So the third from morn till evening,
When appear the gates of Pohya,
With her snow-clad hills and mountains."[1]
Pohjola (Finnish pronunciation: [ˈpohjolɑ]; from pohja 'base, bottom', but used in derived forms like pohjois- to mean 'north' + -la 'place'), sometimes just Pohja (pronounced [ˈpohjɑ]), is a location in Finnish mythology. It is one of the two main polarities in the Finnish national epic, the Kalevala, along with Kalevala or Väinölä.
- ^ Kalevala: Rune XLIX: Restoration of the Sun and Moon. John Crawford, 1888 (translation).