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Aino (character)

Fictional character in the Finnish epic Kalevala

Summary

Fictional character in the Finnish epic Kalevala

Aino () is a figure in the Kalevala, a Finnish national epic by Elias Lönnrot. Lönnrot invented the name Aino, meaning "the only one"; the original poems only call her "the only daughter" or "the only sister" (aino tyttönen, aino sisko).

Her brother Joukahainen loses a singing contest to Väinämöinen and promises Aino's "hands and feet" in marriage to the winner. Aino's mother is pleased to marry her daughter to someone so famous and well-born, but Aino does not want to marry such an old man and drowns herself (or is transformed into a nixie). She returns to taunt the grieving Väinämöinen as a perch.

During the national romantic period at the end of the 19th century the mythological name Aino was adopted as a Christian name by Fennoman activists. Among the first to be named so were Aino Järnefelt (Aino Sibelius), born 1871 and Aino Krohn (the later Aino Kallas), born 1878.

According to the Finnish Population Register Centre, over 60,000 women have been given the name. It was especially popular in the early 20th century and the most common first name for women in the 1920s. It has returned to favor in the 21st century; it was the most popular name for girls in Finland in 2006 and 2007.

Gallery

|File:Akseli Gallen-Kallela - Aino Triptych (1889).jpg|The earlier 1889 version of the triptych by Gallen-Kallela where Aino had the likeness of a French model |File:Keinänen Väinämöinen ja Aino.jpg|Väinämöinen and Aino, , 1896 |File:Keinänen, Aino meren rannalla.jpg|Aino by the Sea, Sigfrid Keinänen, 1876 |File:Albert Edelfelt - Aino - A III 2022-40 - Finnish National Gallery.jpg|Aino, watercolor by Albert Edelfelt |File:Johannes Takanen - Aino Looking out to Sea - B I 55 - Finnish National Gallery.jpg|Aino, Looking Out to Sea, , 1876 |Aino patsas Lahden Kartanopuisto.jpg|Aino Fountain in Lahti by Emil Wikström, 1912 (fi) |File:Joseph Alanen - Courting of Aino and Aino Drowns Herself.jpg|Courting of Aino and Aino Drowns Herself, , 1908–1910 |File:Joseph Alanen - Neiet nietten nenissä.jpg|Maidens at the Headlands, Joseph Alanen, 1919–1920

References

The Kalevala, Cantos 3, 4, and 5.
Kustaa Vilkuna:Etunimet.1976.Kustannusosakeyhtiö Otava. (On the name Aino)

References

(22 January 2016). "Mitä Väinämöinen todella teki? - Tätä tekoa #lääppijä-keskustelussa käytetty Aino-teos kuvasi". Yle.
(5 February 2018). ""Eikö museota yhtään hävetä?" – Akseli Gallen-Kallelan Aino-taru joutui Me Too -kampanjan hampaisiin – tiukka vastaus julki". Ilta-Sanomat.
(20 October 2002). "Aino".
(5 March 2020). "Gallen-Kallelan Aino-triptyykki Tampereen taidemuseoon".
"Population Register Center".
http://www.hs.fi/english/article/Aino+and+Eetu+top+list+of+most+popular+childrens+names+/1135231071996
(21 January 2017). "Gallen-Kallelan Ainoja onkin kaksi – tunnistatko erot?". Satakunnan Kansa.

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