The hymns preserve prayers together with explanations attributed to Priestess Ehrnrooth. Her notes describe rites abolished or revised by Aila, the first Moonchanter. Read the prayer and its accompanying note together to distinguish the older wording from the later form.
Original library notes, checked against each volume. Follow the links to read the source text.
The opening poem leads into prayers to Pitkamoonen, Maadteraahka, Tuonetar and Laimelea. Ehrnrooth's notes explain discontinued rituals and question an apparent historical inconsistency. Prayer Song V is marked missing in the text.
The surviving passages concern Ianikuinen, Koitar and Seutervoinen, and Saarelainen. The older prayers are followed by notes and revised invocations of the Frost Moon. The gold bow appears in Ianikuinen's prayer; Koitar is named as Seutervoinen's wife.
Two prayers address Huurrekuutar, the Goddess of the Frost Moon, and Kuutar, the Moon Maiden. Ehrnrooth explains why the older prayer to Huurrekuutar was brief and records a later version associated with Aila.
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Ehrnrooth's notes describe older rituals and prayers that Aila later abolished, revised or simplified. The text preserves both historical wording and later forms; they should be read with those notes.