Keywords: Gallen Kallela The Aino Triptych.jpg Artwork Creator Akseli Gallen-Kallela en Aino Myth Triptych fi Aino-taru triptyykki sv Ainomyten triptyk 1891 oil on canvas cm 154 0 154 0 1 The left and right panels cm 77 0 154 0 1 fi Keskiosa 154 0 cm × 154 0 cm Sivuosat 77 0 cm × 154 0 cm museum Ateneum Art Museum en Helsinki Finland es Helsinki Finlandia fi Helsinki Suomi sv Helsingfors Finland Painting by Akseli Gallen-Kallela depicting a scene from Kalevala a Finnish epic poem Aino was Joukahainen's sister who was promised to the old and wise Väinämöinen in marriage after Joukahainen lost a magic singing match against Väinämöinen Aino instead decides to drown herself The three pictures tell the story the left panel one is about the first encounter of Väinämöinen and Aino in the forest the right panel depicts mournful Aino weeping on the shore and listening to the call of the maids of Vellamo who are playing in the water Aino has made her decision to choose death rather than her wizened suitor The middle panel depicts the end of the story Väinämöinen goes to fish for Aino in the lake that she entered He catches a fish which he thinks to be a salmon and tries to cut her up with a knife but the fish slips away from his hands and springs back into the water Then the fish changes into Aino who proceeds to mock the old man that he held her in his hand but couldn't keep her After that she vanishes for ever See also the http //kokoelmat fng fi/wandora/w museumfilter imagesize 0 action gen artworkclassfilter timefilter si http 3A 2F 2Fwww muusa net 2FTeos 2F6E246E4A-C36A-4ED4-87B0-FDC58D9292F9 query aino-taru qtype http 3A 2F 2Fwww wandora net 2Fartwork lang en page at the Finnish National Gallery website fi Katso myös http //kokoelmat fng fi/wandora/w museumfilter lang fi artworkclassfilter action gen timefilter query aino-taru qtype http 3A 2F 2Fwww wandora net 2Fartwork si http 3A 2F 2Fwww muusa net 2FTeos 2F6E246E4A-C36A-4ED4-87B0-FDC58D9292F9 imagesize 0 sivu Valtion taidemuseon sivustolla A I 518 http //www revuedada fr/userfiles/image/Actualit C3 A9s/Gallen 20Kallela/aino_ok jpg Other versions PD-old-auto 1931 derivative works Gallen Kallela The Aino Triptych-2 jpg 1891 paintings Drowning in art Paintings of nude women sitting on rocks outdoors Triptychs in Finland Female blond hair in art 1890s mythological paintings Paintings in the Ateneum People with boats in art Suicide in art Mockery Painting frames 19th-century oil on canvas paintings People in forests in art Väinämöinen Paintings of Kalevala by Akseli Gallen-Kallela |