The myth of the Sampo- an infinite source of fortune and greed - Hanna-Ilona Härmävaara

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  • čas přidán 22. 09. 2019
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    After a skirmish at sea and long days of being battered by waves, Väinämöinen- a powerful bard as old as the world itself- washed up on the shores of distant Pohjola. A cunning witch nursed him back to health but demanded a reward for returning him home. Not content with mere gold or silver, the witch wanted what did not yet exist. Hanna-Ilona Härmävaara digs into the Finnish myth of the Sampo.
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  • @TEDEd
    @TEDEd  Před 4 lety +2087

    This Finnish epic inspired a young British boy in Birmingham to write one of the most beloved literary adventures of all time: "The Lord of the Rings.” Download a free audiobook version of Tolkien's "The Fellowship of the Ring" here: audible.com/ted-ed
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    • @Aisha-ix6qz
      @Aisha-ix6qz Před 4 lety +14

      Wow thats amazing!

    • @liamclements6573
      @liamclements6573 Před 4 lety +5

      What culture is this video

    • @GOTTABEJJ
      @GOTTABEJJ Před 4 lety +25

      Liam Clements FINNISH!

    • @liamclements6573
      @liamclements6573 Před 4 lety +3

      @@GOTTABEJJ thanks

    • @shawnwarrynn8609
      @shawnwarrynn8609 Před 4 lety +16

      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?

  • @SunniestAutumn
    @SunniestAutumn Před 4 lety +7761

    It's nice when people put in the effort to pronounce Finnish words.

  • @doppy8682
    @doppy8682 Před 4 lety +4827

    How are we supposed to believe that the animation for this video wasn't one of those beautiful artifacts Ilmarinen crafted?

  • @Xerxezkov
    @Xerxezkov Před 4 lety +2332

    Why the sea is salty, according to a Finnish legend.

    • @Ramoreira86
      @Ramoreira86 Před 4 lety +94

      Somehow I believe that the Finnish saw a curse behind the fact that seawater is salted.

    • @VJ-td6oc
      @VJ-td6oc Před 4 lety +89

      @@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...

    • @hayakueon3230
      @hayakueon3230 Před 4 lety +26

      @@VJ-td6oc Way back then, salt is a preservative, only for nobles as it could only be acquired from the seas.

    • @oojaa2
      @oojaa2 Před 4 lety +13

      @@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.

    • @finnicpatriot6399
      @finnicpatriot6399 Před 4 lety +4

      Lưu Phương Mostly it's about the metaphysical war of decay vs preservation and chaos vs order, and the cycles of the universe.

  • @haccapel4526
    @haccapel4526 Před 4 lety +2800

    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.

    • @heathenfire
      @heathenfire Před 4 lety +54

      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

    • @retosius7962
      @retosius7962 Před 4 lety +18

      huh, did not know that.
      still putting it in DND as a nordic relic

    • @haccapel4526
      @haccapel4526 Před 4 lety +43

      @@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

    • @josephujoostaa4462
      @josephujoostaa4462 Před 4 lety +16

      Sampo is literally my name lol

    • @heathenfire
      @heathenfire Před 4 lety +14

      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?

  • @hsryu5569
    @hsryu5569 Před 4 lety +5528

    I think Ted Ed might be the only educational channel that doesn't have to apologise for wrong pronunciations.

    • @mapelaanjakoodaansuomeksi3432
      @mapelaanjakoodaansuomeksi3432 Před 4 lety +60

      The narrator wasn't perfect.

    • @Tapanitseini
      @Tapanitseini Před 4 lety +213

      Surprisingly well pronounced!

    • @hsryu5569
      @hsryu5569 Před 4 lety +243

      @@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.

    • @apg13997
      @apg13997 Před 4 lety +161

      @@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.

    • @Sunny-gt8zi
      @Sunny-gt8zi Před 4 lety +114

      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.

  • @virgiliopadilla1291
    @virgiliopadilla1291 Před 4 lety +1469

    I see why Tolkien based his Elf language on Finnish. It sounds so flowing.

    • @netsong2239
      @netsong2239 Před 4 lety +17

      It's really the most boring and always the same sounding language there is. Kalevala is an exception.

