2016年10月22日 星期六

Kuu



在芬蘭神話裡,對宇宙和大地有很禪意的想像。
傳說中,Ilmatar (the daughter of the air)放棄了天上的居所,下凡到海洋上,她在海上飄蕩了七世紀之久。後來,有一隻鳥在她的膝上築了巢,無意間一枚小小的蛋不小心滑落,於是蛋的底部變成了大地,頂部是天空,蛋黃是太陽,蛋白變成了月亮,而蛋殼的碎片則變成銀閃閃的星星,就這樣誕生了一整片廣袤無垠的宇宙。

“ Kuu is the Finnish word for the Moon.
Kuu is a Moon goddess in Finnish mythology. 
 According to the Kalevala, the daughter of the air Ilmatar allowed a teal to lay its egg on her knee as she floated in the abyss. The egg fell and its parts formed the universe: the white of the egg became the moon, and the yolk the sun.”

© 散步小月山
Maira Gall