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Sampo

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[sahm-paw] / ˈsɑm pɔ /

noun

Finnish Legend.
  1. a magical object or substance that was stolen by Ilmarinen, Väinämöinen, and Lemminkäinen from Louhi because of its powers.


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In his place, Colorado called up LW Sampo Ranta, marking Ranta’s sixth stint with the team this season.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 14, 2023

Backed by the Finnish government, Sampo Hietanen, an engineer, started Whim, the world’s first MaaS “operator,” in 2017; Helsinki was the test site.

From New York Times • Dec. 5, 2021

He was returning from Helsinki to announce that Danske would take over Finland’s Sampo Bank and absorb its million customers.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 23, 2018

Kullervo's tale is just one of 50 songs in the Kalevala, an epic of 22,795 verses telling the story of the Sampo, a magical object that bestows power on whoever possesses it.

From BBC • Aug. 26, 2015

FAR away in Lapland, at a place called A�m�o,37 near the River Jana, there lived, in a little hut, a Laplander and his wife, with their small son, Sampo.

From The Diamond Fairy Book by Various