Elias Lönnrot - Böcker

Den finske läkaren och runforskaren Elias Lönnrot samlade på 1830-talet myter, folkdikter och s.k. runosånger som han sammanställde i det finska nationaleposet Kalevala. Denna hjältediktning är uppdelad i 50 sånger som återger fantastiska äventyr,...

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Ilmatar-neito kävelee veteen, ja sotka munii munan hänen rinnallensa. Munasta syntyy koko tuntemamme maailma, ja vedestä nousee Väinämöinen, ikivanha ja väkevä loitsija. Niin tärkeä hän vasta luodulle maailmalle on, että hänen kuolemansa tarkoitta...

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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 millenium of our era, speakers of Uralic languages (those outside the Indo-European group) who...

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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 millenium of our era, speakers of Uralic languages (those outside the Indo-European group) who...

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'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 nati...

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Kalevala is the poetic name for Finland: the land of heroes . Here you ll find the cultural essence of a young country but an old land, the stories, songs and poems that recount the mythical adventures of humankind. Ambition, lust, romance, birth ...

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