Post by tog on Apr 6, 2013 9:12:08 GMT -6
For some reason I've always been amused by the Whip Of Summoning, from the Finnish mythos; crack the whip, and a Superhero Dwarf in mithril armor with a +3 Hammer appears in a puff of smoke to serve you.
Well, I skimmed over the copy of the Kalevala on Wikisource, and actually read a fair bit of it, and while I discovered references to a lot of stuff that shows up in Deities Demigods & Heroes like Heal Iron Wounds, Thumb Height Man and Forlorn Incsitment, I can't find any whip that summons fighters, only a whip (I think belonging to Joukahainen) that summons a servant to take his sleigh.
Any thoughts?
Well, I skimmed over the copy of the Kalevala on Wikisource, and actually read a fair bit of it, and while I discovered references to a lot of stuff that shows up in Deities Demigods & Heroes like Heal Iron Wounds, Thumb Height Man and Forlorn Incsitment, I can't find any whip that summons fighters, only a whip (I think belonging to Joukahainen) that summons a servant to take his sleigh.
Any thoughts?