    • @nyhyl
      @nyhyl Před 4 lety +100

      @@netsong2239 Nope

    • @spacecat7827
      @spacecat7827 Před 4 lety +94

      @@netsong2239 kakka naama

    • @netsong2239
      @netsong2239 Před 4 lety +21

      @@spacecat7827 Hei vaan mun mielipide. Se kyllä kuulostaa kivalta mutta kun sitä puhutaan siinä ei yleensä oo paljoa tunnetta.

    • @spacecat7827
      @spacecat7827 Před 4 lety +29

      @@netsong2239 kyllä, tiedän. En tarkoittanut heikentää mielipiteesi vaan tekin pahan vitsin

  • @perryestrera4151
    @perryestrera4151 Před 4 lety +692

    Dude: *Climbs giant tree*
    Other dude: *prepares a storm to yeet him*

    • @hannahquintua
      @hannahquintua Před 3 lety +21

      Mega yeeeettttt

    • @tdpuuhailee8222
      @tdpuuhailee8222 Před 2 lety +10

      Väinämöinen: Hey Ilmarinen!
      Ilmarinen: What?
      Väinämöinen: Climb up that tree
      Ilmarinen: OK
      Väinämöinen: *MEGA YEET!*

    • @alexandermcclure6185
      @alexandermcclure6185 Před 25 dny

      @@tdpuuhailee8222 the translate button just de-bolded the *MEGA YEET!* text

  • @glorysky1998
    @glorysky1998 Před 4 lety +1667

    I love mythology, it's just a bunch of adventurous stories.

    • @Mich-oh2gr
      @Mich-oh2gr Před 4 lety +7

      Glory Sky Same

    • @mrjoe332
      @mrjoe332 Před 4 lety +8

      They always look like Dnd campaign

    • @Lulene27
      @Lulene27 Před 4 lety +3

      Tell me about it my teacher talks about Greek mythology and i love it so much!😊😅

    • @KenMoss
      @KenMoss Před 3 lety +10

      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.

    • @fayeharrison1741
      @fayeharrison1741 Před 3 lety +4

      until people turn it into a cult, then it's a religion.

  • @maryannviccortes1766
    @maryannviccortes1766 Před 4 lety +634

    Who knew that singing badly could cause such misfortune? Now I’m afraid to sing even in the shower.

    • @Urbaaniapina
      @Urbaaniapina Před 4 lety +9

      😂 Good one!

    • @pelileven
      @pelileven Před 3 lety +7

      It broke the sleeping spell

    • @LadySnowfaerie
      @LadySnowfaerie Před 3 lety +29

      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.

  • @atlasqu1235
    @atlasqu1235 Před 4 lety +602

    As a Finnish person it's really cool to see this and the pronounciating is actually good

    • @tahtabenu5046
      @tahtabenu5046 Před 4 lety +5

      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 😃.

    • @atlasqu1235
      @atlasqu1235 Před 4 lety +5

      @@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

    • @timomastosalo
      @timomastosalo Před 3 lety +5

      @@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.

  • @blackman9744
    @blackman9744 Před 4 lety +402

    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*

    • @SorbusAucubaria
      @SorbusAucubaria Před 3 lety +26

      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.

    • @m_justnotleest
      @m_justnotleest Před 6 měsíci

      Same with my grandma she told me that this myth was about why the sea became salty

  • @thepallghost6443
    @thepallghost6443 Před 3 lety +264

    Could you please do more Finnish mythology, it doesn’t have the spotlight that Norse myth has but I feel it deserves it

    • @RabbitShirak
      @RabbitShirak Před 3 lety +24

      Especially the story of Kullervo needs to be told.

    • @snafuR
      @snafuR Před 2 lety +5

      its kinda hard because most of it is destroyed or lost.

  • @DarkMode95
    @DarkMode95 Před 4 lety +275

    I'm happy to see and hear that Kalevala is shared like this. Good job pronauncing so well our lovely weird langauge.

  • @ages6592
    @ages6592 Před 2 lety +171

    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!

    • @finnicpatriot6399
      @finnicpatriot6399 Před 2 lety +10

      That's a 19th century edit. This didn't happen in the original story.

    • @dominicguye8058
      @dominicguye8058 Před 2 lety +3

      @@finnicpatriot6399 you sure?

    • @finnicpatriot6399
      @finnicpatriot6399 Před 2 lety +4

      @@dominicguye8058 Yeah. Why do you feel the need to ask?

    • @Kisamon
      @Kisamon Před rokem +3

      @@finnicpatriot6399 so, what happened in the original?

