The painting depicts a scene from a poem where the hero Lemminkäinen has died and his mother has dredged the pieces of her son's lifeless body from the river of Tuonela and sewn them together again. She is shown with the body in pietà style, waiting for the bee, a messenger of the god Ukko, to bring her honey from the gods to bring her son to life again.[1][4]
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^ ab. Ateneum. Archived from the original on 24 December 2014. Retrieved 23 December 2014.
^Timonen, Senni (21 March 2005). "Lemminkäisen äiti". Kansallisbiografia. Retrieved 21 August 2020.
^"Lemminkäisen arvoitus". Serlachius. 9 January 2020. Retrieved 21 August 2020.
lemminkäinen, mother, lemminkäisen, äiti, 1897, romantic, nationalist, painting, finnish, painter, akseli, gallen, kallela, painting, illustrates, passage, from, kalevala, finnish, national, epic, compiled, elias, lönnrot, 19th, century, artistakseli, gallen, . Lemminkainen s Mother Lemminkaisen aiti is an 1897 Romantic nationalist painting by Finnish painter Akseli Gallen Kallela 1 The painting illustrates a passage from the Kalevala the Finnish national epic compiled by Elias Lonnrot in the 19th century 2 3 Lemminkainen s MotherArtistAkseli Gallen KallelaYear1897MediumTemperaDimensions85 cm 108 5 cm 33 in 42 7 in LocationAteneum HelsinkiThe painting depicts a scene from a poem where the hero Lemminkainen has died and his mother has dredged the pieces of her son s lifeless body from the river of Tuonela and sewn them together again She is shown with the body in pieta style waiting for the bee a messenger of the god Ukko to bring her honey from the gods to bring her son to life again 1 4 References edit a b Akseli Gallen Kallela and Kalevala Ateneum Archived from the original on 24 December 2014 Retrieved 23 December 2014 Timonen Senni 21 March 2005 Lemminkaisen aiti Kansallisbiografia Retrieved 21 August 2020 Lemminkaisen arvoitus Serlachius 9 January 2020 Retrieved 21 August 2020 Kauden klassikko 11 10 2013 16 2 2014 Gallen Kallelan Lemminkaisen aiti Korundi Retrieved 21 August 2020 nbsp This article about a nineteenth century painting is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Lemminkainen 27s Mother amp oldid 1163456293, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
