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    Kalevipoeg (Estonian pronunciation: [ˈkɑ.le.ʋiˈpoe̯ɡ], Kalev's Son) is a 19th-century epic poem by Friedrich Reinhold Kreutzwald which has since been considered...
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  • Kalevi (mythology) (category Kalevipoeg)
    and Friedrich Reinhold Kreutzwald's epic poem Kalevipoeg, King Kalev was the father of King Kalevipoeg and the husband of Linda. Some historians have...
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    Linda (Estonian mythology) (category Kalevipoeg)
    In the Estonian mythology and Kreutzwald's epic Kalevipoeg, Linda was the mother of Kalevipoeg and the wife of Kalev. She has given the name to several...
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    the Finnish epic poems Kalevala and Kanteletar, as well as the Estonian Kalevipoeg. Runic song is typically monophonic among most Baltic Finnic groups, though...
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    The most outstanding achievements in this field are the national epic Kalevipoeg (Son of Kalev), written by Friedrich Reinhold Kreutzwald (1803–1882);...
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  • as Jumala in Finnish and Jumo in Mari. Estonian legends about giants (Kalevipoeg, Suur Tõll, Leiger) may be a reflection of Germanic (especially Scandinavian)...
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    Linguistic reforms helped to develop the Estonian language. The national epic Kalevipoeg was published in 1862, and 1870 saw the first performances of Estonian...
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    "Sulevipoja kalm" (1914) "Kalevipoeg kasvatab tamme" (1914/1915) "Kalevipoeg kellukest helistamas" (1914/1915), "Kalevipoeg allmaailmas" (1915) "Manala...
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    literature for the country. He is the author of Estonian national epic Kalevipoeg. Friedrich Reinhold Kreutzwald's parents were serfs at the Jömper estate...
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    poetry, and Friedrich Reinhold Kreutzwald to arrange and publish them as Kalevipoeg, the Estonian national epic. The first periodical publication in Estonian...
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