Kalevala, The Land of the Heroes (Kirby translation) by Elias LÖNNROT (1802 - 1884), translated by William Forsell KIRBY (1844 - 1912)
Genre(s): Sagas

Read by: Expatriate in English

Parts:
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Chapters:
00:00:00 - 01 - Runo 01
00:14:53 - 02 - Runo 02
00:32:10 - 03 - Runo 03
00:56:06 - 04 - Runo 04
01:17:10 - 05 - Runo 05
01:27:16 - 06 - Runo 06
01:37:16 - 07 - Runo 07
01:52:39 - 08 - Runo 08
02:04:42 - 09 - Runo 09
02:27:54 - 10 - Runo 10
02:48:45 - 11 - Runo 11
03:04:48 - 12 - Runo 12
03:24:33 - 13 - Runo 13
03:35:33 - 14 - Runo 14
03:53:44 - 15 - Runo 15
04:18:40 - 16 - Runo 16
04:36:07 - 17 - Runo 17
05:01:19 - 18 - Runo 18
05:28:39 - 19 - Runo 19
05:49:28 - 20 - Runo 20
06:12:53 - 21 - Runo 21
06:30:12 - 22 - Runo 22
06:50:29 - 23 - Runo 23

The Kalevala is a 19th-century work of epic poetry compiled by Elias Lönnrot from Karelian and Finnish oral folklore and mythology. It is regarded as the national epic of Karelia and Finland and is one of the most significant works of Finnish literature. The Kalevala played an instrumental role in the development of the Finnish national identity, the intensification of Finland's language strife and the growing sense of nationality that ultimately led to Finland's independence from Russia in 1917. The first version of The Kalevala (called The Old Kalevala) was published in 1835. The version most commonly known today was first published in 1849 and consists of 22,795 verses, divided into fifty songs. The title can be interpreted as 'The Land of Kaleva' or 'Kalevia.' If the rhythm of the poetry sounds familiar to American readers, it is probably because Henry Wadsworth Longfellow borrowed its trochaic tetrameter form for his famous 'Song of Hiawatha.' Of the five complete translations of the Kalevala into English, it is only the older translations by John Martin Crawford (1888) and William Forsell Kirby (1907) which attempt strictly to follow the original rhythm (Kalevala meter) of the poems. Modern writers influenced by the Kalevala include J. R. R. Tolkien, whose epic 'Lord of the Rings' trilogy make use of both style and content from the Finnish work. - Summary by Wikipedia (edited and supplemented by Expatriate)

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