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Lines on an X-ray Portrait of a Ladyby Lawrence K. Russel,  Life Magazine in 1896.

This is.. intriguing.

Untitled by Lucia Whittaker.
Extract from The Jute Mill Song by Mary Brookbank

Lemminkäinen’s mother, an 1897 painting by Akseli Gallen-Kallela.

Lemminkäinen’s mother descends into the underworld in search of her son. On the banks of the river of the underworld, she rakes up first Lemminkäinen’s tunic and shoes, and then, his maimed and broken body. Unrelenting, she continues her work until every piece of Lemminkäinen’s body is recovered. Sewing the parts together and offering prayers to the gods, the mother tries to restore Lemminkäinen to life, but succeeds only in remaking his body, life is still absent. Then, she entreats a bee to ascend to the halls of the over-god Ukko and fetch from there a drop of honey as ointment that would bring Lemminkäinen back to life. Only with such a potent remedy is the hero finally restored.

Illustration from the Kalevala, by Akseli Gallen-Kallela 1896. Showing Väinämöinen with a sword, defending the Sampo from Louhi.