'The Kalevala', a Finnish epic on the scale of the Iliad and the Odyssey, presents a rare portrait of an ancient people in both peace and at war. It played a central role in the march towards Finnish independence and inspired some of Sibelius's greatest works.
'The Kalevala', a Finnish epic on the scale of the Iliad and the Odyssey, presents a rare portrait of an ancient people in both peace and at war. It p...
The Kalevala is a 19th-century work of epic poetry compiled by Elias Lonnrot from Finnish and Karelian oral folklore and mythology. It is regarded as the national epic of Finland and is one of the most significant works of Finnish literature. The Kalevala played an instrumental role in the development of the Finnish national identity, the intensification of Finland's language strife and the growing sense of nationality that ultimately led to Finland's independence from Russia in 1917. The version most commonly known today was first published in 1849 and consists of 22,795 verses, divided into...
The Kalevala is a 19th-century work of epic poetry compiled by Elias Lonnrot from Finnish and Karelian oral folklore and mythology. It is regarded as ...
The Kalevala is the great Finnish epic, which like the Iliad and the Odyssey, grew out of a rich oral tradition with prehistoric roots. During the first millennium of our era, speakers of Uralic languages (those outside the Indo-European group) who had settled in the Baltic region of Karelia, that straddles the border of eastern Finland and north-west Russia, developed an oral poetry that was to last into the nineteenth century. This poetry provided the basis of the Kalevala. It was assembled in the 1840s by the Finnish scholar Elias Lonnrot, who took dictation' from the performance of a folk...
The Kalevala is the great Finnish epic, which like the Iliad and the Odyssey, grew out of a rich oral tradition with prehistoric roots. During the fir...
Das finnische Epos Kalewala" erzahlt Mythen uber die Erschaffung der Welt, das Schmieden des sagenhaften Sampons und Heldensagen der Vainamoinen, Lemminkainen, Ilmarinen und Kullervo. Dabei gibt es erstaunliche Parallelen zu Mythen anderer Kulturkreise zu entdecken, wie die jungfrauliche Geburt oder den Osiris- und Odipusmythos. Die 22.795 Verse wurden von Elias Lonnrot zusammengetragen und in einem Epos vereint. Anton Schiefner, der Begrunder der Uralistik, Tibetologie, Mongolistik und Kaukasistik, sorgte Mitte des 19. Jahrhunderts fur die Ubersetzung ins Deutsche.
Das finnische Epos Kalewala" erzahlt Mythen uber die Erschaffung der Welt, das Schmieden des sagenhaften Sampons und Heldensagen der Vainamoinen, Lemm...
Suomen kansalliseepos Kalevala perustuu Elias Lonnrotin kokoamiin kansanrunoihin. Ne ovat kalevalaista runoutta, eli ne on tehty kalevalaiseen runomittaan. Kalevalan luomismyytin mukaan maailma syntyi sotkan munasta. Kalevala kuvaa muun muassa Kalevalan ja Pohjolan kansojen seka eri paahenkiloiden valisia kiistoja, kostoreissuja ja kosiomatkoja seka Sammon rakentamista ja ryostoa. Tapahtumat paattyvat kristinuskon tuloon.
Suomen kansalliseepos Kalevala perustuu Elias Lonnrotin kokoamiin kansanrunoihin. Ne ovat kalevalaista runoutta, eli ne on tehty kalevalaiseen runomit...
This ebook is in Finnish. The Kalevala or The Kalewala is a work of epic poetry written by Elias Lonnrot from Karelian and Finnish oral folklore and mythology in nineteenth century. Kalevala on Suomen kansalliseepos. Se perustuu Elias Lonnrotin (1802-1884) vuodesta 1828 alkaen kokoamiin suomalais-karjalaisiin kansanrunoihin. Nama runot ovat kalevalaista runoutta eli ne on tehty kalevalaiseen runomittaan. Kalevalan sisaltamat runot eivat ole suoraan runonlaulajien laulamassa muodossa, vaan niita on muokattu, niiden kieliasua on yhtenaistetty ja korjailtu ja joitakin osia runoista on siirretty...
This ebook is in Finnish. The Kalevala or The Kalewala is a work of epic poetry written by Elias Lonnrot from Karelian and Finnish oral folklore and m...
