Kanteletar: Taikka, Suomen Kansan Wanhoja Lauluja Ja Wirsiä
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This is the first appearance in English of The Kanteletar (1840-1), the companion volume to the Finnish national epic poem The Kalevala. Based on Finnish oral tradition, The Kanteletar (roughly "zither-daughter", a kind of muse) is a selection from a treasury of nearly seven hundred lyrics and ballads that celebrate the everyday life of a rural society at work and play. The ballads range from a beautiful sequence of legends about the Virgin Mary, through the grim tales of Elina, to a hilarious account of a dragon that refuses to devour its victims.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0192828622
ISBN13:9780192828620
Release Date:April 1992
Publisher:Oxford University Press, USA
Length:224 Pages
Weight:0.30 lbs.
Dimensions:0.4" x 4.7" x 7.4"
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