Suddenly he changed himself to another shape,
Swiftly he became other, 370
Went black into the water,
As an otter into the reedy place,
Crept like an iron worm,
Moved like a viper snake
Across the river of Tuonela, 375
Through the nets of Tuoni.
Tuoni’s son with crooked fingers,
With crooked fingers and iron nails,