Do you know the origin of iron? When did you last fall and take fright? These questions are good to keep in mind as we delve into the world of Finnish magic, where sorcerers prepare themselves for healing by standing on rocks in freezing rapids and newborn children are protected from evil spirits in the sauna by being given misleading nicknames. With us we have performance storyteller Markus Luukkonen who has, together with Mikael, made one show based on the fragmented source material of the epic Kalevala, and is in the process of creating another. Markus Luukkonen's website https://markusluukkonen.com/ Cloak of Air (Vindmantel – Ilman Viitta) https://markusluukkonen.com/projects/cloak-of-air/ The Naked Sorcerer https://markusluukkonen.com/the-naked-sorcerer/ In the Borderlands www.intheborderlands.com REFERENCES Teatteri Venus https://universum.fi/sv/teatteri-venus/ 3troubadours https://www.3troubadours.com/ Kalevala https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalevala Cunning folk https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cunning_folk Elias Lönnrot https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elias_L%C3%B6nnrot The Finnish Literature Society, SKS https://www.finlit.fi/en Karelia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karelia Synty https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synty Tietäjä https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiet%C3%A4j%C3%A4 Väinämöinen https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V%C3%A4in%C3%A4m%C3%B6inen Narrative therapy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narrative_therapy Mantra https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mantra Sauna https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sauna Luonto https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finnish_paganism Museum of Cultural History https://www.historiskmuseum.no/english/ Megin https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/megin Väki https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V%C3%A4ki Pansori https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pansori Fossegrim https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fossegrim Näcken https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nixie_(folklore) Ole Bull https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ole_Bull