The wizard Ilmarinen, young Vyainyameinen's companion, lived in Finland in the period of early epoch of wizards. According to the legend Ilmarinen was a smith who built a mill which perpetually grinded salt, grain and gold.
The smith Ilmarinen, a young Vyanyameinen companion and the powerful wizard fell in love with Loukhi's daughter. The girl fell in love with him too, but Loukhi, the sorceress from the North, was against their marriage. To win the right to marry her daughter Loukhi told him defeat the Death trice. At the first trial the young wizard had to plough up the field full of vipers.
Vested in armour, Ilmarinen ploughed the field of vipers with golden plough, making the snakes give way. Next he entered the land of the dead in search for the bear and the wolf. With the help of magic bridle he managed to bring the beasts to Loukhi. At last, in the same gloomy land the smith managed to find evil fish which the sorceress wanted. He did it with the help of the iron eagle, which he made himself and animated. Ilmarinen outwit Loukhi and married her daughter.