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'One of the great mythic poems of Europe' The New York Times Sharing its title with the poetic name for Finland - 'the land of heroes' - Kalevala is the soaring epic poem of its people, a work rich in magic and myth which tells the story of a nation through the ages from the dawn of creation. Sung by rural Finns since prehistoric times, and formally compiled by Elias Loennrot in the nineteenth century, it is a landmark of Finnish culture and played a vital role in galvanizing its national identity in the decades leading to independence. Its themes, however, reach beyond borders and search the heart of human existence. Translated with an Introduction by Eino Friberg
The Kalevala is the great Finnish epic, which like the Iliad and
the Odyssey, grew out of a rich oral tradition with prehistoric
roots. During the first millennium of our era, speakers of Uralic
languages (those outside the Indo-European group) who had settled
in the Baltic region of Karelia, that straddles the border of
eastern Finland and north-west Russia, developed an oral poetry
that was to last into the nineteenth century. This poetry provided
the basis of the Kalevala. It was assembled in the 1840s by the
Finnish scholar Elias Lonnrot, who took dictation' from the
performance of a folk singer, in much the same way as our great
collections from the past, from Homeric poems to medieval songs and
epics, have probably been set down. Published in 1849, it played a
central role in the march towards Finnish independence and inspired
some of Sibelius's greatest works. This new and exciting
translation by poet Keith Bosley, prize-winning translator of the
anthology Finnish Folk Poetry: Epic, is the first truly to combine
liveliness with accuracy in a way which reflects the richness of
the original.
The national folk epic of Finland is here presented in an English translation that is both scholarly and eminently readable. To avoid the imprecision and metrical monotony of earlier verse translations, Francis Magoun has used prose, printed line for line as in the original so that repetitions, parallelisms, and variations are readily apparent. The lyrical passages and poetic images, the wry humor, the tall-tale extravagance, and the homely realism of the Kalevala come through with extraordinary effectiveness.
Das finnische Epos Kalewala" erzahlt Mythen uber die Erschaffung der Welt, das Schmieden des sagenhaften Sampons und Heldensagen der Vainamoinen, Lemminkainen, Ilmarinen und Kullervo. Dabei gibt es erstaunliche Parallelen zu Mythen anderer Kulturkreise zu entdecken, wie die jungfrauliche Geburt oder den Osiris- und Odipusmythos. Die 22.795 Verse wurden von Elias Lonnrot zusammengetragen und in einem Epos vereint. Anton Schiefner, der Begrunder der Uralistik, Tibetologie, Mongolistik und Kaukasistik, sorgte Mitte des 19. Jahrhunderts fur die Ubersetzung ins Deutsche.
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. ++++ The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to ensure edition identification: ++++ Elias Lonnrotin Nuoruuden Ajoilta Laukon Kartanossa Elias Loennrot, Emil Fredrik Nervander Kustannusosakeyhtio Otava, 1893
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