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OriginalKullervo, a character in Finnish mythology and the Kalevala, cursing cows, turning them into bears so that he can have revenge on a woman who tormented him. Kullervo grew up thinking his family was dead, raised by his family's "killer", was sold into slavery, unknowingly had sexual relations with his sister (leading to her suicide), finds his family only to lose them again, kills the man who sold him into slavery, and then commits suicide.
Reason
Interesting depiction of a character in Finnish mythology (according to the article, the only one who was tragically irredeemable)
Articles in which this image appears
Kullervo +2
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Artwork/Literary illustrations
Creator
Akseli Gallen-Kallela

Promoted File:Akseli Gallen-Kallela - Kullervo Cursing - Google Art Project.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 23:57, 23 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]