Finding the Copper-lined Boxes
16 December
Namnsdag Assar, Astor
(day of the old ones, ancient wisdom)
(day of the old ones, ancient wisdom)
Tales are told of ancient lays and runes stored in copper-lined boxes made from Ash, the tree of life. Preserved for our future, they have been left for us to find when we are ready.
Shall I bring these songs together
From the cold and frost collect them?
Shall I bring this nest of boxes,
Keepers of these golden legends,
To the table in my cabin,
Underneath the painted rafters,
In this house renowned and ancient?
Shall I now these boxes open,
Boxes filled with wondrous stories?
Shall I now the end unfasten
Of this ball of ancient wisdom,
These ancestral Lays unravel?
Kalevala
