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Wait a minute, I thought Tolkien was inspired by Ancient Germanic, Norse and Christian Mythologies; and his experiences during the First World War to write The Lord of the Rings. How does this Finnish mythology fit in to the works of Tolkien?
Some of the best prononcuation of finnish words by a foreigner I've heard in years, so kudos for that. And I love to see myths from my home country being told to viewers from other countries, because very few people seem to know that finns didn't worship germanic gods like thor and odin but had their own gods and myths before christianity came around.
Yes I learnt that Finland had its own proud culture seperate from old Germanic culture. I know Finnish is a very different language compared to other European languages (except Estonian) I'm going to read up a lot more about the Kalevala now
Do children in Finland learn these stories? And are there statues of finnish mythologyical charecters in Finland for decoration and symbolism? Like statues of Greek charecters in Greece?
@@mapelaanjakoodaansuomeksi3432 I'll admit I'm not Finish but compared to many other channels out there, Ted Ed almost always either gets it right or is definitely much closer to how it is actually said.
@@mapelaanjakoodaansuomeksi3432 Maybe so, but small deviations in pronunciation can be excused. Not even the native speakers of a language, amongst themselves, pronounce every word exactly the same. What's unpleasant is when a pronunciation is enough off the mark to make you cringe; then it often feels as if the narrator didn't even try.
I'm from the Philippines but when I was a child my mother used to tell me story of this, my mother told me that the story was pass on by her grandmother. It's crazy knowing my bedtime stories originated from a very far place. Thanks TedEd for the info*
Not just a bunch of adventurous stories but an insight into Finnish culture and collection of wisdom to be studied. Just imagine these poems were sung by two men facing each other and clasping hands. When I say men, I mean Hän which is a pronoun for both Men and Women.
Really? So, it's pronounciation is much simpler than I thought it would be. It's almost like my people's native tongue (I'm not Finnish btw). We also pronounce it "Sum-poe" by our tongue, instead of "shampoo" or whatever else. I think I start to like Finnish more 😃.
@@tahtabenu5046 well I'd say finnish is a really hard language to learn. Finns pronounce things like they are written like sampo is pronounced sampo :D And since in many languages things are pronounced more smoothly/differently it's difficult to learn for many
@@tahtabenu5046 What he means is that in Finnish every letter is the same almost every time. There are only a few exceptions, the main one it's the ng is like in the English sing (not finGer), but it's double long inside the word. The double letters are said as (about) double long sounds. Ä is like a in cAt ('kät'), A is like a in fAther ('faadör'). Ö is not found in English, but it's close when they say her ('höö(r)'), bird, burn ... And Y is not found in English: only some Scots say you like 'jyy' if written the Finnish way. Z is said like ts - like in German or Italian, like in pizza (pitsa'). C, Q, W & X are not needed in Finnish (x = ks) - they are used in loan words, or names to look 'cool'. But other letters are said like in most languages. A as ibfather, E as in yes, i as in sing, O as in lord, U as in pull -and in every place, short or long. It's actually an easy system, spelling competitions are not needed.
@@Ramoreira86 You are probably right,as salt was deemed to be of equal value as gold back than,but they couldn't extract it from ocean,maybe that was one of the reasons...
@@VJ-td6oc Salt can be extracted from the Baltic sea, but it is less profitable because the starting salt content is low. One doesn't need more than a shallow pool of sea water on the dark rock, under the endless midsummer sun.
There is a Nordic Fairytale that is called "why the sea is salty" and in it, there is a mill purchased from Tuonela (land of the dead) it ends up in the ocean, broken it keeps on churning out salt. Another appearance of the Sampo
I love that when the daughter refused to marry they simply accepted!!! No kidnapping, even when they came back for the Sampo☺️ thanks for not being like all other myths!
@@Kisamon There is no one and true original story. There's many different stories and when Kalevala was made, Lönnrot chose these versions. In other versions some things happened slightly differently
Singing was a form of spell casting in ancient Finland. xD In another legend Väinämöinen literally sung a competitor of his neck-deep into a swamp. Epic rap battles with an extra kick.
