Lemminkäinens moder =: Lemminkäisen äiti
- Collection:
- Images from the History of Medicine (IHM)
- Alternate Title(s):
- Lemminkäisen äiti
- Author(s):
- Gallen-Kallela, Akseli, 1865-1931, artist
- Contributor(s):
- Zwerdling, Michael, former owner
- Publication:
- [Dresden?] : [Römmler & Jonas?], [1920]
- Language(s):
- Swedish
- Format:
- Still image
- Subject(s):
- Thanatology Medicine in Art
- Genre(s):
- Postcards
- Abstract:
- Postcard features a painting by Axel Gallen, depicting a scene from Kalevala, a Finnish epic poem. The warrior Lemminkainen has been killed, his body hacked to pieces and thrown into the dark river that flows through the underworld, Tuonela. His mother, having collected the parts from the river and sewing them back together, looks up to see a single bee bringing back honey from the halls of the god Ukko, a wondrous ointment that would bring her son to life.
- Copyright:
- Copyright status must be investigated before publishing or commercial use.
- Extent:
- 1 postcard : 9 x 14 cm
- Provenance:
- Purchase; Michael Zwerdling; 2004; 04-22.
- Technique:
- color
- NLM Unique ID:
- 101623326 (See catalog record)
- NLM Image ID:
- D04811
- Permanent Link:
- http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101623326