Kalevala: The Land of the Heroes (Two Volumes in One) (Hardcover)

from antiquary

This is a more modern translation than the other one I have , not necessarily great poetry in its translated form, but with very helpful and compared top y other copies up-to-date information on the background in the traditional Finnish folk poetry. The translator is a disciple of Francis Magoun'...

from tommi180744

KALEVALA is the name given to the Finnish Language epic verse saga, preceding other Norse sagas plus Beowulf: Chanted from prodigious memory by Norse peoples for at least 2,500 years. Collected and written down for the first time by Elias Lonnrot during mid to late 19th Century. Extensive pre and...

from antiquary

This is a more modern translation than the other one I have , not necessarily great poetry in its translated form, but with very helpful and compared top y other copies up-to-date information on the background in the traditional Finnish folk poetry. The translator is a disciple of Francis Magoun'...

from tommi180744

KALEVALA is the name given to the Finnish Language epic verse saga, preceding other Norse sagas plus Beowulf: Chanted from prodigious memory by Norse peoples for at least 2,500 years. Collected and written down for the first time by Elias Lonnrot during mid to late 19th Century. Extensive pre and...

from JVioland

Incredibly boring epic poetry. This book was supposedly written by collecting old Finnish myths of their heroes. Vikings they ain't! Fishermen and farmers, fish bones and wood...good Lord! This is the material from which an epic is made? Don't waster your time on this one.