abstract:In Finnish mythology, the Sampo or Sammas was a magical artifact of indeterminate type constructed by Ilmarinen that brought good fortune to its holder. When the Sampo was stolen, it is said that Ilmarinen's homeland fell upon hard times and sent an expedition to retrieve it, but in the ensuing battle it was smashed and lost at sea.
"Originally we were promised a monetary union, without political or economic union, " says Sampo Terho, an MEP from a Eurosceptic Finnish party, the True Finns.