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	Kalevala: from myth to symbol — Virtual Finland
		The events in Kalevala's opening canto, the creation of the world, are central to the successful practice of magic: the association of spells with the acts which occurred at the beginning of time was the surest way for a worker of magic in the Finnish Karelian area to ensure that his magic would be effective.
		Frequently we glimpse in the lines of Kalevala the multitude of rites with which men and women attempted to come to terms with uncertainty, practising them to appease the omnipresent spirits, to protect their families and livestock whenever they had to leave the safety of the home, and to ward off illness and disease.
		The characters of Kalevala have their namesakes in the first names of several generations of children; the names of streets, ships, buildings, offices, shops, companies, factories, newspapers, theatres, and clubs are a permanent reminder of the need to assert the strength of one's patriotism through association with a powerful symbol.
	virtual.finland.fi /finfo/english/kalevala.html (2575 words)

	Kalevala - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Kalevala is an epic poem which Elias Lönnrot compiled from Finnish folk lore in the 19th century.
		Proponents of a Southern Kalevala argue that the name Kaleva probably was first recorded in an atlas of al Idrisi in the year 1154, where a town of qlwny (or tlwny) is recorded.
		The Kalevala: Or the Land of Heroes, by Keith Bosley, with a foreword by Albert B. Lord.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Kalevala (2126 words)

	Kalevala - Vikipedio
		La malnova Kalevala konsistas el 32 poemoj kiujn komencis kunigi Lönnrot en 1829, kaj kiujn li redaktis kaj plivastigis per la propraj ligaj verkaĵoj por krei daŭran rakonton.
		Kalevala poste forte tuŝis arton en Finnlando, kaj inspiris al i.a.
		Kalevala ekzistas ankaŭ en bela Esperanta traduko de J.E., eldonita en 1964 en la serio Oriento-Okcidento, kun dua eldono en 1985 por festi la 150-jaran jubileon de la malnova Kalevala.
	eo.wikipedia.org /wiki/Kalevala (487 words)

	THE KALEVALA TAROT Created by Kai Kalervo Aaltonen
		The Kalevala was constructed by Elias Lönnrot in the nineteenth century from a tiny subset of the runo poems that had been sung for centuries in rural parts of Finland.
		Lönnrot's publication of the Kalevala in 1835 and then, expanded and reordered in 1849, was a major force in helping the Finns define themselves apart from the Swedes and Russians who had ruled over them in recent centuries (since the 12th century) from the West and East respectively.
		Kalevala: from Myth to Symbol This article was written for Virtual Finland by Professor Michael Branch, School of Slavonic and East European Studies, University of London.
	www.tarotpassages.com /kalevala-jc.htm (1812 words)

	Kalevala
		The Kalevala is credited with inspiring the nationalism that ultimately led to Finnish independence from Russia in 1917.
		The main character of the Kalevala is Väinämöinen, a shamanistic hero with the magical power of songs.
		Tolkien claimed the Kalevala as one of his sources for the writings which became the Silmarillion.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/ka/Kalevala.html (429 words)

	Kalevala - Search Results - ninemsn Encarta
		Kalevala, national epic poem of Finland, written in eight-syllable trochaic verse.
		Kalevala is a poetic name for Finland, meaning “land of heroes”,...
		Kalevala Day (February 28) in Finland is the occasion for parades and ceremonials dedicated to...
	au.encarta.msn.com /Kalevala.html (81 words)

	Kalevala
		The Kalevala is the Finnish national epic, compiled by Elias Lönnrot (1802-1884) from ancient oral poetry.
		The material, old Finnish ballads and lyrical songs depicting "the sons of Kalevala", were published in two editions, first in 1835 with 35 cantos, and the enlarged edition with 50 cantos in 1849.
		In the center of the song cycle is the magic-laden conflict between Kalevala and Pohja or Pohjola (Northland); the latter is ruled by the enchantress Louhi, who commands storms and deep cold.
	www.kirjasto.sci.fi /kalevala.htm (1044 words)

	Kalevala - Facts from the Encyclopedia - Yahoo! Education (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Kalevala - Facts from the Encyclopedia - Yahoo!
		Jan Sibelius, who used it in a number of works, notably Karelia (1893).
		The eight-syllable trochaic line of the Kalevala was imitated by Longfellow in Hiawatha.
	messenger.yahooligans.com /reference/encyclopedia/entry/Kalevala (160 words)

