Description of the attraction
Mount Sampo is located 37 km from the city of Petrozavodsk, on the territory of the Kondopoga region. You can get to it by personal transport or together with an excursion group, buses moving along the route to Marcial Waters, Konchezero and Spasskaya Bay do not stop at Sampo.
In Karelian-Finnish mythology, Sampo takes the place of a unique miracle object that has magical powers and is a source of happiness, abundance and well-being. It is usually presented in the form of a mill.
According to the legends of the runes, Sampo was forged by Ilmarinen as a ransom for a wedding for the daughter of the old woman Louhi, the mistress of Pohjola, to whom Ilmarinen had wooed. Sampo, thanks to his magical power, can grind so much money, salt and bread that is enough not only for food and supplies, but also for organizing feasts. The roof of the mill symbolizes the heavenly dome, dotted with numerous stars, revolving around the center of its axis - the support on which the whole world rests.
Based on the world famous Karelian-Finnish epic "Kalevala", the film "Sampo" of the same name was filmed on Mount Sampo in 1960. The central plot of the epic is the abduction of Sampo from Pohjela: Väinämöinen goes to Pohjäla with Ilmarinen and Lemminkäinen, lulls the inhabitants and takes Sampo out from under the mountain. While he is taking Sampo away in a boat, Pohjela's mistress wakes up and catches up with the kidnappers.
During their struggle, Sampo accidentally crashes, and its fragments sink into the sea, but later part of the fragments of the fairy mill were carried by waves to the bank of the Kalevala. Wise Väinemeinen caught them and buried them in the ground. Since that time, happiness and contentment have settled in Karelia forever, and Sampo Mountain is considered a place of power and fulfillment of the most cherished desires. A tree of desires grows on the mountain - an ancient and mighty pine tree, having made a wish on it, you need to hang a piece of your clothes.
Description added:
ARCHANGEL 07.12.2015
I recommend reading a short retelling of the Kalevala epic, and not writing here any nonsense about the methods of mining the wonderful Sampo mill:
