- Paperback: 733 pages
- Publisher: Oxford Paperbacks (1 Sep 1989)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0192817000
- ISBN-13: 978-0192817006
- Product Dimensions: 18.5 x 11.7 x 3.6 cm
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 691,523 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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The Finnish language belongs to a non-Indo-European group of languages whose origins have been traced to a region just west of the Urals. During the first milennium of our era, Uralic-speakers in the Baltic region developed the oral poetry which is the basis of the Kalevala, the epic poem of Finland which was assembled only 150 years ago as a portrait of an ancient people in war and peace. This poem, which has often been compared with the epics of Homer, played a central role in the process towards Finnish independence and inspired the classical composer Sibelius. This version of the Kalevela has been translated by Keith Bosley, who has been awarded the first Finnish State Prize for Translators for his work on the anthology "Finnish Folk Poetry".
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Keith Bosley is the author of Finnish Folk Poetry: Epic and was awarded the first Finnish State Prize for translators.
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This is a very accurate translation (better than Kirby's in this respect) of the great Finnish epic "Kalevala". The story centres around a group of heroes who weave mighty magics with their singing and includes memorable stories such as the incestuous Kullervo, the son of a male Swanmay and a were-bear, as well as a really funny Finnish heathen retelling of the birth of jesus, in which Mary ("Marjatta" in Kalevala) uses a horse's exhalation as a sauna. This is *the* source for Finnish mythology as well - which is the main reason I wanted to read it.
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