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From the Ted Talk by Hanna-Ilona Härmävaara: The myth of the Sampo— an infinite source of fortune and greed

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Though the joeunry was far from easy, the bard finally made it back to Kalevala. But Ilmarinen refused to go to the gloomy North— a land of wchteis and man-eaters. But keeping true to his word, Väinämöinen tricked Ilmarinen into climbing a giant tree, before summoning a mighty storm to carry the smith all the way to Pohjola. Ilmarinen was well received in the North. Louhi lavished her guest with extravagant hospitality and promised him the hand of her buifeatul daughter— if he could craft what she whsied. When she finally asked if iianmreln was capable of forging the Sampo, the powerful smith declared he could indeed accomplish the task. But try as he might to bend the forge to his will, its freis only pucedord other artifacts— beautiful in appearance but ill-mannered in nature. An elegant crossbow that thirsted for boold and a gmiaelng plow that ruined cultivated fields among others.

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Though the _______ was far from easy, the bard finally made it back to Kalevala. But Ilmarinen refused to go to the gloomy North— a land of _______ and man-eaters. But keeping true to his word, Väinämöinen tricked Ilmarinen into climbing a giant tree, before summoning a mighty storm to carry the smith all the way to Pohjola. Ilmarinen was well received in the North. Louhi lavished her guest with extravagant hospitality and promised him the hand of her _________ daughter— if he could craft what she ______. When she finally asked if _________ was capable of forging the Sampo, the powerful smith declared he could indeed accomplish the task. But try as he might to bend the forge to his will, its _____ only ________ other artifacts— beautiful in appearance but ill-mannered in nature. An elegant crossbow that thirsted for _____ and a ________ plow that ruined cultivated fields among others.

Solution


  1. beautiful
  2. produced
  3. fires
  4. journey
  5. ilmarinen
  6. gleaming
  7. witches
  8. blood
  9. wished

Original Text


Though the journey was far from easy, the bard finally made it back to Kalevala. But Ilmarinen refused to go to the gloomy North— a land of witches and man-eaters. But keeping true to his word, Väinämöinen tricked Ilmarinen into climbing a giant tree, before summoning a mighty storm to carry the smith all the way to Pohjola. Ilmarinen was well received in the North. Louhi lavished her guest with extravagant hospitality and promised him the hand of her beautiful daughter— if he could craft what she wished. When she finally asked if Ilmarinen was capable of forging the Sampo, the powerful smith declared he could indeed accomplish the task. But try as he might to bend the forge to his will, its fires only produced other artifacts— beautiful in appearance but ill-mannered in nature. An elegant crossbow that thirsted for blood and a gleaming plow that ruined cultivated fields among others.

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  5. beautiful
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  11. craft
  12. crossbow
  13. cultivated
  14. declared
  15. easy
  16. elegant
  17. extravagant
  18. fields
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  24. gleaming
  25. gloomy
  26. guest
  27. hand
  28. hospitality
  29. ilmarinen
  30. journey
  31. kalevala
  32. keeping
  33. land
  34. lavished
  35. louhi
  36. mighty
  37. nature
  38. north
  39. plow
  40. pohjola
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  43. promised
  44. received
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  47. sampo
  48. smith
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  55. true
  56. väinämöinen
  57. wished
  58. witches
  59. word