The Kalevala Canto 1 – In The Beginning

Ilmatar, the daughter of the air, descends to the sea and is fertilised; she becomes the Water-mother. Time passes, and Sotka, a goldeneye floats over the water seeking a place to rest and make her nest. It sees the knee of the Water-mother rising above the waves and, confusing it for a grassy hill, decides to make its nest there. On the third day the Water-mother feels her knee is too hot and fears it is burning. She twitches her leg and the eggs fall into the water, crashing into fragments. The fragments of the eggs grow into the earth and heavens and sun and moon and stars and the final pieces into the clouds. She gives birth to Väinämöinen.