In Finnish mythology, Vainamoinen was the son of the fertilizing sea and the creation-goddess Luonnotar. He spent 700 years reaching maturity in Luonnotar's womb, and a further 30 years as a grown man sitting there, becoming ever more bored and shouting vainly to the sun and stars to help him. But the sun and stars could not hear him and Luonnotar, innocent of sex and childbirth, had no idea she was even pregnant. Finally in desperation,
Vainamoinen began hauling himself hand over hand out of her womb and clambered out of her before swimming ashore to the country that was to become Finland. he began clearing land for farming using magic as he had no tools. He fought, and defeated the giant Joukahainen using his magic. Research Vainamoinen
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