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    Kalevala House (Finnish: Kalevalatalo) was a proposed monumental building in Helsinki, Finland, intended to serve as the headquarters of the Kalevala...
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    The Kalevala (IPA: [ˈkɑleʋɑlɑ]) is a 19th-century compilation of epic poetry, compiled by Elias Lönnrot from Karelian and Finnish oral folklore and mythology...
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  • Kalevala is a Finnish jewelry brand owned by Kalevala Koru Oy, a company that designs, manufactures, and markets gold, silver, and bronze jewelry. Kalevala...
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    sea. The Sampo is a pivotal element of the plot of the Finnish epic poem Kalevala, compiled in 1835 (and expanded in 1849) by Elias Lönnrot based on Finnish...
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    (2000). America's Castles: Newspaper Moguls, Pittock Mansion, Cranbrook House & Gardens, The American Swedish Institute. A&E Television Network. Hill...
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  • This is a summary of the cantos of the Kalevala. The Kalevala is considered the national epic of Finland. It was compiled and edited from the songs of...
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    1931) was a Finnish painter who is best known for his illustrations of the Kalevala, the Finnish national epic. His work is considered a very important aspect...
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    Ilmarinen (category Characters in the Kalevala)
    iänikuinen or "the eternal hammerer"), a blacksmith and inventor in the Kalevala, is a god and archetypal artificer from Finnish mythology. He is immortal...
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    origins. A likely source is the demigod Väinämöinen in the Finnish epic poem Kalevala, with many points of resemblance. Scholars have stated that he is the spirit...
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    Kantele music featuring her own compositions. In Finland's national epic, Kalevala, the mage Väinämöinen makes the first kantele from the jawbone of a giant...
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    Kullervo (category Characters in the Kalevala)
    (Finnish pronunciation: [ˈkulːerʋo]) is an ill-fated character in the Kalevala, the Finnish national epic compiled by Elias Lönnrot. Growing up in the...
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    Catholic Church, Hiawatha, similarly to Väinämöinen at the end of the Kalevala, launches his canoe westward toward the sunset and departs forever. Longfellow...
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    Great Nimrod. The hunter god or spirit Nyyrikki, figuring in the Finnish Kalevala as a helper of Lemminkäinen, is associated with Nimrod by some researchers...
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  • 1452 1453 Fennia 1938 ED1 Latin name for Finland DMP · 1453 1454 Kalevala 1936 DO Kalevala, the Finnish epic poem MPC · 1454 1455 Mitchella 1937 LF Maria...
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  • Yasuji Kiyose 1900 1981 Japanese Uuno Klami 1900 1961 Finnish Sea Pictures; Kalevala Suite Paul Kletzki 1900 1973 Polish Ernst Krenek 1900 1991 Austrian Jonny...
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  • Late Roman and Byzantine History at Cardiff University 28 March 2024 The Kalevala Riitta-Liisa Valijärvi, Associate Professor in Finnish and Minority Languages...
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  • musical tradition, common amongst Balto-Finnic people, sung in the so-called Kalevala metre. Though folk songs of the old variety became progressively rarer...
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  • The book shows the influence of many sources, including the Finnish epic Kalevala, Greek mythology in the lost island of Atlantis (as Númenor) and the Olympian...
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    fire in 1978 that badly damaged the building. Old Student House contains many famous Kalevala themed works of art, such as Akseli Gallen-Kallela's mural...
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    inspired by nature, Nordic mythology, and the Finnish national epic, the Kalevala; over a hundred songs for voice and piano; incidental music for numerous...
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    Petaja's best known works are a series of science fiction novels based on the Kalevala, the Finnish verse epic. Petaja's series brought him readers from around...
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  • on the tale of Kullervo in the 19th-century Finnish mythological poem Kalevala. Scholars have noted parallels with other myths including that of Sigmund...
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    earlier, original sky-god. Ilmarinen, who is known as the blacksmith in the Kalevala, is the earliest known to be sky-god of the various Uralic peoples. The...
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    Reconstruction of the hut where he has staying can be seen in the Kalevala village. Publishing Kalevala in 1835 fueled birth of Karelianism, which became a major...
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  • Lönnrot's compilation of Finnish folklore poems, the Kalevala. Tolkien drew inspiration from the Kalevala for "The Story of Kullervo" in 1914, one of the earliest...
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  • legends, and folktales from different periods. These include the Finnish Kalevala, the Welsh Mabinogion, the Saga of the Volsungs, the Prose Edda, and the...
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    Mantsinsaari Island Lunkulansaari Island [ru] Vodlozero National Park Kalevala National Park Paanajärvi National Park The majority of the republic's territory...
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    Township Beseman Township Blackhoof Township Eagle Township Holyoke Township Kalevala Township Lakeview Township Mahtowa Township Moose Lake Township Perch Lake...
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  • demigod and the central character in Finnish folklore and the national epic Kalevala by Elias Lönnrot. Väinämöinen was described as an old and wise man, and...
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    included the publication of what would become Finland's national epic, the Kalevala, in 1835 and the legal equality of the Finnish language with Swedish in...
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