Luonnotar (also known as Ilmatar) was the Finnish creator-goddess, and she was alone in the beginning of time. She dwelt in the heavens, though eventually grew restless and slipped into the vast primordial sea. There in this ocean, she floated for cosmic centuries, until one day the mother of the cosmic ocean sent out a seabird who landed on her knee and built a nest. Luonnotar sat and watched the bird eagerly. She became too excited, however, and upset the nest, and the eggs fell and broke. The broken shells of the eggs formed the heavens and the earth. The yolks became the sun, the whites the moon, and scattered fragments of the eggs transformed into the stars. Afterward, Luonnotar fashioned the continents from the eggs that made up the land, and divided the seas. Luonnotar was then impregnated by the sea and wind, (a pathogenic conception) and eventually (after carrying this child in her womb for 30 cosmic years) gave birth to the first man, Vainamoinen.
Posted on: Wed, 24 Sep 2014 17:15:29 +0000
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