So which ones do you like best? Pick up to three, otherwise it might be too difficult. [I feel like leaving out #5 altogether, but for the sake of completeness...]
Don't hate me Eurynome
Then again I always joke that there's "wrong swan" in SW cover, because the Swan of Tuonela is originally whooper swan and not mute swan, like in the cover.
Wait, how do you know?
I can't recall, was there an actual clarification of some sort in Kalevala. That seems...odd.
While Kalevala has Karelian origins, whooper swan (which is also national bird of Finland) was kind of "totem animal" to Karelian people. They made up many myths and beliefs about these birds - including this Swan of Tuonela-myth. But mute swan has never played the part in Finnish-Karelian folklore, because it's not original species in Finnish fauna but brought here from elsewhere.
So which ones do you like best? Pick up to three, otherwise it might be too difficult. [I feel like leaving out #5 altogether, but for the sake of completeness...]
While Kalevala has Karelian origins, whooper swan (which is also national bird of Finland) was kind of "totem animal" to Karelian people. They made up many myths and beliefs about these birds - including this Swan of Tuonela-myth. But mute swan has never played the part in Finnish-Karelian folklore, because it's not original species in Finnish fauna but brought here from elsewhere.
Maybe the new album cover needs a little more special effects:
Well maybe even more sci-fi crazyness: