Sexual Life in Ancient India: A Study in the Comparative History of Indian Culture v2.c11.165

v2.c11.165

¹ This is still truer of the man : he is generally the more loved by women, the less he deserves it. Leminkäinen, the merry bully, drunkard, and woman-hunter of the Kalevala is everywhere the cock of the walk with the hens fluttering and clucking around him in love; the wise and noble Wäinämöinen, bringing happiness to mankind, can only speak of ill-luck in love.