The Kalevala

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ISBN: 9780674500105 | 0674500105
Cover: Paperback
Copyright: 3/15/1985

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The national folk epic of Finland is here presented in an English translation that is both scholarly and eminently readable. The lyrical passages and poetic images, the wry humor, the tall-tale extravagance, and the homely realism of the 'Kaevala' come through with extraordinary effectiveness.

Translator's Foreword The Kalevala Poem
Lonnrot's prologue; the creation of the world and the birth of Vainamoinen
Vainamoinen's sowing of the primeval wilderness; a sower's charm
Vainamoinen's defeat of Joukahainen in a contest of wisdom; the pledging of Aino; maxims
Vainamoinen's ill-fated wooing of Aino; Aino's drowning
Vainamoinen's unsuccessful fishing for Aino; his mother's advice to woo the maiden of North Farm
Joukahainen fells Vainamoinen's horse
Vainamoinen and Louhi of North Farm; his promise of a Sampo
Vainamoinen and the maiden of North Farm; his wounded knee
The origin of iron; blood-stanching charms; the healing of Vainamoinen 's knee
Ilmarinen forges the Sampo
The marriage of Lemminkainen and Kyllikki of the Island
Lemminkainen bewitches North Farm; protective charms
Lemminkainen woos the maiden of North Farm; he fails to catch the Demon's elk, assigned as a qualifying task
Huntsmen's charms; a ransom charm; Lemminkainen captures the Demon's elk and bridles the Demon's gelding; while going to shoot the swan of Death's Domain he is shot dead by Soppy Hat
At home blood on his brush reveals Lemminkainen 's death; his mother finds and reassembles the pieces of his body and restores him to life; vein, bee, and cowbane charms
Vainamoinen's boat-building and his visit to Death's Domain
Vainamoinen exacts charms from tortured Antero Vipunen; banishment charms and charms against disease and misadventure
Vainamoinen and Ilmarinen sue for the maiden of North Farm
The maiden of North Farm accepts Ilmarinen; IImarinen's three qualifying tasks; a snake charm, a huntsman's charm
The slaughtering of the big Karelian steer; preparations for the wedding feast at North Farm; the origin of beer
The wedding feast at North Farm; wedding lays
Wedding lay: Tormenting and consoling a bride
Wedding lays: The government of a bride; The lay of an abused daughter-in-law
Wedding lays: The government of a groom; Lay of a bride's going away; Ilmarinen and the maiden of North Farm set out for home
At home Ilmarinen and his bride are ceremoniously received
Lemminkainen intrudes upon the wedding at North Farm; snake charms; the origin of snakes
The duel at North Farm
Lemminkainen's hasty return from North Farm
Lemminkainen's self-exile on an island
Lemminkainen's and Snowfoot's wild goose chase and the big freeze; charms against Jack Frost and wizards
The feud between Untamo and Kalervo; Kullervo's unfortunate upbringing; an antifertility charm
Kullervo as a herdsman; cattle, milk, and bear charms
The death of Ilmarinen's lady
Kullervo's homecoming	p. 3. The unhap
Kullervo's revenge on Untamo; his suicide
Ilmarinen's gold and silver bride
Ilmarinen's new bride from North Farm; a report on the Sampo
The expedition of Vainamoinen, Ilmarinen, and Lemminkainen to North Farm to steal the Sampo
Vainamoinen's pikebone harp; rapids charms
Vainamoinen plays the pikebone harp
The theft of the Sampo from North Farm
The sea and air battle for the Sampo; the lucky preservation in the Kaleva District of s
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