I don't think we give Ted Ed enough credit for the quality of their videos. Pronunciation, Story telling, historical accuracy (or in this case research of Finnish myths), animation quality, annunciation, the list goes on. I still to this day do not see a channel anywhere as dedicated to the the craft of spreading educational stories as Ted Ed. This channel deserves a Nobel Prize.
I swear at least 50% of the people come only because of the animation/pretty pictures. So many other channels equally as good if not better educationally get nowhere near as many subs/views due to a lack of budget. Ted, meanwhile, have millions...
One major difference between the tales of Kalevala and Tolkien's works is that the heroes of Kalevala are quite often heroes in name only. Their actions are usually motivated by jealousy, hubris, vengeance and lust. I'm pretty sure that not a single epic deed in the book is committed without the intent of either getting into someone's pants or the intent of getting rich and/or famous afterwards.
I dont know why but i really like the idea of the flawed creations that come out before the sampo. Almost like an omen of what was to come, the sampo was just as ill-mannered as all that came before it, but in a different way: its function inspired greed.
This is probably the best pronounciation of finnish I have ever heard from an english-speaker. Amazing job and it really shows how much preparation you guys do for these videos. Love it!
For real, as Vietnamese who speak Finnish, ngl this was impressive that the person who voiceover for this video took their time and sounds so good! Simple, comfortable, calming tune while speaking _high five_ my friend! Thank you for making this video @TED-Ed, and sharing history, myths, and facts about Finland! I know, that rarely do people know about Finland _(if among the people knows where is Finland, etc. that's already good guys)_ 'cause I have watched some old videos, which claims a lot of things like Finland doesn't exist 'cause never heard of the country's name which obviously for many reasons! But I'm excited that Finland could be more international than keeping themselves in that circle!
I really like how you pronounce the finnish words, and as a finnish person, this is the closest to the finnish pronouncination that I have ever heard from an english person. Though not flawless, I can hear you trying. I also really appreciate that you did a video on this topic, I somehow think that more people need to hear the stories of the finnish...
Pretty crazy troubles you've ran into if you can relate to dying once and being picked up from the river of underworld in pieces and finally getting patched up by your own mother.
Wow, this was the last video i thought i see today. Awesome video. I like that you actually tried to pronounce the ä and ö. Most people just say ae or oo. I suggest that everyone reads this book. The interesting thing about it that the person who wrote it, Elias Lönnrot skied hundreds and hundreds of kilometres just to acquire oral folklore and tales of mythology from the people.
In German , my mother tongue, my favorite line of the Kalevala is: Und die Ente, schmucker Vogel, flog und schwebte umher, which is smth like: And the duck, neat bird, flew and hovered around
It's not really the Lord of the Rings that Kalevala inspired but The Silmarillion, the history of Middle-earth and Valinor and the framework of the world Lotr happens in. It also inspired Quenya, the High Elf language since Kalevala piqued Tolkien's interest to read the book in the original Finnish language and he was enchanted by it.
I love his voice!! Most of my favorite ted ed vids were narrated by him, and his voice is what comes to my mind immediately when there are ted ed stuff around
I've been a TedEd fan for some time, and I honestly think this is one of your guys' best videos. The narration is flawless as always, and the animation and music make the storytelling-of a myth I was unfamiliar with-so enthralling. Love this channel.
My first exposure to a version of this myth was....Mystery Science Theater 3000. They riffed on a Russo-Finnish co production produced in the early 60s.
Well finland was the first country in europe to give women the right to vote (would have been the first in the world with out those bloody kiwis) and usually people in finland respect women.
During the course of this video I had a strange feeling about the connection to lord of the rings. When you mentioned that this inspired LOTR, I was plainly baffled. My intuition was right. Awesome animation as always
I live in Lapland and this is the national story of Finland. This isn't something I expected from this channel but thank you so much For mentioning so many different types of stories from around the world.
Finnish person here! I've got to say, this was a pretty great video. The story is accurate (to my knowledge, I haven't read the original), the animation is amazing and even the pronounciation was great! Kudos to you, team.
