RUNO XXII
[76.] The word used here for father Is taatto, which curiously recalls the Welsh tad. (English, dad.)
[194.] In the Scandinavian Mythology the giantess Skadi was required to choose a husband from among the gods by looking at their feet only.
RUNO XXIII
[330.] The usual word to express a long time is viikko, a week.
[469, 470.] These infernal damsels play various parts in the Kalevala, as boat-women, death-bringers, etc., and here we find them in the character of Furies.
[487.] The term "snowy month" is used for the period between Feb. 20 and March 20. I have rendered it March.
[787-792.] Perhaps this is only figurative, as in the case of the unpropitious forest-deities.