This song is about 'Ilmarinen' who is the Eternal Hammerer, blacksmith and inventor in the Kalevala ( is a 19th-century work of epic poetry) is a god & archetypal artificer from Finnish mythology. He is immortal & capable of creating practically anything, but is portrayed as being unlucky in love. After the loss of his first wife to Kullervo's curse ('Kullervo' an ill-fated character in the Kalevala who curses a herd of cows, turning them into bears to attack a woman who's been tormenting him this woman was Illmarinens wife) - the disheartened Ilmarinen attempts to craft a new one from gold & silver, but finds this golden wife is just not the same.
This song is about 'Ilmarinen' who is the Eternal Hammerer, blacksmith and inventor in the Kalevala ( is a 19th-century work of epic poetry) is a god & archetypal artificer from Finnish mythology. He is immortal & capable of creating practically anything, but is portrayed as being unlucky in love. After the loss of his first wife to Kullervo's curse ('Kullervo' an ill-fated character in the Kalevala who curses a herd of cows, turning them into bears to attack a woman who's been tormenting him this woman was Illmarinens wife) - the disheartened Ilmarinen attempts to craft a new one from gold & silver, but finds this golden wife is just not the same.