false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174443236m/400869.jpg 400869 28 390284 book 1907 Kalevala: The Land of the Heroes total:218|5:85|4:74|3:50|2:7|1:2| 218 887 433 36 319444 0674500105 9780674500105 41 4 4.07 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1238613099m/319444.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/319444.The_Kalevala_Or_Poems_of_the_Kaleva_District 5 1 false Sat Feb 09 15:02:12 -0800 2008 Sat Feb 09 15:24:02 -0800 2008 more...]]> 400823 0766189384 9780766189386 6 4 4.07 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174443164m/400823.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/400823.The_Kalevala_The_Epic_Poem_Of_Finland 5 1 false Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Tue May 29 06:32:02 -0700 2007 Tue May 29 06:32:21 -0700 2007 my site. Captivating reading for such an ancient poem. Certain things
are not PC for today, for example where it describes when and how it
may be appropriate to beat your wife. However, the spirit and poetry
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The words have served as vivid memories for my short visit. The English translation is rather easy to read compared with the...more...]]> 400869 019283570X 9780192835703 114 16 4.07 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174443236m/400869.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/400869.The_Kalevala_An_Epic_Poem_after_Oral_Tradition 4 1 false Sat Feb 09 10:56:22 -0800 2008 Sat Feb 09 11:11:27 -0800 2008
Interesting story about how it came to be: Lonnrot went into the Finnish countryside in...more...]]> 319445 9511101374 9789511101376 25 5 4.07 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173733860m/319445.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/319445.The_Kalevala_Epic_of_the_Finnish_People 4 1 false Fri Apr 13 05:12:39 -0700 2007 Fri Apr 13 05:15:42 -0700 2007
The Kalevala is the Finnish epic poem written by Lonnrot in 1839. He went around collecting runos (song poems) and he put them together (and added some) to create this poem.

My friends...more...]]> 319445 9511101374 9789511101376 25 5 4.07 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173733860m/319445.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/319445.The_Kalevala_Epic_of_the_Finnish_People 5 1 false Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2000 Sun Apr 20 12:54:45 -0700 2008 Sun Apr 20 12:58:14 -0700 2008 400869 019283570X 9780192835703 114 16 4.07 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174443236m/400869.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/400869.The_Kalevala_An_Epic_Poem_after_Oral_Tradition 5 1 false Tue May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Tue Mar 20 19:14:36 -0700 2007 Wed Dec 16 16:52:39 -0800 2009
I'm still puzzling over the translator's note to his use of the name "Rocky Horror". :)]]> 400869 019283570X 9780192835703 114 16 4.07 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174443236m/400869.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/400869.The_Kalevala_An_Epic_Poem_after_Oral_Tradition 0 0 false Wed Dec 26 10:59:24 -0800 2007 Tue Dec 23 14:53:43 -0800 2008
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Includes modernisms, like a Rocky Horror Show reference as an equivalent bad guy image.
I'm also intrigued by...more...]]> 400869 019283570X 9780192835703 114 16 4.07 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174443236m/400869.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/400869.The_Kalevala_An_Epic_Poem_after_Oral_Tradition 4 0 false Sun Jul 19 08:29:02 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 20 12:12:40 -0700 2009 Väinämöinen,...more...]]> 400869 019283570X 9780192835703 114 16 4.07 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174443236m/400869.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/400869.The_Kalevala_An_Epic_Poem_after_Oral_Tradition 5 1 false Tue Sep 09 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Sep 11 08:54:46 -0700 2008 Thu Sep 11 08:57:10 -0700 2008 more...]]> 400869 019283570X 9780192835703 114 16 4.07 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174443236m/400869.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/400869.The_Kalevala_An_Epic_Poem_after_Oral_Tradition 4 0 false Wed Oct 21 15:18:16 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 21 15:19:10 -0700 2009 319451 0485120488 9780485120486 3 2 4.07 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1259282102m/319451.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/319451.Kalevala_The_Land_of_the_Heroes 5 0 false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2002 Fri May 08 06:15:14 -0700 2009 Fri May 08 06:15:29 -0700 2009 more...]]> 400869 019283570X 9780192835703 114 16 4.07 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174443236m/400869.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/400869.The_Kalevala_An_Epic_Poem_after_Oral_Tradition 0 0 false Wed Jul 22 03:45:47 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 22 03:46:55 -0700 2009 6791782 1 1 4.07 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6791782-kalevala 3 0 false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Sep 01 21:44:56 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 01 21:44:56 -0700 2009 more...]]> 319445 9511101374 9789511101376 25 5 4.07 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173733860m/319445.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/319445.The_Kalevala_Epic_of_the_Finnish_People 3 0 false Wed Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Thu Aug 30 08:41:52 -0700 2007 Thu Aug 30 08:41:52 -0700 2007 more...]]> 319445 9511101374 9789511101376 25 5 4.07 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173733860m/319445.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/319445.The_Kalevala_Epic_of_the_Finnish_People 1 0 false Wed Jul 23 19:07:13 -0700 2008 Wed Jul 23 19:12:40 -0700 2008 more...]]> 400869 019283570X 9780192835703 114 16 4.07 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174443236m/400869.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/400869.The_Kalevala_An_Epic_Poem_after_Oral_Tradition 4 0 false Sat Jul 12 09:16:02 -0700 2008 Sat Jul 12 09:22:07 -0700 2008 more...]]> 400869 019283570X 9780192835703 114 16 4.07 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174443236m/400869.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/400869.The_Kalevala_An_Epic_Poem_after_Oral_Tradition 3 0 false Thu Nov 12 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Fri Oct 23 10:08:18 -0700 2009 Thu Nov 12 21:13:28 -0800 2009 I said
I formed into words
speaking thus
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