	Kalevala, tr. Crawford
		Whenever one of the heroes of the Kalevala wishes to overcome the aggressive power of an evil force, as a wound, a disease, a ferocious beast, or a venomous serpent, he achieves his purpose by chanting the origin of the inimical force.
		The metre of the Kalevala is the "eight-syllabled trochaic, with the part-line echo," and is the characteristic verse of the Finns.
		As to the architecture of the Kalevala, it stands midway between the epical ballads of the Servians and the purely epical structure of the Iliad.
	www.ling.hawaii.edu /faculty/stampe/Oral-Lit/Finnish/Kalevala-tr/kalevala-tr.html (7976 words)

	The Dutch translations of the Finnish epic Kalevala
		Kalevalas were published at the outbreak of the Second World War, one a reprint and two new translations, as well as one that only consisted of an extensive summary with background information.
		Kalevala was composed were sung by singers from among the people, who literally stood among their audience, which generally knew what came next and took part every now and then.
		Kalevala came out in 1939, was born in Sluis (Zealand Flanders), on the border of Flemish Belgium, and considered himself almost a Fleming.
	odur.let.rug.nl /~vdhoeven/tutkimus/dutch_translations_kalevala.htm (5367 words)

	The Living Kalevala
		Kaleva is known in Russo-Karenian as Golova, in Estonian as Kalev or Kalevi, in proto-Baltic as Kalevijas, in Lithuanian as Kalvis, and in Latvian as Kalejis.
		Elias Lonnrot, born April 9, 1802, was the son of a village tailor in the hamlet of Haarjarvi, in the parish of Sammatti, southwest Finland.
		The virgin Marjatta's infant son is baptized and hailed as King of Karelia, and "the lord of all the might." Enraged, the old chief Vainamoinen sings himself a boat of copper, seats himself in the stern, and sails over the sparkling billows.
	www.worldandi.com /public/1987/november/cl5.cfm (5847 words)

	Amazon.ca: The Kalevala: Books (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		As a text that is meant to be sung, The Kalevala is riddled with patterns, both in the form of the poetry and in the plot itself (which Bosley calls "formulas").
		"Kalevala," variously translated as "Kaleva District" or "Land of Heroes," is a nineteenth-century compilation, revision, and expansion of narratives, spells and charms, and proverbial wisdom collected from the Finnish-speaking peasants and fisherman of areas of modern Finland and Russia.
		The Kalevala is one of the greatest (and yet largely unknown) epic poems of all times.
	www.amazon.ca /exec/obidos/ASIN/019283570X (1951 words)

	The Kalevala metre
		The Kalevala metre appears to date back to the Proto-Finnic period and survived among the Estonians, the Ingrians, the Votes, most of the Karelians, and the Finns.
		Kalevala metre is unrhymed, non strophic trochaic tetrameter, e.
		Kalevala metre incantations are verbal magic, which was part of people's everyday lives and activities.
	www.karuse.info /metre.htm (932 words)

	The Main Event: Don Rosa and The Quest for Kalevala
		Kalevala was compiled from folk poems sung in eastern Finland and Karelia.
		Lönnrot expanded and re-edited the poems, and in 1849 New Kalevala was published, comprising fifty stanzas and almost 23,000 lines, telling of heroes of the olden days, their journeys and a version of the creation of the world.
		When Kalevala was published, it had a huge impact on Finnish culture and the strengthening of national identity (resulting finally in the Finnish independence in 1917).
	scoop.diamondgalleries.com /scoop_article.asp?ai=6377&si=124 (1058 words)

	Kalevala — The Finnish National Epic — Virtual Finland
		The first edition of the Kalevala appeared in 1835, compiled and edited by Elias Lönnrot on the basis of the epic folk poems he had collected in Finland and Karelia.
		The Kalevala began to be called the Finnish national epic.
		This New Kalevala is the version which has been read in Finland ever since and upon which most translations are based.
	virtual.finland.fi /finfo/english/kaleva.html (299 words)

	Kalevala National Epic Poems - Story-Lovers SOS Story Lists
		The revised Kalevala was elaborated with the new material that Lönnrot and other collectors had amassed since 1835.
		However, in Finland the impact of the Kalevala, as an example of the heroic past of the people, was far deeper that in any other country.
		Or you could try asking Neppe who tells the Kalevala, who was just telling us she has given up her TV producing in order to do more storytelling.
	www.story-lovers.com /listskalevalastories.html (472 words)

