Kalevala and Pohjola are rival lands whose conflict over the Sampo drives the Finnish epic.
Väinämöinen traveled to Pohjola, the dark northern realm ruled by Louhi. He was held captive there until he promised that Ilmarinen would forge the Sampo as ransom for his release.
Louhi rules Pohjola as its fearsome mistress, the dark land of the North in Finnish mythology.
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