Kalevala Mythology, Revised Edition

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Indiana University Press, Sep 22, 1999 - Social Science - 296 pages

"Pentikäinen's exceptional interdisciplinary study will richly reward those interested in the dynamics of artistic creation and cultural construction, ethnic emergence and political nationalism, and shamanistic belief systems." —American Anthropologist

" . . . a splendid contribution to the literature on folk epics . . . " —The Scandinavian-American Bulletin

The Kalevala, created during the 1830s and 1840s, is based on authentic folklore collected and compiled by Elias Lonnrot. It was the Kalevala that initiated the process leading to the foundation of Finnish identity during the nineteenth century and was, therefore, one of the crucial factors in the formation of Finland as a new nation in the twentieth century.

 

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Contents

CHAPTER
1
From Mythology to Comparative Religion
7
CHAPTER
14
Early Reception of the Kalevala Abroad
22
CHAPTER 3
29
The Lemminkäinen Series
35
A Female Metamorphosis
43
CHAPTER 4
68
CHAPTER 8
153
An Ancient Finnish Olympus or the Kingdom
159
Primordial Father Descended from the Heavens
166
CHAPTER 9
177
CHAPTER 10
200
Hades or the Finnish Kingdom of Osiris
206
Child Abandonment as an Epical Motif
213
CHAPTER 11
221

Paganism versus Finnish
75
CHAPTER 5
83
Ancient Cultural Contacts along the Silk Road
91
CHAPTER 6
97
How Does One Become a Rune Singer?
104
The Significance of the Runes for the Singers
112
The Region of Epical Rune Singing
120
CHAPTER 7
131
The Emergence of Finnish Identity under Russian Rule
227
CHAPTER 12
234
APPENDIXES
257
Notes
269
Bibliography
283
Index
291
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According Aino ancient Finnish areas Arhippa bear became boat Castrén century chants charms child Christian collected collectors concept considered created Creation Rune dead death deities depicted drum Elias Lönnrot example fact Finland Finnish folklore Finnish history Finnish language Finnish Literature Society Finnish national Finnish runes Finno-Ugric folkloristics forging Ganander Gottlund heavens Helsinki heroes Hiisi Ibid Ilmarinen included Ingrian interpretation Joukahainen journey Kaarle Krohn Kajaani Kaleva Kalevala runes kantele Kaukonen Krohn Kullervo laments land Lemminkäinen Lencqvist living Lutheran Marina Takalo Martti Haavio Mistress of Pohjola mother myth mythical mythology national epic numerous Old Believers Old Kalevala origins Pentikäinen period Perttunen Poem Pohjola preface published religion religious ritual role rune singers rune singing runic poetry Russian Saami sage Sampo scholar scholarship shaman shamanistic SKVR songs sung Sweden Swedish symbols tion tradition Tuonela Turku Ukko Väinämöinen variants verses Vipunen Vohta wedding White Sea Karelia world view

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Bibliographic information

TitleKalevala Mythology, Revised Edition
Folklore Studies in Translation
AuthorJuha Y. Pentikainen
EditorRitva Maarit Poom
Translated byRitva Maarit Poom
Editionillustrated, revised
PublisherIndiana University Press, 1999
ISBN0253213525, 9780253213525
Length296 pages
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Social Science / Folklore & Mythology
  
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