Kalevala: The Epic Poem of Finland (eBook)

Anonymous (Autor)

Elias Lönnrot (Herausgeber)

eBook Download: EPUB

2021
379 Seiten
e-artnow (Verlag)
406-633812884-3 (EAN)

Infos

The Kalevala is the national epic of Karelia and Finland and one of the most significant works of Finnish literature. Today's modern version was compiled in the 19th century by Elias Lönnrot from Karelian and Finnish oral folklore and mythology. The epic tells the story about the Creation of Earth, describing the controversies and retaliatory voyages between the peoples of the land of Kalevala called Väinölä and the land of Pohjola and their various protagonists and antagonists, as well as the construction and robbery of the mythical wealth-making machine Sampo.

Autor

Elias Lönnrot (1802–1884) was a Finnish physician, philologist and collector of traditional Finnish oral poetry. He is best known for creating the Finnish national epic, Kalevala, from short ballads and lyric poems gathered from the Finnish oral tradition during several expeditions in Finland, Russian Karelia, the Kola Peninsula and Baltic countries.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 21.10.2021
• Übersetzer: Martin Crawford
• Verlagsort: Prague
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Märchen / Sagen
• Schlagworte: 19th-Century Literature • Beowulf • Creation Myths • cultural heritage • Epic Poetry • fantasy adventure • finnish folklore • Gilgamesh • Hobbit • iliad • legendary artifacts • Lord of the Ring • mythical heroes • Mythology • Northern European mythology • odyssey • Oral tradition • The Canterbury tales • Thor • Vikings