Helmi

A dramatic poem set in a coastal hillside community where elders, young warriors, and villagers confront the upheaval brought by an advancing Christian king and bishop. The action centers on a young man's vision of a woman presented as an offering at an altar while a bishop baptizes converts at a spring, spurring searches and alarm. Councils and debates among elders and fighters split between accommodation and resistance to the new faith. Through speeches, dreams, ritual scenes, and the figures of a witch and her daughter, the work probes themes of faith, cultural loss, familial anguish, and conflicted loyalties.