The 'Demon Elk' and a tree from Tuonela...
In cantos 13:30-14:32 from the kalevala, Lemminkäinen (translation=lover-boy) is promised that if he hunts down the demons elk he'll be wed to the most beautiful girl in the north, however, the demons overhear and summon a very powerful demon elk...
"Vainly, Lemminkäinen, you
go huting the Deamon's elk:
'tis a scrap of rotten wood
you'll get, and with that great grief.'
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