    • @finnicpatriot6399
      @finnicpatriot6399 Před rokem +3

      @@Kisamon He took her.

  • @PhantomV13
    @PhantomV13 Před 4 lety +177

    Heh, recognized this artifact from Scrooge McDuck adventure 'The Quest for Kalevala', by Don Rosa. Good stuff.

  • @jupjup7845
    @jupjup7845 Před 2 lety +44

    Finnish mythology really has that fever dreamish kinda lovecraftian vibe to it, nice job managing to animate it :D

  • @Ashraow
    @Ashraow Před 4 lety +691

    i absolutely read "shampoo" at first.

  • @ghostderazgriz
    @ghostderazgriz Před 4 lety +40

    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.

  • @gaminggeckos4388
    @gaminggeckos4388 Před 3 lety +18

    Saw the word "sampo" and immediately thought of Noita. Was not surprised to discover that this was a Finnish epic!

    • @johannesmajamaki2626
      @johannesmajamaki2626 Před 3 lety +5

      Noita is amazing with all its creatures having really funny names in Finnish.

  • @SomeOne-jg9lc
    @SomeOne-jg9lc Před 4 lety +216

    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

    • @sebastianelytron8450
      @sebastianelytron8450 Před 4 lety +5

      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...

    • @F41LZZz
      @F41LZZz Před 4 lety

      you know its only really in america where education costs so much

    • @theimaginarylyricistguy500
      @theimaginarylyricistguy500 Před 4 lety

      they get money from adds

    • @avivastudios2311
      @avivastudios2311 Před rokem

      I'm assuming they gained subscribers during Covid.

    • @avivastudios2311
      @avivastudios2311 Před rokem

      @@sebastianelytron8450 That's true. Ted is big bare bones in their descriptions. They try to use the fewest amount of words.

  • @Lightt17
    @Lightt17 Před 4 lety +772

    I like how he pronounces the foreign words lol

    • @chaoticneutral7573
      @chaoticneutral7573 Před 4 lety +17

      Yeh i have a question about your avatar pic but nevermind * shivers *

    • @mhm77887
      @mhm77887 Před 4 lety +9

      *hentai pfp*

    • @MC_lupin
      @MC_lupin Před 4 lety +1

      Agreed

    • @mark.1961
      @mark.1961 Před 4 lety +8

      we’re getting distacted......
      I can see why.

    • @warden6682
      @warden6682 Před 4 lety +7

      ProfiLe pIctures SaucE? pls.

  • @anastasialavrova5219
    @anastasialavrova5219 Před 4 lety +58

    the animation is incredible! my respect to whole production team and the author!

  • @jassi9022
    @jassi9022 Před 4 lety +19

    3:13 "history of starting trouble"
    sounds relatable

    • @TheSuspectOnFoot
      @TheSuspectOnFoot Před 4 lety +7

      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.

  • @mhm77887
    @mhm77887 Před 4 lety +76

    The animation is simply amazing

  • @merrittanimation7721
    @merrittanimation7721 Před 4 lety +111

    Huh, and I had just started to read the Kalevala. What a coincidence.

  • @Sicktoid
    @Sicktoid Před 2 lety +21

    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.

    • @paulmahoney7619
      @paulmahoney7619 Před rokem +1

      That is true for many epic heroes, it took awhile for heroes motivated by even virtues of their era.

  • @PolkaLeshy
    @PolkaLeshy Před 4 lety +358

    Living in Indonesia and the first time i heard about this legend is when i'm 9 yo from Donald Duck's comic.

    • @blanco173
      @blanco173 Před 4 lety +82

      I'm from Finland and that was the first place I learned about the legend too. Don Rosa's comic's are the greatest!

    • @ifanismail6564
      @ifanismail6564 Před 4 lety +30

      Yeeess. Don Rosa's story!

    • @TaruJL
      @TaruJL Před 4 lety +8

      Really?? Cool!

    • @B1gLupu
      @B1gLupu Před 2 lety +4

      Ah yes, "the second biggest frog I have ever seen"

    • @woofy2000
      @woofy2000 Před 2 lety

      So good!

  • @ahnaafnaaeer1882
    @ahnaafnaaeer1882 Před 4 lety +53

    I loved the animations a lot. Nice myth. Especially loved the wonderful narration by mr. Addison Anderson. Deepest respects and appreciation for him.