Oooh you told the story of Sampo so beautifully! I was really happy to heard the entire story with details, instead of just the summary! I'd love to hear a story from my country told like this as well
Tbh this is just a summary too, a lot of people wanted to marry the maiden of pohjola, and had to do a bunch of other tasks before crafting the sampo. (Including plowing a field of vipers, hunting the swan of tuonela, fishing a giant pike and shooting the moose of the hiisi. Also in actual Kalevala Ilmarinen did marry the girl and Joukahainen wasnt invited to the wedding so he came in unanounced and killed the husband of Louhi. Also before Louhi transformed into an eagle she called upon a great sea monster Iku Turso to sink the ship of Väinämöinen
How interesting that the writer of the lord of the rings gets his inspiration for this myth, as always great job thank you for sharing this knowledge with me love your work ❤️😘😘 forever
When I was 8, my grandma gifted me a Cathay Book. I’ve read in it of the healer-musician Vainamoinen and his blacksmith brother Ilmarinen of Kalevala. They competed for the hand of Aino-daughter of Queen Louhi of Pohjola, with their wolfhounds, Lukki and Halli. Through the help of his sentient little boat, Vainamoinen _convinced_ the giant Antero Vipunen to give him the 3 magic words that he would later give to his brother in gratitude for saving his life. Thus, Ilmarinen’s Sampo that would continuously grind out fine white flour, fine white salt and pure gold for Queen Louhi in exchange for Aino’s hand. Reading at that age was magic.😊
I remember in school one homework of Finnish was that what would the 3 things that sampthe sampo would produce if it was meant for you. Always liked that teacher.
It was very interesting to see some of Noita's inspiration here! Maybe the Witch should have collected more orbs of true knowledge before messing with the Sampo :P
@Finnic Patriot finland IS scandinavian, since it shares the mountain range Scandinavia with norway and sweden. The language doesn't have scandinavian origin, though. Very true.
@@katlasdahgreat People say that Denmark and Iceland are scandinavian but Finland isn't, and then define scandinavia as the lands of scandi-mountains, but then forget that Iceland is nowhere near the scandi-mountains and that there is not even a single mountain in Denmark. But culturally, Finland is not scandinavian. Culturally Finland is Finland. It's unique. It's like the scandinavian, but cooler.
Actually Sampo is in Finland making wealth to Finnish people. It has been modified few times. In one period it produced tar for sailing ships, phones for Nokia and steel. Today it produce renewable diesel ,paper and cars.
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Wow thats amazing!
What culture is this video
Liam Clements FINNISH!
@@GOTTABEJJ thanks
Wait a minute, I thought Tolkien was inspired by Ancient Germanic, Norse and Christian Mythologies; and his experiences during the First World War to write The Lord of the Rings. How does this Finnish mythology fit in to the works of Tolkien?
How are we supposed to believe that the animation for this video wasn't one of those beautiful artifacts Ilmarinen crafted?
Doplhin cuz Ilmarinen didn’t craft it, the silent animation creators did
I would have an ill nature. :)
Smooth
Ilmarinen didn't own a computer.
Right?
Some of the best prononcuation of finnish words by a foreigner I've heard in years, so kudos for that.
And I love to see myths from my home country being told to viewers from other countries, because very few people seem to know that finns didn't worship germanic gods like thor and odin but had their own gods and myths before christianity came around.
Yes I learnt that Finland had its own proud culture seperate from old Germanic culture. I know Finnish is a very different language compared to other European languages (except Estonian)
I'm going to read up a lot more about the Kalevala now
huh, did not know that.
still putting it in DND as a nordic relic
@@retosius7962 technically you're not wrong. Finland is part of the Nordic countries. But putting it as a Norse treasure might miff some people ;p
Sampo is literally my name lol
Do children in Finland learn these stories?
And are there statues of finnish mythologyical charecters in Finland for decoration and symbolism? Like statues of Greek charecters in Greece?
It's nice when people put in the effort to pronounce Finnish words.
VEEL-yah ELL-oh 🤔
I've never seen such effort, proud of this channel.
It's surprisingly good pronunciation. Great work!
my thoughts exactly, they did a great job
Hold my Sanskrit
I see why Tolkien based his Elf language on Finnish. It sounds so flowing.
It's really the most boring and always the same sounding language there is. Kalevala is an exception.
