Kalevala: The Epic Poem of Finland Complete

by Elias Lönnrot

Broke the tassels from the birch-trees, Steeped the foliage in honey, Made a lye from milk and ashes, Made of these a strong decoction, Mixed it with the fat and marrow Of the reindeer of the mountains, Made a soap of magic virtue,

On the making of soap in mythic Sápmi, from the Kalevala.