  • @starcloak
    @starcloak Před 4 lety +64

    Thank you for enlightening me with this hidden myth.

  • @loszhor
    @loszhor Před 4 lety +30

    Sea salt has a very epic backstory!

  • @Vihtori_Lettunen
    @Vihtori_Lettunen Před 4 lety +31

    Wow. Absolutely amazing recap of the Finnish national epic. Huge plus on the pronunciation of Finnish words, almost perfect.

  • @nervun8097
    @nervun8097 Před 4 lety +106

    The sampo from the video looks like the sampo from a Scrooge McDuck comic story!!

    • @Tapanitseini
      @Tapanitseini Před 4 lety +14

      Yes

    • @penguasakucing8136
      @penguasakucing8136 Před 4 lety +32

      Ooh, a fellow reader of Don Rosa's Scrooge McDuck series! From there I first heard the story of Vainamoinen and the Sampo too.

    • @destituteduke
      @destituteduke Před 4 lety +12

      Fellow Don Rosa fan here!

    • @ariessuryawijaya4851
      @ariessuryawijaya4851 Před 4 lety +9

      Yes! I know this story first hand from Scrooge McDuck. Also the one with Donald regarded as Lord of Sleeping.

    • @j.c8494
      @j.c8494 Před 4 lety +4

      I think it was in the anniversary comic for the year 2000

  • @mohammedhisham4071
    @mohammedhisham4071 Před 4 lety +29

    The animation is on a different level

    • @timomastosalo
      @timomastosalo Před 3 lety

      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.

  • @thetsarofall8666
    @thetsarofall8666 Před 2 lety +12

    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.

  • @gideonm.7425
    @gideonm.7425 Před 4 lety +10

    "The days they blend into the nights
    The moon, the sun unite
    Order of stars expires
    A wonder is born" ("Sampo" by Amorphis)

  • @hezet9966
    @hezet9966 Před 4 lety +157

    In reality the sampo is actually just a gold rice cooker

  • @quills_andplums
    @quills_andplums Před 8 měsíci +8

    I came for Sampo Koski from Honkai: Star Rail, stayed for whatever this is :D

  • @philippnietsch5387
    @philippnietsch5387 Před 4 lety +16

    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

    • @Acidfrog475
      @Acidfrog475 Před 3 lety

      Which runo and verse? I want to check in my copies 🙂

  • @setyyppisuomesta8448
    @setyyppisuomesta8448 Před 4 lety +218

    Finally, someone covered Finland.
    Suomi mainittu, torilla tavataan.

    • @setyyppisuomesta8448
      @setyyppisuomesta8448 Před 4 lety

      @Astute Cingulus Wait what. By covered I meant made a video on. Covered as in: "That got covered in the news already."

    • @sonicluffypucca96
      @sonicluffypucca96 Před 4 lety +3

      Suomalainen mytologia on erittäin eeppistä ja mahtavaa

    • @setyyppisuomesta8448
      @setyyppisuomesta8448 Před 4 lety

      @@sonicluffypucca96 No joo, totta on.

    • @KenMoss
      @KenMoss Před 3 lety

      Jotkut meistä tietävät enemmän kuin luulet :-)

  • @Berries20
    @Berries20 Před 4 lety +802

    2:44 So a girl said "No" and they actually listened to her? Can I move to Finland please

    • @finnicpatriot6399
      @finnicpatriot6399 Před 4 lety +86

      No please, no.

    • @finshael
      @finshael Před 4 lety +186

      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.

    • @jk8557
      @jk8557 Před 4 lety +122

      In one Kalevala story, a girl drowned herself because Väinämöinen tried to marry her after her brother lost her in a bet to Väinämöinen.

    • @finnicpatriot6399
      @finnicpatriot6399 Před 4 lety +31

      Tommi Yli-Ollila It’s embarrassing, isn’ it? I wish we never had.

    • @finnicpatriot6399
      @finnicpatriot6399 Před 4 lety +10

      j k Another made-up story, just like the part where Ilmarinen doesn’t get his wife. Lönnrot ruined the original myths.

  • @alksi1
    @alksi1 Před 4 lety +57

    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.

    • @timomastosalo
      @timomastosalo Před 3 lety

      Well, it's more like people say the Ä & Ö usually as they say A & O in their languages.

  • @riqeun
    @riqeun Před 2 lety +5

    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!