@@netsong2239 Nope
@@netsong2239 kakka naama
@@spacecat7827 Hei vaan mun mielipide. Se kyllä kuulostaa kivalta mutta kun sitä puhutaan siinä ei yleensä oo paljoa tunnetta.
@@netsong2239 kyllä, tiedän. En tarkoittanut heikentää mielipiteesi vaan tekin pahan vitsin
I think Ted Ed might be the only educational channel that doesn't have to apologise for wrong pronunciations.
The narrator wasn't perfect.
Surprisingly well pronounced!
@@mapelaanjakoodaansuomeksi3432 I'll admit I'm not Finish but compared to many other channels out there, Ted Ed almost always either gets it right or is definitely much closer to how it is actually said.
@@mapelaanjakoodaansuomeksi3432 Maybe so, but small deviations in pronunciation can be excused. Not even the native speakers of a language, amongst themselves, pronounce every word exactly the same. What's unpleasant is when a pronunciation is enough off the mark to make you cringe; then it often feels as if the narrator didn't even try.
I'm Finnish and I'm amazed at how good his pronunciation is, usually when people who don't speak Finnish try to the results are unintelligible.
I'm from the Philippines but when I was a child my mother used to tell me story of this, my mother told me that the story was pass on by her grandmother. It's crazy knowing my bedtime stories originated from a very far place.
Thanks TedEd for the info*
so you might have Finnish roots? that's so cool that the story was passed on so many generations! Be sure to pass it on to your children as well.
Same with my grandma she told me that this myth was about why the sea became salty
I love mythology, it's just a bunch of adventurous stories.
Glory Sky Same
They always look like Dnd campaign
Tell me about it my teacher talks about Greek mythology and i love it so much!😊😅
Not just a bunch of adventurous stories but an insight into Finnish culture and collection of wisdom to be studied. Just imagine these poems were sung by two men facing each other and clasping hands. When I say men, I mean Hän which is a pronoun for both Men and Women.
until people turn it into a cult, then it's a religion.
Could you please do more Finnish mythology, it doesn’t have the spotlight that Norse myth has but I feel it deserves it
Especially the story of Kullervo needs to be told.
its kinda hard because most of it is destroyed or lost.
As a Finnish person it's really cool to see this and the pronounciating is actually good
Really? So, it's pronounciation is much simpler than I thought it would be. It's almost like my people's native tongue (I'm not Finnish btw).
We also pronounce it "Sum-poe" by our tongue, instead of "shampoo" or whatever else. I think I start to like Finnish more 😃.
@@tahtabenu5046 well I'd say finnish is a really hard language to learn. Finns pronounce things like they are written like sampo is pronounced sampo :D And since in many languages things are pronounced more smoothly/differently it's difficult to learn for many
@@tahtabenu5046 What he means is that in Finnish every letter is the same almost every time. There are only a few exceptions, the main one it's the ng is like in the English sing (not finGer), but it's double long inside the word. The double letters are said as (about) double long sounds. Ä is like a in cAt ('kät'), A is like a in fAther ('faadör'). Ö is not found in English, but it's close when they say her ('höö(r)'), bird, burn ... And Y is not found in English: only some Scots say you like 'jyy' if written the Finnish way. Z is said like ts - like in German or Italian, like in pizza (pitsa'). C, Q, W & X are not needed in Finnish (x = ks) - they are used in loan words, or names to look 'cool'.
But other letters are said like in most languages. A as ibfather, E as in yes, i as in sing, O as in lord, U as in pull -and in every place, short or long.
It's actually an easy system, spelling competitions are not needed.
Why the sea is salty, according to a Finnish legend.
Somehow I believe that the Finnish saw a curse behind the fact that seawater is salted.
@@Ramoreira86 You are probably right,as salt was deemed to be of equal value as gold back than,but they couldn't extract it from ocean,maybe that was one of the reasons...
@@VJ-td6oc Way back then, salt is a preservative, only for nobles as it could only be acquired from the seas.
@@VJ-td6oc Salt can be extracted from the Baltic sea, but it is less profitable because the starting salt content is low. One doesn't need more than a shallow pool of sea water on the dark rock, under the endless midsummer sun.
