• Kalevala (Russian: Калевала) is a Russian folk metal band. The name of the band is derived from the Finnish national epic. The group chose this name because...
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    The Kalevala (IPA: [ˈkɑleʋɑlɑ]) is a 19th-century compilation of epic poetry, compiled by Elias Lönnrot from Karelian and Finnish oral folklore and mythology...
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  • Look up Kalevala in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. The Kalevala is the Finnish national epic poem. Kalevala may also refer to: Kalevala, Russia, an...
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  • trochaic tetrameter that has been called the Kalevala meter. The Finnish and Estonian national epics, Kalevala and Kalevipoeg, are both written in this meter...
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    Väinämöinen (category Characters in the Kalevala)
    character in Finnish folklore and the main character in the national epic Kalevala by Elias Lönnrot. Väinämöinen was described as an old and wise man, and...
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    of the two main polarities in the Finnish national epic, the Kalevala, along with Kalevala or Väinölä. C. Ganander (1789), characterised Pohjola as 'the...
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    Ilmarinen (category Characters in the Kalevala)
    iänikuinen or "the eternal hammerer"), a blacksmith and inventor in the Kalevala, is a god and archetypal artificer from Finnish mythology. He is immortal...
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  • This is a summary of the cantos of the Kalevala. The Kalevala is considered the national epic of Finland. It was compiled and edited from the songs of...
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    sea. The Sampo is a pivotal element of the plot of the Finnish epic poem Kalevala, compiled in 1835 (and expanded in 1849) by Elias Lönnrot based on Finnish...
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    frequently use the Kalevala, the epic poem of Finland, as a source for their lyrics. Jan Rechberger played in a thrash metal band called Violent Solution...
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    Ilmatar (category Characters in the Kalevala)
    In the Kalevala, the Finnish national epic, Ilmatar (pronounced [ˈilmɑtɑr]) was a virgin spirit and goddess of the air. The name Ilmatar is derived from...
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    Lemminkäinen (category Characters in the Kalevala)
    prominent figure in Finnish mythology. He is one of the heroes of the Kalevala, where his character is a composite of several separate heroes of oral...
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  • Experimental Theatre Club. Talking Band Timeline. The Talking Band. Asplund, Anneli; Mettom, Sirkka-Liisa (October 2000). "Kalevala: The Finnish National Epic"...
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  • Iku-Turso (creature) (category Characters in the Kalevala)
    malevolent sea monster in Finnish mythology, best known for appearing in the Kalevala. Nowadays Meritursas means octopus in Finnish, named after Iku-Turso, but...
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  • musical tradition, common amongst Balto-Finnic people, sung in the so-called Kalevala metre. Though folk songs of the old variety became progressively rarer...
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  • the Kalevala. Sampsa (street artist), a graffiti artist from Finland Sampsa Astala, a musician better known by his stage name Stala in Stala&SO-band, and...
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    Kullervo (category Characters in the Kalevala)
    (Finnish pronunciation: [ˈkulːerʋo]) is an ill-fated character in the Kalevala, the Finnish national epic compiled by Elias Lönnrot. Growing up in the...
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    origins. A likely source is the demigod Väinämöinen in the Finnish epic poem Kalevala, with many points of resemblance. Scholars have stated that he is the spirit...
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  • A list of translations of the Finnish national epic Kalevala in chronological order by language. The epic has appeared in 61 translated languages. Based...
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  • The book shows the influence of many sources, including the Finnish epic Kalevala, Greek mythology in the lost island of Atlantis (as Númenor) and the Olympian...
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    Ensiferum (redirect from Ensiferum (band))
    two reworked demo songs; an Amorphis cover and a short rendition of the Kalevala melody, as well as a medley of three traditional Finnish songs. In June...
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    Catholic Church, Hiawatha, similarly to Väinämöinen at the end of the Kalevala, launches his canoe westward toward the sunset and departs forever. Longfellow...
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    and Norse mythology, and many songs reference the Finnish national poem Kalevala, most obviously songs such as "Kokko - Eagle of Fire" of The Clouds of...
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    Finnish national epic Kalevala. The poems of Kanteletar are based on the trochaic tetrameter, generally referred to as "Kalevala metre". The name consists...
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  • is typically influenced by Karelian traditional tunes and lyrics of the Kalevala metre. In the west of the country, more mainstream Nordic folk music traditions...
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  • on the tale of Kullervo in the 19th-century Finnish mythological poem Kalevala. Scholars have noted parallels with other myths including that of Sigmund...
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  • Tales from the Thousand Lakes (category Music based on the Kalevala)
    studio album by Finnish heavy metal band Amorphis. It is a concept album based on the Finnish national epic, Kalevala. The album was an influential release...
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  • album also shares inspiration with many of the band's productions in the text and themes of the Kalevala, or Finnish Epic. This album was the last release...
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  • (Фантазёры) 1993 Chimera (Химера) 1994 Electric Train (Электричка) 1994 Kalevala (Калевала) 1995 Nuihuli 1997 It's Me (Это я) 1997 ZUDWA Edward Starkov [ru]...
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  • the great Finnish epic Kalevala (although this pattern cannot be exactly replicated in English). Hyperborea were the 2006 band of the year at the Kaustinen...
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