Origin of "the" noita, or shaman, refers to Poika Pohjolainen. In a weird twist, though he's typically described as Sámi, one Savonian runosong also calls him a Tatar in addition. Maybe not to be taken literally: what these lines just mean is that he's from the Underworld, the extreme north.
   Kärmet itki kalliolla Heitteli hikivesiä Silmistä sinertävistä Kulmista alakurosista: "Kyllä tiiän noian synnyn Kussa noita noita tehty Pohjan penkereen takana Hakosella vuotehella Kivisella päänalalla" Syrjin synty Lappalainen Poikkipuolten Pohjalainen Takaperin tattarlainen Vaan syrjin sitä minäi synnyn Portto Pohjolan emäntä Hiien neiti, huppokorva Lovehetar vanha vaimo Istuu vesi kivellen Päätään paneskelee Hapsiaan harjaapi Selin tuulehen makasi Persein pahaan säähän Teki tuuli tiineheksi Ahava kohulliseksi Tuosta paksuksi panihe Lihavaksi liitihin Kanto kohtua kovova Vatan täyttä vaikeata Kolme oli poikaa pahalla Yksi ruho, toinen rampa Kolomasi perisokea Ruho nuolia vanuupi Rampa jousta jännittää Ampuupi perisokea |
A snake cried on a rock Threw around sweat waters From blue-ish eyes From downcast brows: "Sure I know the origin of noita Where that noita was made Behind the bank of the North On a bed of a sunken log On the pillow of stone Lappalainen was born sideways Pohjalainen crosswise Backwards tattarlainen But I was born sideways too Harlot Lady of Pohjola Maiden of Hiisi, covered ears Lovehetar old woman Sits on a rock in water Does her hair Brushes her locks Lied back towards the wind Her ass towards the bad weather The wind made her pregnant The dry cold breeze filled her womb There she got heavy with child Spread all wide Carried the hard womb A stomach full of pains The evil one had three sons One was a carcass, the other a cripple The third was blind from birth The carcass felts arrows The cripple pulls the string The blind-from-birth shoots |
Here, we see a trio of brothers: Carcass, Cripple, and Blind-from-birth (the version "thoroughly blind" also exists). The context suggests that Carcass is the same as Poika Pohjolainen. Still, in some context the one who makes arrows and the one who shoots them are the one and the same. I find this brother trio very interesting for other reasons, though. Blind-from-birth, Perisokea, has a name that is the exact equivalent of Norse Helblindi. In Norse mythology, Helblindi is a giant and the brother of Loki and Býleistr. While Býleistr has nothing to do with Cripple name-meaning-wise, nor Loki with Carcass, Loki does share similarities with Poika Pohjolainen: If we assume that he is the same as Joukahainen, he has had both friendship and conflict with Finland's own equivalent to Odin, Väinämöinen. As well as brotherhood which might not be exactly based on biological factors. However, some of Loki's features, such as giving birth to wolves, go to Pohjolainen's mother Louhi in Finnish myth.