The Kalevala (IPA: [ˈkɑleʋɑlɑ]) is a 19th-century compilation of epic poetry, compiled by Elias Lönnrot from Karelian and Finnish oral folklore and mythology...
115 KB (12,042 words) - 17:35, 10 August 2024
Look up Kalevala in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. The Kalevala is the Finnish national epic poem. Kalevala may also refer to: Kalevala, Russia, an...
2 KB (228 words) - 13:01, 7 August 2024
Finnish influences on Tolkien (section Kalevala)
include both the Finnish language, which he especially liked, and the Kalevala, Elias Lönnrot's 19th century compilation of Finnish mythology, which Tolkien...
20 KB (2,231 words) - 13:23, 28 July 2024
Kalevala is a Finnish jewelry brand owned by Kalevala Koru Oy, a company that designs, manufactures, and markets gold, silver, and bronze jewelry. Kalevala...
16 KB (1,657 words) - 15:22, 31 May 2023
Trochaic tetrameter (redirect from Kalevala meter)
trochaic tetrameter that has been called the Kalevala meter. The Finnish and Estonian national epics, Kalevala and Kalevipoeg, are both written in this meter...
10 KB (1,250 words) - 09:25, 1 May 2024
Väinämöinen (category Characters in the Kalevala)
character in Finnish folklore and the main character in the national epic Kalevala by Elias Lönnrot. Väinämöinen was described as an old and wise man, and...
15 KB (1,776 words) - 03:30, 7 July 2024
Pohjola (section Pohjola and the Kalevala storytellers)
of the two main polarities in the Finnish national epic, the Kalevala, along with Kalevala or Väinölä. C. Ganander (1789), characterised Pohjola as 'the...
8 KB (999 words) - 07:32, 28 December 2023
Tuoni (redirect from Death (Kalevala))
p. 316. ISBN 1566195705. Bonser, Wilfrid (1928). "The Mythology of the Kalevala, with Notes on Bear-Worship among the Finns". Folklore. 39 (4): 344–358...
1 KB (129 words) - 08:54, 12 June 2024
Kalevala, a.k.a. "Calevala" (Russian: Калевала), was a propeller-operated corvette of the Finnish navy. The construction of it was completed in 1858 at...
29 KB (3,573 words) - 13:48, 12 August 2023
The Kalevala House (Finnish: Kalevalatalo) was a planned huge building designed by Eliel Saarinen for the Kalevala Society [fi] in Helsinki, Finland in...
6 KB (689 words) - 14:38, 10 March 2023