There is a Nordic Fairytale that is called "why the sea is salty" and in it, there is a mill purchased from Tuonela (land of the dead) it ends up in the ocean, broken it keeps on churning out salt. Another appearance of the Sampo
Dude: *Climbs giant tree*
Other dude: *prepares a storm to yeet him*
Mega yeeeettttt
Väinämöinen: Hey Ilmarinen!
Ilmarinen: What?
Väinämöinen: Climb up that tree
Ilmarinen: OK
Väinämöinen: *MEGA YEET!*
@@tdpuuhailee8222 the translate button just de-bolded the *MEGA YEET!* text
I'm happy to see and hear that Kalevala is shared like this. Good job pronauncing so well our lovely weird langauge.
Suomi!!
I love that when the daughter refused to marry they simply accepted!!! No kidnapping, even when they came back for the Sampo☺️
thanks for not being like all other myths!
@Finnic Patriot you sure?
@Finnic Patriot so, what happened in the original?
@@Kisamon There is no one and true original story. There's many different stories and when Kalevala was made, Lönnrot chose these versions. In other versions some things happened slightly differently
Who knew that singing badly could cause such misfortune? Now I’m afraid to sing even in the shower.
😂 Good one!
It broke the sleeping spell
Singing was a form of spell casting in ancient Finland. xD In another legend Väinämöinen literally sung a competitor of his neck-deep into a swamp. Epic rap battles with an extra kick.
I don't think we give Ted Ed enough credit for the quality of their videos. Pronunciation, Story telling, historical accuracy (or in this case research of Finnish myths), animation quality, annunciation, the list goes on.
I still to this day do not see a channel anywhere as dedicated to the the craft of spreading educational stories as Ted Ed. This channel deserves a Nobel Prize.
Almost 10 million subs
This channel is probably one of the best. Sharing free knowledge which probably could cost loads of money and effort to find
I swear at least 50% of the people come only because of the animation/pretty pictures. So many other channels equally as good if not better educationally get nowhere near as many subs/views due to a lack of budget. Ted, meanwhile, have millions...
you know its only really in america where education costs so much
they get money from adds
I'm assuming they gained subscribers during Covid.
@@sebastianelytron8450 That's true. Ted is big bare bones in their descriptions. They try to use the fewest amount of words.
Heh, recognized this artifact from Scrooge McDuck adventure 'The Quest for Kalevala', by Don Rosa. Good stuff.
i absolutely read "shampoo" at first.
xD me too
Don’t all witches want shampoo?
Same
The shampoo of infinite wealth
Alexis Ramsés López Castro Same
Finnish mythology really has that fever dreamish kinda lovecraftian vibe to it, nice job managing to animate it :D
Huh, and I had just started to read the Kalevala. What a coincidence.
Saw the word "sampo" and immediately thought of Noita. Was not surprised to discover that this was a Finnish epic!
Noita is amazing with all its creatures having really funny names in Finnish.
One major difference between the tales of Kalevala and Tolkien's works is that the heroes of Kalevala are quite often heroes in name only. Their actions are usually motivated by jealousy, hubris, vengeance and lust. I'm pretty sure that not a single epic deed in the book is committed without the intent of either getting into someone's pants or the intent of getting rich and/or famous afterwards.
That is true for many epic heroes, it took awhile for heroes motivated by even virtues of their era.
the animation is incredible! my respect to whole production team and the author!
The animation is simply amazing
Finally, someone covered Finland.
Suomi mainittu, torilla tavataan.
@Astute Cingulus Wait what. By covered I meant made a video on. Covered as in: "That got covered in the news already."
Suomalainen mytologia on erittäin eeppistä ja mahtavaa
@@sonicluffypucca96 No joo, totta on.
Jotkut meistä tietävät enemmän kuin luulet :-)
I loved the animations a lot. Nice myth. Especially loved the wonderful narration by mr. Addison Anderson. Deepest respects and appreciation for him.
I dont know why but i really like the idea of the flawed creations that come out before the sampo. Almost like an omen of what was to come, the sampo was just as ill-mannered as all that came before it, but in a different way: its function inspired greed.
Wow. Absolutely amazing recap of the Finnish national epic. Huge plus on the pronunciation of Finnish words, almost perfect.