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		The early influence of The Kalevala on Tolkien cannot be overstressed, though it was certainly tempered by Tolkien's Roman Catholicism before he set about the task of retelling selected parts of it.
		Whereas the Kalevala heroes' wooing the maid of the north is what leads Ilmarinen to forge the Sampo, the imminent danger of Melkor is largely what motivates Fëanor to craft the Silmarils.
		Although the latter portion of The Kalevala contains the battle for the Sampo and Louhi's attempted revenge, the great bulk of the epic is concerned with village life and the rituals of White Sea Karelians, particularly the wooing tasks and marriage lore found in several cantos.
	faculty.jbu.edu /jhimes/Silmarillion-Kalevala.html (6570 words)

	Kalevala inspired Tolkien — SixDegrees
		The 28th of February is celebrated in Finland as the Kalevala Day because the first version of the Kalevala, or the Finnish national epic, was published on that date in 1835.
		It seems evident that he relied extensively on the Sampo, the central mythic object of the Kalevala, for his conception of the Silmarils, the ever-shining jewels of The Silmarillion.
		The influence from the story of the rapture of the Sun and the Moon in the Kalevala is obvious.
	www.6d.fi /starters/kalevalainspired_Tolkien/view?searchterm=tolkien (865 words)

	KALEVALA (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The result of his collecting trips was first the "old" Kalevala in 1835 with 32 poems and some 12 000 verses, that is still hailed in Finland on "Kalevala Day" February 28, the day Elias L6nnrot signed his foreword.
		In the New Kalevala L6nnrot gave himself the same right "most singers bestow on themselves, namely, to be able to arrange the runes as they are best suited to be joined together".
		The 150th anniversary of the Old Kalevala in 1985 and the New Kalevala this year has been a source of inspiration for new artists like Vertti Teräsvuori, composer Aulis Salinen with the Kullervo Opera, and writer and even illustrator Mauri Komas with his Canine Kalevala children's book.
	www.nordicway.com /search/Kalevala.htm (762 words)

	FF Network 16 - The Kalevala in translation
		It is clear that the parallel drawn between the Kalevala and the epic folk tradition of their own brings it closer to national and ethnic groups interested in shaping their own identity and cultural awareness.
		The French translation of the New Kalevala by Louis Antoine Léouzon Le Duc managed to stand the test of time: in 1926 Charles Guyot published an abridgement of it, which served as the basis for Alejandro Casona's Spanish Kalevala (1944), and it was not until 1927 that Jean-Louis Perret's new prose translation appeared.
		Klemola, Irja 1965: Esperantonkielinen Kalevala [Kalevala in Esperanto].
	www.folklorefellows.fi /netw/ffn16/translation.html (4439 words)

	Kalevala articles on Encyclopedia.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		It is a compilation of verses recounting extraordinary deeds of three semidivine brothers from mythical Kaleva, land of the heroes.
		Although he was trained as a physician, he spent his life, after 1828, traveling through Finland, Lapland, and NW Russia, collecting fragments of the Kalevala from the rune singers.
		His series of stark, linear paintings of the Kalevala epic are among the finest Finnish works on national folk themes.
	www.encyclopedia.com /articles/06804.html (282 words)

	Untitled Document (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		COLOSSUS has been in contact with progressive bands and artists all around the world and the final line-up of this monster release (a triple CD) is now ready.
		The idea of the project is to divide the poems of KALEVALA into 30 parts.
		The bride and groom are given advice concerning marriage, and the bride bids farewell to her people and departs with Ilmarinen for Kalevala.
	www.colossus.fi /kalevala/Tribute.htm (1701 words)

	The Song of Hiawatha, an "Indian Kalevala"
		Mellin, while teaching Finnish to Longfellow, had also introduced to him Kalevala, "the epic that was to become a model for his greatest work." (13) Later on, Longfellow became better acquainted with Kalevala in translations; indeed, he studied the German version with special care.
		Another passage in Hiawatha may have found its inspiration in Kalevala, namely the story of Hiawatha's gift of corn to the nation, as told in Canto V. The hero fasts for seven days and prays to Master of Life for prosperity of his people, and maize is given in answer.
		The folklore of Kalevala and other similar native poetry was sung to the kantele, thus the chant was pentatonic.
	www.kaiku.com /kalevalainhiawatha.html (3688 words)

	Kalevala Jewelry - Kalevala Koru (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Today Kalevala Koru is a company of the highest reputation specializing in the crafting of precious metals and employing a staff of 140.
		Kalevala® Jewelry is sold in Scandinavia, Germany, France, USA and Japan.
		Here at Viking Art.com we can't give you the immediate experience from a Kalevala shop, but we will try our best to make your experience pleasant and enjoyable, and last but not least we have the best of Kalevala to offer you - their jewelry is available in our web shop.
	www.vikingart.com /Kalevala (299 words)

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