KALEVALA

Meaning of KALEVALA in English

/kah'leuh vah"leuh/ ; Fin. /kah"le vah'lah/ , n.

1. ( italics ) the national epic of Finland (1835, enlarged 1849), compiled and arranged by Elias Lönnrot from popular lays of the Middle Ages.

2. the home or land of Kaleva; Finland.

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KALEVALA — Finnish national epic. It was compiled by Elias Lonnrot from the songs and ballads of Finland's oral tradition and published …
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KALEVALA — n. Finnish national epic poem
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KALEVALA — Finnish national epic compiled from old Finnish ballads, lyrical songs, and incantations that were a part of Finnish oral tradition. …
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KALEVALA — Kalevala BrE AmE ˌkɑːl ɪ ˈvɑːl ə ˌkæl-, -ə-, -ɑː, ˈ•••• —Finnish [ ˈkɑ le vɑ lɑ ]
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KALEVALA — n. Finnish national epic. It was compiled by Elias Lonnrot from the songs and ballads of Finland's oral tradition and …
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KALEVALA — "Калевала" (карело-финский эпос)
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KALEVALA — "Калевала" (карело-финский эпос)
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KALEVALA — Калевала
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KALEVALA — n «Калевала» ( карело-финский эпос )
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KALEVALA — (0) 'калевала'
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KALEVALA — n «Калевала» ( карело-финский эпос )
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KALEVALA — n «Калевала» ( карело-финский эпос )
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KALEVALA — "Калевала" (карело-финский эпос)
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KALEVALA — "Калевала" (карело-финский эпос)
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SIBELIUS, JEAN — orig. Johan Julius Christian Sibelius born Dec. 8, 1865, Hämeenlinna, Fin. died Sept. 20, 1957, Järvenpää Finnish composer. He played …
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SAMPO — In Finnish mythology, a mysterious object that has been variously identified but is typically believed to be a cosmological pillar …
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LÖNNROT, ELIAS — born April 9, 1802, Sammatti, Swedish Finland died March 19, 1884, Sammatti, Russian Finland Finnish folklorist and philologist. While serving …
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FINNISH LANGUAGE — Finnish was an unwritten language until the 16th century, when Mikael Agricola (1509–57) produced an alphabet book (1543) and a …
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RUNE — ˈrün noun ( -s ) Etymology: Old Norse & Old English rūn secret, mystery, character of the runic alphabet, writing; …
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VÄINÄMÖINEN — /vuy'neuh moy"nen/ ; Fin. /vai"na muei'nen/ , n. Finnish Legend. an old magician, the hero of the Kalevala, who opposes …
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LEMMINKÄINEN — /lem"in kai'nen/ , n. (in the Kalevala ) a young, jovial hero who has many adventures in which he is …
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KULLERVO — /kooh"leuhr vaw'/ , n. (in the Kalevala ) a slave who, after a series of tragic misadventures, commits suicide.
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ILMARINEN — /eel"mah ree'neuhn/ , n. Finnish Legend. one of the heroes of the Kalevala.
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EPIC — long narrative poem recounting heroic deeds, although the term has also been loosely used to describe novels, such as Tolstoy's …
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SNELLMAN, JOHAN VILHELM — born May 12, 1806, Stockholm, Swed. died July 4, 1881, Kirkkonummi, Fin. Finnish nationalist philosopher and statesman who was an …
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SIBELIUS, JEAN — born Dec. 8, 1865, Hmeenlinna, Fin. died Sept. 20, 1957, Jrvenp original name Johan Julius Christian Sibelius Finnish composer, the …
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LONNROT, ELIAS — born April 9, 1802, Sammatti, Swedish Finland died March 19, 1884, Sammatti, Russian Finland folklorist and philologist who created the …
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LONGFELLOW, HENRY WADSWORTH — born Feb. 27, 1807, Portland, Mass. [now in Maine], U.S. died March 24, 1882, Cambridge, Mass. the most popular American …
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KREUTZWALD, F(RIEDRICH) REINHOLD — born Dec. 26, 1803, Kadrina, Russian Estonia died Aug. 25, 1882, Tartu physician, folklorist, and poet who compiled the Estonian …
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KIVI, ALEKSIS — born Oct. 10, 1834, Nurmijarvi, Russian Finland [now in Finland] died Dec. 31, 1872, Tuusula pseudonym of Aleksis Stenvall father …
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FINLAND — officially Republic of Finland, Finnish Suomi, or Suomen Tasavalta, Swedish Finland, or Republiken Finland northern European country, a third of …
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