Living in Indonesia and the first time i heard about this legend is when i'm 9 yo from Donald Duck's comic.
I'm from Finland and that was the first place I learned about the legend too. Don Rosa's comic's are the greatest!
Yeeess. Don Rosa's story!
Really?? Cool!
Ah yes, "the second biggest frog I have ever seen"
So good!
This is probably the best pronounciation of finnish I have ever heard from an english-speaker. Amazing job and it really shows how much preparation you guys do for these videos. Love it!
For real, as Vietnamese who speak Finnish, ngl this was impressive that the person who voiceover for this video took their time and sounds so good! Simple, comfortable, calming tune while speaking _high five_ my friend!
Thank you for making this video @TED-Ed, and sharing history, myths, and facts about Finland! I know, that rarely do people know about Finland _(if among the people knows where is Finland, etc. that's already good guys)_ 'cause I have watched some old videos, which claims a lot of things like Finland doesn't exist 'cause never heard of the country's name which obviously for many reasons! But I'm excited that Finland could be more international than keeping themselves in that circle!
Thank you for enlightening me with this hidden myth.
I really like how you pronounce the finnish words, and as a finnish person, this is the closest to the finnish pronouncination that I have ever heard from an english person. Though not flawless, I can hear you trying. I also really appreciate that you did a video on this topic, I somehow think that more people need to hear the stories of the finnish...
The animation is on a different level
There were this kind of cartoons drawn in the 40s-80, in the analogical time. They were paper clips moving in front the background, but well drawn.
As a Finnish i love it when someone actually tries to pronounce words. Good job! ☺️
3:13 "history of starting trouble"
sounds relatable
Pretty crazy troubles you've ran into if you can relate to dying once and being picked up from the river of underworld in pieces and finally getting patched up by your own mother.
"The days they blend into the nights
The moon, the sun unite
Order of stars expires
A wonder is born" ("Sampo" by Amorphis)
The sampo from the video looks like the sampo from a Scrooge McDuck comic story!!
Yes
Ooh, a fellow reader of Don Rosa's Scrooge McDuck series! From there I first heard the story of Vainamoinen and the Sampo too.
Fellow Don Rosa fan here!
Yes! I know this story first hand from Scrooge McDuck. Also the one with Donald regarded as Lord of Sleeping.
I think it was in the anniversary comic for the year 2000
Wow, this was the last video i thought i see today. Awesome video. I like that you actually tried to pronounce the ä and ö. Most people just say ae or oo. I suggest that everyone reads this book. The interesting thing about it that the person who wrote it, Elias Lönnrot skied hundreds and hundreds of kilometres just to acquire oral folklore and tales of mythology from the people.
Well, it's more like people say the Ä & Ö usually as they say A & O in their languages.
This is a good break from mythologies from well -known pantheons.
Thanks for the new knowledge Ted-Ed!
This has some of the most fantastic names I’ve ever heard.
I like how he pronounces the foreign words lol
Yeh i have a question about your avatar pic but nevermind * shivers *
*hentai pfp*
Agreed
we’re getting distacted......
I can see why.
ProfiLe pIctures SaucE? pls.
Sea salt has a very epic backstory!
😂😂
In German , my mother tongue, my favorite line of the Kalevala is: Und die Ente, schmucker Vogel, flog und schwebte umher, which is smth like: And the duck, neat bird, flew and hovered around
Which runo and verse? I want to check in my copies 🙂
It's not really the Lord of the Rings that Kalevala inspired but The Silmarillion, the history of Middle-earth and Valinor and the framework of the world Lotr happens in. It also inspired Quenya, the High Elf language since Kalevala piqued Tolkien's interest to read the book in the original Finnish language and he was enchanted by it.
I love his voice!! Most of my favorite ted ed vids were narrated by him, and his voice is what comes to my mind immediately when there are ted ed stuff around
Please keep doing more Myths, they’re amazing! Also, I was shook when you revealed the book, didn’t expect it
your animations and narrations just get better and better every time and honestly, it's to live for 💜
I am so happy that Ted ed posted the story if the sampo because I heard it as a child from my Finnish mother and I loved it
I love when Ted Ed make various myth videos. Such a masterpiece, perfect before sleeping.
