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Once upon a time a finn accidentially fell into a lake. Not that such hadn't appeared before, but this time the poor guy had hit a deep spot so it took a while before he managed to splash his way back to solid ground. As a side effect of all this splishing and splashing he got rid of all the dirt that usually covered his body. Normally such wouldn't mean much, but he soon discovered that his fellow finns thought that he was some kind of evil spirit - he didn't smell 
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Because of this he bacame an outcast and despite he soon got his his smelly layer of dirt back, he was still viewed with suspiciousness - he had after all been without smell for a period.
Lonely as he was, he soon became weird and started to have fantasies involving the concept of a clean body. He knew that the standard punishment of wifes with birkeris could remove dirt, so he wanted to include that as a part of his new concept.
Although the whipping and the cold water had an effect, the dirt growed faster than the cleansing so after several years of experimenting he died as a disapointed person. Although he was considered a loonatic, he actually got some followers and one day one of these got a bright idea - hot water !!!! Unfortunatedly,they hadn't invented fire so it took some hundreds of years before they could take this idea into use.
Though, one day the concept of fire reached finland and the cult got new life. Saunas was built across the area - and they burnt down at almost same speed. Fire was apparently difficult to control.
It was dire times but then again a brigth head got an idea - warming stones and use them as heaters - only problem - no finns knew what a stone was. It took yet several more hundred years before such was invented, but then the sauna was a reality !!!
. Because of this he bacame an outcast and despite he soon got his his smelly layer of dirt back, he was still viewed with suspiciousness - he had after all been without smell for a period.
Lonely as he was, he soon became weird and started to have fantasies involving the concept of a clean body. He knew that the standard punishment of wifes with birkeris could remove dirt, so he wanted to include that as a part of his new concept.
Although the whipping and the cold water had an effect, the dirt growed faster than the cleansing so after several years of experimenting he died as a disapointed person. Although he was considered a loonatic, he actually got some followers and one day one of these got a bright idea - hot water !!!! Unfortunatedly,they hadn't invented fire so it took some hundreds of years before they could take this idea into use.
Though, one day the concept of fire reached finland and the cult got new life. Saunas was built across the area - and they burnt down at almost same speed. Fire was apparently difficult to control.
It was dire times but then again a brigth head got an idea - warming stones and use them as heaters - only problem - no finns knew what a stone was. It took yet several more hundred years before such was invented, but then the sauna was a reality !!!
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