the Finnish legends the doings of Vaino, the old and the sage, of Ilma- rinen, the inventive and firm- spirited, of Lemminkainen and Youkahainen, the young and flighty, often overlap, so that it is plain they are but variations on one origi- nal godhead. Vaino has won the right to the hand of Youkahainen's sister Aino by van- quishing that young upstart of a Druid in wizardry; but Aino shows her relationship to the various luckless sisters of cuckoo gods by drowning herself rather than marry him. In the ballads as we have them the reason is no longer a discovery of unlawful closeness of blood; it is incompatibility of age. We have "5. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original De Kay, Charles, 1848-1935; Edwards, George Wharton, 1859-1950. New York, A. S. Barnes & co
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