So good to know that this is the very epic that inspired J.R.R. Tolkien in making LotR that we enjoy today.
I've been a TedEd fan for some time, and I honestly think this is one of your guys' best videos. The narration is flawless as always, and the animation and music make the storytelling-of a myth I was unfamiliar with-so enthralling. Love this channel.
My first exposure to a version of this myth was....Mystery Science Theater 3000. They riffed on a Russo-Finnish co production produced in the early 60s.
I think this is it: elonet.finna.fi/Record/kavi.elonet_elokuva_117396
Not sure if its watchable outside Finland though.
Me too.
You mean “Jack Frost”? lol
@@AmandaFromWisconsin No, The Day the Earth Froze
"I don't know what a Sampo is, but I know that America makes the best Sampos in the entire world!"-Crow T. Robot.
Loved this, would like to see more from Kalevala, I think something about Lemminkainen's death and resurrection would be pretty nice.
I actually felt excitement while watching this. Fantastic animation and writing.
2:44 So a girl said "No" and they actually listened to her? Can I move to Finland please
Well finland was the first country in europe to give women the right to vote (would have been the first in the world with out those bloody kiwis) and usually people in finland respect women.
In one Kalevala story, a girl drowned herself because Väinämöinen tried to marry her after her brother lost her in a bet to Väinämöinen.
@Finnic Patriot wtf is wrong with you, didnt your mommy hug you?
Nothing to add here, I just really loved the absurdity of the phrase "original myths".
@@MrSamulai There's a line in a book, Percy Jackson
"We work with REAL myths, not, you know, MYTH myths
you deserve applause for that extra effort put into pronouncing the finnish names right!!!
During the course of this video I had a strange feeling about the connection to lord of the rings. When you mentioned that this inspired LOTR, I was plainly baffled. My intuition was right. Awesome animation as always
I live in Lapland and this is the national story of Finland. This isn't something I expected from this channel but thank you so much
For mentioning so many different types of stories from around the world.
Pakollista: Suomi mainittu, torilla tavataan!
Ja torilla tortillat avataan.
Tulihan se sieltä
Ei kyllä vielä voi tavata ku korona
I love how the animations continually get better and better
I came for Sampo Koski from Honkai: Star Rail, stayed for whatever this is :D
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Sampo’s name from HSR comes from Kalevala! Koski is also Finnish and it means rapid water.
Finnish person here! I've got to say, this was a pretty great video. The story is accurate (to my knowledge, I haven't read the original), the animation is amazing and even the pronounciation was great! Kudos to you, team.
Why isnt anyone talking about the animation!? God whoever did this is a masterpiece Loved every second💕💕
Ted ed is everyword is so clear that I remember this story clearly
Yeeeeeeeeees! For some weird reason, I adored the Kalevala as a kid
Italian here. Knew about the artifact from a Don Rosa story, but knowing the legend behind it is so much interesting.
Oooh you told the story of Sampo so beautifully! I was really happy to heard the entire story with details, instead of just the summary! I'd love to hear a story from my country told like this as well
Tbh this is just a summary too, a lot of people wanted to marry the maiden of pohjola, and had to do a bunch of other tasks before crafting the sampo. (Including plowing a field of vipers, hunting the swan of tuonela, fishing a giant pike and shooting the moose of the hiisi. Also in actual Kalevala Ilmarinen did marry the girl and Joukahainen wasnt invited to the wedding so he came in unanounced and killed the husband of Louhi. Also before Louhi transformed into an eagle she called upon a great sea monster Iku Turso to sink the ship of Väinämöinen
Ted-ed mythological videos are sooo mesmerizing
I love this, i am finnish myself and i adore the way you pronounsed the words, you did well 💕
Is it just me or has Ted Ed's recent videos been absolutely beautiful?
How interesting that the writer of the lord of the rings gets his inspiration for this myth, as always great job thank you for sharing this knowledge with me love your work ❤️😘😘 forever
When I was 8, my grandma gifted me a Cathay Book.
I’ve read in it of the healer-musician Vainamoinen and his blacksmith brother Ilmarinen of Kalevala. They competed for the hand of Aino-daughter of Queen Louhi of Pohjola, with their wolfhounds, Lukki and Halli.
