Kalevala

Proper noun

Meaning

The Finnish national epic.

The mythical location where the heroes of Kalevala live.

An urban-type settlement, the administrative capital of the Kalevalsky District, Republic of Karelia, in northwestern Russia; also historically known as Uhtua.

Examples

But oddly, the Kalevala was read to us at my boarding school when I was about seven", and "from a very early age I was reading Norse legends and any books I could find about Norse stories". Source: Internet

He has a further Kalevala based work which is not part of the series, entitled The Time Twister. Source: Internet

He later integrated this additional material with significant edits of the existing material into a second version, The Kalevala, this version was published in 1849. Source: Internet

He returns to Kalevala and tells Väinämöinen about the prosperity and wealth that has met Pohjola's people thanks to the Sampo. Source: Internet

However, the place names in Kalevala seem to transfer the Kalevala further south, which has been interpreted as reflecting the Finnic settlement expansion from the South that came to push the Sami further to the north. Source: Internet

In The Quest for Kalevala this running gag can be seen on the original, Akseli Gallen-Kallela -inspired cover art. Source: Internet

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