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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Look up Kalevala in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. The Kalevala is the Finnish national epic poem. Kalevala may also refer to: Kalevala, Russia, an...
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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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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...
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Kalevala (Russian: Калевала; Karelian: Kalevala) is an urban locality (an urban-type settlement) and the administrative center of Kalevalsky District...
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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...
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The Kalevala House (Finnish: Kalevalatalo) was a planned huge building designed by Eliel Saarinen for the Kalevala Society [fi] in Helsinki, Finland in...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Kalevala (Russian: Калевала) is a Russian folk metal band. The name of the band is derived from the Finnish national epic. The group chose this name because...
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Sampo (section In the Kalevala)
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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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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"The Quest for Kalevala" is a 1999 Uncle Scrooge comic book story written and drawn by Don Rosa. The story was first published in the Danish Anders And...
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Kalevala: The New Era (Finnish: Kalevala – Uusi aika) is a 2013 Finnish fantasy film directed by Jari Halonen. It loosely based on Finnish epic poetry...
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Kalevala Township is a township in Carlton County, Minnesota, United States. The mayor of Kalevala Township is Aston Ceccardi. The population was 302 as...
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A list of translations of the Finnish national epic Kalevala in chronological order by language. The epic has appeared in 61 translated languages. Based...
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Sampo (film) (redirect from Kalevala (1959 film))
film based loosely on the events depicted in the Finnish national epic Kalevala. In the United States, it was released in an edited version, The Day the...
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origins of many natural phenomena. From this material Lönnrot edited the Kalevala as well as the Kanteletar. The wealth of folk poetry collected in the 19th...
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Kalevala Day (Finnish: Kalevalan päivä), known as Finnish Culture Day by its other official name, is celebrated each 28 February in honor of the Finnish...
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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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Runic song, also referred to as Rune song, Runo song, or Kalevala song, is a form of oral poetry and national epic historically practiced among the Baltic...
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but Ahto is used in the Finnish epic Kalevala as to avoid confusion with Ahti Saarelainen, the hero. In the Kalevala the compiler Elias Lönnrot conflated...
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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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oral poetry. He is best known for synthesizing the Finnish national epic, Kalevala (1835, enlarged 1849) from short ballads and lyric poems he gathered from...
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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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to design a work that depicted a scene from Finland's national epic The Kalevala, which would be erected in the park. The winner was Aarre Aaltonen [fi]...
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Iku-Turso (creature) (category Characters in the Kalevala)
malevolent sea monster in Finnish mythology, best known for appearing in the Kalevala. Nowadays Meritursas means octopus in Finnish, named after Iku-Turso, but...
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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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