  • @gamehedgehog9434
    @gamehedgehog9434 Před 4 lety +33

    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...

  • @burnburn2644
    @burnburn2644 Před 4 lety +13

    This is a good break from mythologies from well -known pantheons.
    Thanks for the new knowledge Ted-Ed!

  • @solreategui418
    @solreategui418 Před 4 lety +8

    Please keep doing more Myths, they’re amazing! Also, I was shook when you revealed the book, didn’t expect it

  • @riaelyna
    @riaelyna Před 4 lety +8

    your animations and narrations just get better and better every time and honestly, it's to live for 💜

  • @nicosaksi3214
    @nicosaksi3214 Před 3 lety +3

    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!

  • @Ama-Elaini
    @Ama-Elaini Před 4 lety +8

    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.

  • @inkeriaskola3192
    @inkeriaskola3192 Před 4 lety +5

    As a Finnish i love it when someone actually tries to pronounce words. Good job! ☺️

  • @JDSleeper
    @JDSleeper Před 4 lety +33

    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.

    • @vasilip
      @vasilip Před 3 lety +1

      I think this is it: elonet.finna.fi/Record/kavi.elonet_elokuva_117396
      Not sure if its watchable outside Finland though.

    • @ABxx2011
      @ABxx2011 Před 2 lety

      Me too.

    • @PlannedObsolescence
      @PlannedObsolescence Před 2 lety

      You mean “Jack Frost”? lol

    • @MichaelBoothofOz2009
      @MichaelBoothofOz2009 Před rokem +1

      @@PlannedObsolescence No, The Day the Earth Froze

    • @dubuyajay9964
      @dubuyajay9964 Před 6 měsíci +1

      "I don't know what a Sampo is, but I know that America makes the best Sampos in the entire world!"-Crow T. Robot.

  • @user-nd5gk5yi5p
    @user-nd5gk5yi5p Před 4 lety +9

    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

  • @artikid
    @artikid Před 2 lety +8

    Loved this, would like to see more from Kalevala, I think something about Lemminkainen's death and resurrection would be pretty nice.

  • @isisdarosa9340
    @isisdarosa9340 Před 2 lety +3

    This has some of the most fantastic names I’ve ever heard.

    • @finnicpatriot6399
      @finnicpatriot6399 Před 2 lety +1

      Maybe because you as a speaker of Indo-European are also used to other Indo-European languages, not Central-Asian Uralic languages like Finnish.

  • @mortenharket3265
    @mortenharket3265 Před 4 lety +20

    So good to know that this is the very epic that inspired J.R.R. Tolkien in making LotR that we enjoy today.

  • @vittxrio5198
    @vittxrio5198 Před 4 lety +4

    I love when Ted Ed make various myth videos. Such a masterpiece, perfect before sleeping.

  • @Pikazilla
    @Pikazilla Před 4 lety +15

    One of those days when your friend catapults you with a tornado.

  • @jessicadmj8813
    @jessicadmj8813 Před 4 lety +4

    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.

  • @benjaminmadrigal2328
    @benjaminmadrigal2328 Před 4 lety +6

    I actually felt excitement while watching this. Fantastic animation and writing.

  • @aaronholmberg4531
    @aaronholmberg4531 Před 4 lety +392

    Pakollista: Suomi mainittu, torilla tavataan!

  • @nihoggr2392
    @nihoggr2392 Před 4 lety +7

    Absolutely amazing work! I love the amount of effort put into this.

  • @NotTheAbhi
    @NotTheAbhi Před 4 lety +38

    Somehow felt that the name sounded like they were made by Tolkien and now i know why

    • @Tapanitseini
      @Tapanitseini Před 4 lety +22

      Kalevala, Väinämöinen, Joukahainen, Seppo Ilmarinen, Lemminkäinen, Sauli Niinistö, Louhi, Pohjola, Kantele.

    • @gunjfur8633
      @gunjfur8633 Před 4 lety +30

      @@Tapanitseini
      ...hold up

    • @amicableenmity9820
      @amicableenmity9820 Před 4 lety +3

      He loved Finnish and Welsh, those were his two main inspirations for Elvish.