Through the help of his sentient little boat, Vainamoinen _convinced_ the giant Antero Vipunen to give him the 3 magic words that he would later give to his brother in gratitude for saving his life.
Thus, Ilmarinen’s Sampo that would continuously grind out fine white flour, fine white salt and pure gold for Queen Louhi in exchange for Aino’s hand.
Reading at that age was magic.😊
Even though I'm not Finnish, I knew that the pronunciation of the words are correct. Because it's Ted-Ed.
Such an epic story to explain why sea water is salty, love it.
In reality the sampo is actually just a gold rice cooker
In truth, there is no greater treasure
Salt, WHEAT and coins. No rice
S H U T
I never thought Lotr was actually written after this.... INCREDIBLE!!!
When Ilmarinen was flung from the tree I felt that lmao 😂
Ok but idk why but this whole entire story and animation to match with it was so beautifully done
One of those days when your friend catapults you with a tornado.
I remember in school one homework of Finnish was that what would the 3 things that sampthe sampo would produce if it was meant for you. Always liked that teacher.
Absolutely amazing work! I love the amount of effort put into this.
As many have said before me 10/10 for the pronunciation! Like you hit the nail pretty much on the head there.
Somehow felt that the name sounded like they were made by Tolkien and now i know why
Kalevala, Väinämöinen, Joukahainen, Seppo Ilmarinen, Lemminkäinen, Sauli Niinistö, Louhi, Pohjola, Kantele.
@@jolotabani
...hold up
He loved Finnish and Welsh, those were his two main inspirations for Elvish.
I'm pretty sure the word "Silmaril" can be linked back directly to Ilmarinen ^^
@@jolotabani Sauli Niinistö, yksi Kalevalan kuusuisimpia hahmoja
I'd be down for some more animated Kalevala myths.
I definitely see the influence of Ilmarinen on Tolkien's creation of Aulë/Mahal the Smith.
Beautiful animation and damn does the narrator go at those crazy Finnish words with grace. Those do not sound easy.
The pronounciations are not that bad!
Yeah!
Profiilikuvasi on r/kirotutkuvat
Hänen profiilikuvansa on suuremmalla todennäköisyydellä vanhempi kuin sinä
@@TimpanKanava Oho, vähänkö siistii, meikän vaari on varmaa vanhempi ku sä, pistäppä paremmaks lol xddd
Nice virus link
the story and graphics are beautiful, a thumbs up to the narrator..you guys are doing an amazing work
It was very interesting to see some of Noita's inspiration here! Maybe the Witch should have collected more orbs of true knowledge before messing with the Sampo :P
@Finnic Patriot noita=shaman/witch
This is story is incredible and so was the animation! I am extremely impressed by everything here!
Finnish is such a beautiful language
Ted ed is the only educational channel I've not unsubscribed after a month
This sounds like an average d&d session with a level 20 bard
I know nothing about it before I came across this. Now, I feel it's really cool story with well narration.
Oh so that’s what that Ensiferum song was about...
This was AMAZING but with all of these unfamiliar names, I couldn't keep track of what was going on. They need a pure Ted-Ed mythology channel!
When name sounds like Demon summoning, you know, it's from Finland.
Ok
@Finnic Patriot finland IS scandinavian, since it shares the mountain range Scandinavia with norway and sweden.
The language doesn't have scandinavian origin, though. Very true.
@@katlasdahgreat nope, were fennoskandian.
@@katlasdahgreat People say that Denmark and Iceland are scandinavian but Finland isn't, and then define scandinavia as the lands of scandi-mountains, but then forget that Iceland is nowhere near the scandi-mountains and that there is not even a single mountain in Denmark.
But culturally, Finland is not scandinavian. Culturally Finland is Finland. It's unique. It's like the scandinavian, but cooler.
@@katlasdahgreat Actually no, were very flat and there's a sea between us and scandinavia
Actually Sampo is in Finland making wealth to Finnish people. It has been modified few times. In one period it produced tar for sailing ships, phones for Nokia and steel. Today it produce renewable diesel ,paper and cars.