entity_id,source_id,evidence_type,source_note
ENT_FINN_VAINAMOINEN,SRC_KALEVALA,direct attestation,"Central figure of the Kalevala across Runos 1-3, 5-11, 16-17, 26-30, 42-50. His birth from Ilmatar (Runo 1-3), contest with Joukahainen (Runo 3), descent to Tuonela (Runo 16), creation of the kantele (Runo 40-41), and departure at the end (Runo 50) are core mythological events."
ENT_FINN_VAINAMOINEN,SRC_PENTIKÄINEN_KALEVALA,scholarly attestation,Pentikäinen (1999) pp. 148-220: Väinämöinen as paradigmatic shaman-figure in Finnish tradition; the soul-journey motif (descent to Tuonela); shamanism and the kantele; comparison with Siberian shaman-hero traditions.