The hero stories of northern Europe: Beowulf and Grendel, Thor's fishing trip for the world serpent, the binding of the wolf Fenrir and Vainamoinen's forging of the Sampo in the Kalevala. A myth belongs here when its cited article describes a heroic or divine-hero cycle of the Norse, Anglo-Saxon or Finnish peoples. It excludes Celtic hero stories. Examples in the atlas include Beowulf and Grendel.
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Sampo (Wikipedia)
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In Finnish mythology, the Sampo (pronounced [ˈsɑmpo]) or Sammas (pronounced [ˈsɑmːɑs]) is a magical device or object described in many different ways, constructed by the blacksmith, inventor and originally the sky god Ilmarinen, and which brings riches and good fortune to its holder, akin to the horn of plenty (cornucopia) of Greek mythology.
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