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:Aino ''is also an alternative spelling of'' Ainu ''; see '' Ainu Language '' and '' Ainu People . Aino is a figure in Finnish Mythology . The Kalevala , the Finnish epic poem of fifty parts, relates that she was the beautiful sister of Joukahainen . Her brother, having lost a singing contest to the storied Väinämöinen , promised Aino's "hands and feet" in marriage if Väinämöinen would save him from drowning in the swamp into which Joukahainen had been thrown. Rather than submit to this fate, Aino drowned herself. NATIONAL ROMANTISM During the National Romantic period at the end of the 19th Century the mythological name Aino was adopted as a Christian Name by Fennoman activists. Among the first to be named so were Aino Järnefelt (Aino Sibelius ), born 1871 and Aino Krohn (the later Aino Kallas ), born 1878 . Aino is also said to be the origin of the artist name of Ayn Rand . |
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