Noidan kirot: Kuvaus Lapin rajoilta

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Noidan kirot: Kuvaus Lapin rajoilta

by Väinö Kataja

FI·~2 hours·15 chapters

Chapters

15 total

NOIDAN KIROT

0:02

VÄINÖ KATAJA

0:03

I

11:04

II

18:56

III

17:59

IV

7:37

NOIDAN KIROT 135

8:30

V

7:10

VI

8:09

VII

9:37

Description

In the pale light of an early spring dawn, the lake stretches flat and glittering, its surface a perfect mirror for the rising sun. Selma and her brother Simo sit atop a reindeer sled, the animal's hooves silent on the thin ice as they glide toward the mysterious Utuniemi, a peninsula that always seems to hover in fog. The landscape opens up into endless white‑capped cliffs, dark pine shadows, and a lonely, crooked barn perched at the water’s edge, hinting at a world far from any settled village.

As they travel, Simo shares his dream of raising a new farmstead on the peninsula, a sturdy house that will rise above the untouched birch woods and become a quiet refuge. Their conversation weaves together memories of home, the bounty of the lake and forest, and the quiet determination of people who carve a life from the wild north. Listeners will be carried along the crackling sled ropes and the soft hum of reindeer bells, feeling the crisp air and the promise of an untamed future.

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Language

fi

Duration

~2 hours (157K characters)

Publisher of text edition

Project Gutenberg

Release date

May 17, 2017

Rights

Public domain in the USA.

About the author

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Väinö Kataja

1867–1914

Known for vivid stories of northern Finnish rural life, this early 20th-century writer blended local color, nature, and everyday drama in books that once reached a wide readership. He is often remembered as one of Finland’s first major popular fiction authors.

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