- such as one against envy : In such incantations Hiisi's name often carries negative connotations, being associated with waste, pain, punishment and so on. However, not all associations were negative - Hiisi is associated with good horses - in a song about travel : ".. good horses live at Hiisi’s place, on the mountains there are first-rate foals. From Hiisi take a horse, from the hard land a trotting horse, the chestnut nag of Hiisi with forelock of fire .. ". Hiisi was also assumed to assist forest hunters catching game. One folklore song gives Hiisi as the origin (creator) of the Horse, though claims this is a substitution and that he was originally associated with the Elk, Reindeer or Ox. The name is also invoked in songs telling of the origins of parts of other creatures including the cat's tail, and the raven's neck, body, legs, and guts, and one of its eyes. One song tells of the snake's creation from the saliva of a sleeping Hiisi, which was eaten by Syöjätär - it burned and she coughed it out - once dried out Hiisi gave it life. (Tempo and Hiisi both appear in some forms of this creation text) The Aspen tree was also said to have come from Hiisi. The Hornet (or wasp), closely associated with Hiisi (or Tempo) is a key element in the mythic creation of steel from iron - its sting - mistaken for honey by the smith Ilmarinen was used to harden the iron into steel - this poison was indicated as the origin of steel being used as a weapon against other people. One version of the origin of copper ore has it coming from the urine of Hilahatar (Hiisi's girl), his old woman, and his mare (horse). Riddles Hiisi's name was used in Finnish riddles - "Hiisi's elk" (or ".. with a hundred horns") is a pine tree; and "the neighing of Hiisi's horse in Hiisi's land" refers to thunder. In the Kalevala Except where noted, quotations in English are from the translation by There are many references to Hiisi in the Kalevala. In Runo VI Joukahainen's bow has a drawstring made from the "elk of Hisi". In Runo VII an evil spirit or agent called Hiisi is blamed for Väinämöinen's self-injury with his axe. In Runo IX "Hiisi's cauldron" is mentioned as a vessel for creating enchantments. Lemminkäinen is