Kalevala

Kalevala
Author: Elias Lönnrot
Publisher: Penguin UK
Total Pages: 501
Release: 2021-04-29
Genre: Poetry
ISBN: 0241403073

'One of the great mythic poems of Europe' The New York Times Sharing its title with the poetic name for Finland - 'the land of heroes' - Kalevala is the soaring epic poem of its people, a work rich in magic and myth which tells the story of a nation through the ages from the dawn of creation. Sung by rural Finns since prehistoric times, and formally compiled by Elias Lönnrot in the nineteenth century, it is a landmark of Finnish culture and played a vital role in galvanizing its national identity in the decades leading to independence. Its themes, however, reach beyond borders and search the heart of human existence. Translated with an Introduction by Eino Friberg

Kalevala Mythology, Revised Edition

Kalevala Mythology, Revised Edition
Author: Juha Y. Pentikainen
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Total Pages: 322
Release: 1999-09-22
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 9780253213525

It was the Kalevala that initiated the process leading to the foundation of Finnish identity during the nineteenth century and was, therefore, one of the crucial factors in the formation of Finland as a new nation in the twentieth century.

Louhi, Witch of North Farm

Louhi, Witch of North Farm
Author:
Publisher: Puffin
Total Pages: 36
Release: 1988
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 9780140505290

Louhi's plan to steal the sun and the moon backfires when the gods learn of her mischievous scheme.

An Illustrated Kalevala

An Illustrated Kalevala
Author: Kirsti Mäkinen
Publisher:
Total Pages: 120
Release: 2020-08-25
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 9781782506430

Discover mighty eagles and mythical heroes in this beautifully illustrated prose retelling of Finland's classic epic

The Key to the Kalevala

The Key to the Kalevala
Author: Pekka Ervast
Publisher: Blue Dolphin Publishing
Total Pages: 312
Release: 1999
Genre: History
ISBN:

The Key to the Kalevala was originally published in Finland in 1916. Now this insightful and detailed exploration of the ancient origins of Finnish mythology is available in English. Students of the ancient traditions and mystical teachings will find no better introduction to the profound esoteric meaning of the Kalevala, the Finnish National Epic, than Ervast's book. This translation is authorized by Ervast's study-school in Finland, whose members have worked to preserve his insights into his culture's past and the spiritual evolution of humanity. We also have the good fortune of being able to use Eino Friberg's beautiful translation of Kalevala (1988) into the modern American idiom. The combined work of Ervast and Friberg results in a unique, insightful, and aesthetically pleasing offering.

The Kalevala

The Kalevala
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 818
Release: 1888
Genre: Finland -- Literature -- Kalevala
ISBN:

The Story Of Kullervo

The Story Of Kullervo
Author: J.R.R. Tolkien
Publisher: HarperCollins
Total Pages: 197
Release: 2016-04-05
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0544706323

“Shows how Finnish mythology and folk tales were instrumental to how Tolkien created his own legendarium.”—Boston Globe Kullervo, son of Kalervo, is perhaps the darkest and most tragic of all J.R.R. Tolkien’s characters. “Hapless Kullervo,” as Tolkien called him, is a luckless orphan boy with supernatural powers and a tragic destiny. Brought up in the homestead of the dark magician Untamo, who killed his father, kidnapped his mother, and tried three times to kill him when he was still a boy, Kullervo is alone save for the love of his twin sister, Wanona, and the magical powers of the black dog Musti, who guards him. When Kullervo is sold into slavery he swears revenge on the magician, but he will learn that even at the point of vengeance there is no escape from the cruelest of fates. Tolkien himself said that The Story of Kullervo was “the germ of my attempt to write legends of my own,” and was “a major matter in the legends of the First Age.” Tolkien’s Kullervo is the clear ancestor of Túrin Turambar, the tragic incestuous hero of The Silmarillion. Published with the author’s drafts, notes, and lecture essays on its source work, the Kalevala, The Story of Kullervo is a foundation stone in the structure of Tolkien’s invented world. “A fascinating read.”—NPR

Deep River

Deep River
Author: Karl Marlantes
Publisher: Atlantic Monthly Press
Total Pages: 786
Release: 2019-07-02
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0802146198

Three Finnish siblings head for the logging fields of nineteenth-century America in the New York Times–bestselling author’s “commanding historical epic” (Washington Post). Born into a farm family, the three Koski siblings—Ilmari, Matti, and Aino—are raised to maintain their grit and resiliency in the face of hardship. This lesson in sisu takes on special meaning when their father is arrested by imperial Russian authorities, never to be seen again. Lured by the prospects of the Homestead Act, Ilmari and Matti set sail for America, while young Aino, feeling betrayed and adrift after her Marxist cell is exposed, follows soon after. The brothers establish themselves among a logging community in southern Washington, not far from the Columbia River. In this New World, they each find themselves—Ilmari as the family’s spiritual rock; Matti as a fearless logger and entrepreneur; and Aino as a fiercely independent woman and union activist who is willing to make any sacrifice for the cause that sustains her. Layered with fascinating historical detail, this novel bears witness to the stump-ridden fields that the loggers—and the first waves of modernity—leave behind. At its heart, Deep River explores the place of the individual, and of the immigrant, in an America still in the process of defining its own identity.