    • @fermintenava5911
      @fermintenava5911 Před 4 lety +1

      I'm pretty sure the word "Silmaril" can be linked back directly to Ilmarinen ^^

    • @SilverGamingFI
      @SilverGamingFI Před 3 lety +12

      @@Tapanitseini Sauli Niinistö, yksi Kalevalan kuusuisimpia hahmoja

  • @jackwalls6551
    @jackwalls6551 Před 4 lety +53

    This sounds like an average d&d session with a level 20 bard

  • @cristinavolter4824
    @cristinavolter4824 Před 4 lety +24

    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

  • @cramerfloro5936
    @cramerfloro5936 Před 4 lety +7

    Yeeeeeeeeees! For some weird reason, I adored the Kalevala as a kid

  • @advaygiradkar9708
    @advaygiradkar9708 Před 3 lety +2

    Ted-ed mythological videos are sooo mesmerizing

  • @OGseoulite
    @OGseoulite Před 4 lety +1

    I love how the animations continually get better and better

  • @majklk2057
    @majklk2057 Před 4 lety +29

    When name sounds like Demon summoning, you know, it's from Finland.

    • @finnicpatriot6399
      @finnicpatriot6399 Před 4 lety +2

      Finland isn't Scandinavian and our language originates from Siberia. It's in no way related to Scandinavian languages...

    • @majklk2057
      @majklk2057 Před 4 lety +4

      Ok

    • @katlasdahgreat
      @katlasdahgreat Před 3 lety

      @@finnicpatriot6399 finland IS scandinavian, since it shares the mountain range Scandinavia with norway and sweden.
      The language doesn't have scandinavian origin, though. Very true.

    • @miika6463
      @miika6463 Před 3 lety

      @@katlasdahgreat nope, were fennoskandian.

    • @ollikoskiniemi6221
      @ollikoskiniemi6221 Před 3 lety +1

      @@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.

  • @pixelitedragon1720
    @pixelitedragon1720 Před 4 lety +12

    I remember a Scrooge Mcduck story of this

  • @wifibad
    @wifibad Před 4 lety +1

    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

  • @far_oppositeflow3652
    @far_oppositeflow3652 Před 4 lety +38

    Ok I'm in love how you pronounce those strange words 💙

    • @Tapanitseini
      @Tapanitseini Před 4 lety +15

      Kalevala, Väinämöinen, Joukahainen, Seppo Ilmarinen, Lemminkäinen, Sauli Niinistö, Louhi, Pohjola, Kantele.

    • @Paakku97
      @Paakku97 Před 4 lety +3

      , Perkele

    • @TheHeavyModd
      @TheHeavyModd Před 4 lety +10

      @@Tapanitseini one of those don't belong

    • @Tapanitseini
      @Tapanitseini Před 4 lety

      @@TheHeavyModd how did you notice?? :D

    • @vetumude
      @vetumude Před 4 lety +1

      Honne Kivioja Niinistö?

  • @kirapokelmann618
    @kirapokelmann618 Před 4 lety +3

    you deserve applause for that extra effort put into pronouncing the finnish names right!!!

  • @maymiller3639
    @maymiller3639 Před 4 lety +11

    Why isnt anyone talking about the animation!? God whoever did this is a masterpiece Loved every second💕💕

  • @lyhoursun1164
    @lyhoursun1164 Před 4 lety +1

    This is story is incredible and so was the animation! I am extremely impressed by everything here!

  • @kaguth
    @kaguth Před 4 lety +2

    Beautiful animation and damn does the narrator go at those crazy Finnish words with grace. Those do not sound easy.

  • @stanislawwitkowicz918
    @stanislawwitkowicz918 Před 4 lety +9

    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

    • @tonttu7979
      @tonttu7979 Před 3 lety +2

      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

  • @lattialammitus
    @lattialammitus Před 4 lety +5

    I love this, i am finnish myself and i adore the way you pronounsed the words, you did well 💕

  • @potatobrain2491
    @potatobrain2491 Před 4 lety +1

    the story and graphics are beautiful, a thumbs up to the narrator..you guys are doing an amazing work

  • @Darkshot_47
    @Darkshot_47 Před 4 lety +2

    Just amazing! Loved these tales & their beautiful presentation! ❤

  • @beterbomen
    @beterbomen Před 9 měsíci +6

    "The Lord of the Rings" was inspired by a lot of legends a folklore, wasn't it?

