"Kalma, rise and bestir thyself to watch my thief, to look after my goods, to get my property, to recover what is ta´en away with thy heavy, frightful hands, with the chains of the Omnipotent. O Hippa, one of Hiisi´s daughters, O Kipinätär, Hiii´s cat, tear his thighs right well, as sparks of fire torture him, s that the shall not sleep at night, shall not repose at all by day, without first bringing back, without his putting in it´s place what he has ta´en, what he has robbed, what he has taken of my goods, what he has got, what he hid".

Source: Magic songs of the Finns by Elias Lönnrot

Vocabulary:

Kalma Spirit of the dead who guards cemeteries
Hippa Spirit of the forest/ a gnomelike creature
Hiisi In its original form hiisi was a sacred pagan worshipping place in nature. Later on, they were seen as the personifications of the mountains or as evil giants or trolls.
Kipinätär Feisty cat who belonged to Hiisi´s väki. The cat would catch thieves, scratch their legs until they would return what they had stolen.
Väki The hidden power that lives within every living being and within all the elements.

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