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Kalevala
Elias Lönnrot
The Kalevala (IPA: [ˈkɑleʋɑlɑ]) is a 19th-century compilation of epic poetry, compiled by Elias Lönnrot from Finnish, Karelian and Ingrian folklore and mythology, telling a story about the Creation of the Earth, describing the controversies and retaliatory voyages between the peoples of the land of Kalevala called Väinölä and the land of Pohjola and their various protagonists and antagonists, as well as the construction and robbery of the mythical wealth-making machine Sampo.
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Vivek’s Notes
The Finnish national epic, based on oral tradition written down in 1835 by Lönnrot. It consists of aphoristic poetry of the Balto-Finnish peoples and had 12,078 lines in 32 cantos, enlarged 13 years later to 22,795 lines in 50 cantos.
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