{"product_id":"the-kalevala-9780674500105","title":"The Kalevala","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe national folk epic of Finland is presented in an English translation. Magoun has used prose, printed line for line as in the original so that repetitions, parallelisms, and variations are apparent. The lyrical passages and poetic images, wry humor, tall-tale extravagance, and homely realism of the Kalevala come through with great effectiveness.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThanks to a…clear, accurate version by Francis Magoun, \u003ci\u003eKalevala\u003c\/i\u003e is accessible to interested readers everywhere… The kaleidoscopic \u003ci\u003eKalevala\u003c\/i\u003e opens with the creation of the world and the birth of the ancient hero, Väinämöinen, a being of supernatural origins. The work then turns to the relations between two communities: \u003ci\u003eKalevala\u003c\/i\u003e (‘Land of the Kaleva’—the poetic name for Finland), led by Väinämöinen, and \u003ci\u003ePohjola\u003c\/i\u003e (‘Land of the North’), ruled by Louhi, and old woman who can change into an avenging dragon… This…version, expertly…translated by Francis Magoun and recently issued by Harvard University Press, is probably the best translation readily available in English today. -- Donald V. Mehus and Thomas J. Martin * Western Viking *\u003cbr\u003eInto the shifting of tone from lyrically tragic poems to those about warfare, from wedding lays to sheer horseplay, Magoun has infused the unmistakable speech rhythm and diction of our own language… \u003ci\u003eThe Kalevala\u003c\/i\u003e is a monumental work. -- John Godfrey * Christian Science Monitor *\u003cbr\u003eThe original sense [of the \u003ci\u003eKalevala\u003c\/i\u003e] breaks through in a refreshing new way… The philologist and folklorist will welcome the new precision of thought and expression. For English students of \u003ci\u003eKalevala\u003c\/i\u003e…this is an indispensable book… Dr. Magoun’s re-appraisal of this museum piece from Finland brushes off some of the dust and helps us to see anew something of its originality and distinction. -- W. R. Mead * Folklore *\u003cbr\u003eThis authoritative new translation of the \u003ci\u003eKalevala\u003c\/i\u003e, together with the materials the volume contains relating the poetic style of the Finnish songs to the style of other orally composed poetry, is especially significant to students of European folklore… Both Professor Magoun and the Harvard University Press have placed many generations of folklorists in their debt. -- Robert Kellogg * Journal of American Folklore *\u003cbr\u003eWhat distinguishes this work from other \u003ci\u003eKalevala\u003c\/i\u003e translations is the fact that Professor Magoun presents a prose translation of the national folk epic of Finland, a translation which is accurate and scholarly in every detail… The translator makes his translation agree line for line with the original; the result is that this translation makes readily apparent the parallelisms, the poetic images, and the wry humor as well as the homely realism of the Finnish original. * The Scandinavian-American Bulletin *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTranslator's Foreword    The Kalevala   Poem   1. Lonnrot's prologue; the creation of the world and the birth of Vainamoinen   2. Vainamoinen's sowing of the primeval wilderness; a sower's charm   3. Vainamoinen's defeat of Joukahainen in a contest of wisdom; the pledging of Aino; maxims   4. Vainamoinen's ill-fated wooing of Aino; Aino's drowning   5. Vainamoinen's unsuccessful fishing for Aino; his mother's advice to woo the maiden of North Farm   6. Joukahainen fells Vainamoinen's horse   7. Vainamoinen and Louhi of North Farm; his promise of a Sampo   8. Vainamoinen and the maiden of North Farm; his wounded knee   9. The origin of iron; blood-stanching charms; the healing of Vainamoinen 's knee   10. Ilmarinen forges the Sampo   11. The marriage of Lemminkainen and Kyllikki of the Island   12. Lemminkainen bewitches North Farm; protective charms   13. Lemminkainen woos the maiden of North Farm; he fails to catch the Demon's elk, assigned as a qualifying task   14. Huntsmen's charms; a ransom charm; Lemminkainen captures the Demon's elk and bridles the Demon's gelding; while going to shoot the swan of Death's Domain he is shot dead by Soppy Hat   15. At home blood on his brush reveals Lemminkainen 's death; his mother finds and reassembles the pieces of his body and restores him to life; vein, bee, and cowbane charms   16. Vainamoinen's boat-building and his visit to Death's Domain   17. Vainamoinen exacts charms from tortured Antero Vipunen; banishment charms and charms against disease and misadventure   18. Vainamoinen and Ilmarinen sue for the maiden of North Farm   19. The maiden of North Farm accepts Ilmarinen; IImarinen's three qualifying tasks; a snake charm, a huntsman's charm   20. The slaughtering of the big Karelian steer; preparations for the wedding feast at North Farm; the origin of beer   21. The wedding feast at North Farm; wedding lays   22. Wedding lay: Tormenting and consoling a bride   23. Wedding lays: The government of a bride; The lay of an abused daughter-in-law   24. Wedding lays: The government of a groom; Lay of a bride's going away; Ilmarinen and the maiden of North Farm set out for home   25. At home Ilmarinen and his bride are ceremoniously received   26. Lemminkainen intrudes upon the wedding at North Farm; snake charms; the origin of snakes   27. The duel at North Farm   28. Lemminkainen's hasty return from North Farm   29. Lemminkainen's self-exile on an island   30. Lemminkainen's and Snowfoot's wild goose chase and the big freeze; charms against Jack Frost and wizards   31. The feud between Untamo and Kalervo; Kullervo's unfortunate upbringing; an antifertility charm   32. Kullervo as a herdsman; cattle, milk, and bear charms   33. The death of Ilmarinen's lady   34. Kullervo's homecoming   3. The unhappy meeting of Kullervo and his sister   36. Kullervo's revenge on Untamo; his suicide   37. Ilmarinen's gold and silver bride   38. Ilmarinen's new bride from North Farm; a report on the Sampo   39. The expedition of Vainamoinen, Ilmarinen, and Lemminkainen to North Farm to steal the Sampo   40. Vainamoinen's pikebone harp; rapids charms   41. Vainamoinen plays the pikebone harp   42. The theft of the Sampo from North Farm   43. The sea and air battle for the Sampo; the lucky preservation in the Kaleva District of some fragments of the Sampo; a soldier's protective charm   44. Vainamoinen 's new birchwood harp   45. Magically induced diseases in the Kaleva District; the origin of pestilences; charms against pain   46. The slaying of the bear at North Farm and the great feast in the Kaleva District; a bear-hunter's charm; the origin of bears   47. The mistress of North Farm steals the sun and the moon; the disappearance of Ukko's fire   48. The difficult recovery of Ukko's fire; a fisherman's charm; a charm against burns   49. Ilmarinen's silver sun and golden moon; Vainamoinen's duel at North Farm; the mistress of North Farm releases the true sun and moon; divining charms   50. The virgin Marjatta's immaculate conception; her son is designated King of Karelia; Vainamoinen 's discomfiture and flight; Lonnrot's epilogue    Appendices   I. Materials For The Study of The Kalevala   A. \"Elias Lonnrot,\" by Aarne A. Anttila   B. \"The Kalevala,\" by Vaino W. Salminen and Viljo Tarkiainen   C. Concordances: Old and New Kalevala   D. Lonnrot 's Prefaces to the Kalevala   E. Henrik Gabriel Porthan on Ceremonial Peasant Singing    II. Translator's Appendix   A. On the Translation of Certain Words   B. Glossary of Proper Names   C. Reference List of Finnish Names   D. List of Charms, in Order of Occurrence   F. 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