    • @statostheman
      @statostheman Před 9 měsíci +1

      Yes, and JJ Tolkien learn the Finnish language for 19 years, just to read the book "Kalevala". And Kalevala was written by Elias Lönnrot, after his travels into Karelia in 1835-36. Which each village and his part of the poems of Kalevala, which was settled in a poetry battle, to whom can say the best poem. Much like hip hop had their battle raps. But these was told orally and went from each generation. Some said it was very, very old. All from 1000 to 4000 bc. But that part just pure speculation. In ancient Karelia, in old maps you can find a place was called "midgarden". Which was at the White Karelia. I say about 80 % the lords of the rings took from Kalevala. the other 20% was took from the other folklore, just to sprinkle a little bit magic. But the battle of midgarden happened in the White Karelia and that battle was totally based on Kalevala.

  • @Dragonnix
    @Dragonnix Před 4 lety +8

    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

  • @minervapuranen1102
    @minervapuranen1102 Před 4 lety +1

    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.

  • @redditsenpai007
    @redditsenpai007 Před 4 lety +2

    Ted ed is everyword is so clear that I remember this story clearly

  • @CraftyTeo
    @CraftyTeo Před 4 lety +4

    Finnish is such a beautiful language

  • @scaryanarchist1260
    @scaryanarchist1260 Před 4 lety +115

    The pronounciations are not that bad!

    • @Tapanitseini
      @Tapanitseini Před 4 lety +1

      Yeah!

    • @mapelaanjakoodaansuomeksi3432
      @mapelaanjakoodaansuomeksi3432 Před 4 lety +9

      Profiilikuvasi on r/kirotutkuvat

    • @TimpanKanava
      @TimpanKanava Před 4 lety

      Hänen profiilikuvansa on suuremmalla todennäköisyydellä vanhempi kuin sinä

    • @Eniro20
      @Eniro20 Před 4 lety +1

      @@TimpanKanava Oho, vähänkö siistii, meikän vaari on varmaa vanhempi ku sä, pistäppä paremmaks lol xddd

    • @TimpanKanava
      @TimpanKanava Před 4 lety

      Nice virus link

  • @ilkkak3065
    @ilkkak3065 Před 3 lety +2

    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.

  • @ericsummers809
    @ericsummers809 Před 4 lety +2

    This episode was great! I really loved the animation.

  • @Coelacantha
    @Coelacantha Před 4 lety +6

    This story was very interesting! And the animation was beautiful, good job!🖒😀

  • @josiahtheblacksmith467
    @josiahtheblacksmith467 Před 4 lety +6

    I definitely see the influence of Ilmarinen on Tolkien's creation of Aulë/Mahal the Smith.

  • @aaroanttila2537
    @aaroanttila2537 Před 3 lety +2

    A small nitpick the kantele is not a name of a specific harp, but an old finnish instument believed to have magical powers

  • @quinciorangel953
    @quinciorangel953 Před 9 měsíci +1

    I literally love this video . Can’t get enough of it

  • @kompatybilijny9348
    @kompatybilijny9348 Před 2 lety +3

    Interesting, the Slavic Fable/Myth that explains why sea is salty also involves a magical artifact that endlessly produces salt at the bottom of the sea.

  • @luqmanwaqiuddin7543
    @luqmanwaqiuddin7543 Před 4 lety +4

    Even though I'm not Finnish, I knew that the pronunciation of the words are correct. Because it's Ted-Ed.

  • @RayBlendertube
    @RayBlendertube Před 3 lety +1

    Italian here. Knew about the artifact from a Don Rosa story, but knowing the legend behind it is so much interesting.

  • @sephirothjc
    @sephirothjc Před 3 lety +2

    Such an epic story to explain why sea water is salty, love it.

  • @VikingFyre
    @VikingFyre Před 4 lety +7

    Oh so that’s what that Ensiferum song was about...

  • @Aisha-ix6qz
    @Aisha-ix6qz Před 4 lety +3

    This is just so magical!

  • @Hartsikasvo
    @Hartsikasvo Před 4 lety +1

    As many have said before me 10/10 for the pronunciation! Like you hit the nail pretty much on the head there.

  • @ArcticEliel
    @ArcticEliel Před 3 lety +2

    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.

  • @jaegerho687
    @jaegerho687 Před 4 lety +4

    4:28 reminds me of how Isildur defeated Sauron

    • @singleturbosupra7951
      @singleturbosupra7951 Před 3 lety +1

      Since Kalevala worked as inspiration to Tolkien when writing lotr, I'd be willing to guess that he got the idea for the ring sinking into sea to be forgotten for ages from that part.