Kalevala Mythology by Juha Y. Pentikäinen

Kalevala Mythology

Folklore Studies in Translation

Juha Y. Pentikäinen with Ritva Poom (Translator)

296 pages first pub 1999 (editions)

nonfiction classics
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The Kalevala, created during the 1830s and 1840s, is based on authentic folklore collected and compiled by Elias Lonnrot. It was the Kalevala that initiated the process leading to the foundation of Finnish identity during the nineteenth century an...

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