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Download or read book Finnish Folklore written by Leea Virtanen and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book presents an overview of Finnish folklore from the nineteenth century to the present. The Nordic country of Finland has been influenced by both east and west and serves as an excellent showcase of European folklore in general. Guided by Finnish Folklore, readers will learn how folklore has been collected and researched in Finland, what regional distinctions exist in the country's traditions, and how traditions have changed in the process of modernization. An extensive anthology section features ancient alliterative poetry, such as formed the basis of the Finnish national epic Kalevala. The book contains translated examples of rhymed folk songs, folktales, legends, and other narratives, proverbs, riddles, jokes, and contemporary genres like children's folklore, urban legends, and anecdotes. Tradition continues to live on in communications from person to person, sometimes travelling thousands of miles and over many national borders in the process. The same item of folklore may acquire new meanings in new contexts. What is the linking thread of tradition? Humour, sexuality, fear, or laughter? Is it our eternal longing for happiness or just the endless need of human beings to pass the time with each other?
Book Synopsis Kalevala Mythology, Revised Edition by : Juha Y. Pentikainen
Download or read book Kalevala Mythology, Revised Edition written by Juha Y. Pentikainen and published by Indiana University Press. This book was released on 1999-09-22 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It was the Kalevala that initiated the process leading to the foundation of Finnish identity during the nineteenth century and was, therefore, one of the crucial factors in the formation of Finland as a new nation in the twentieth century.
Book Synopsis Golden King of the Forest by : Juha Yrjänä Pentikäinen
Download or read book Golden King of the Forest written by Juha Yrjänä Pentikäinen and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Finnish Mythology: Tree Stories by : Niina Niskanen
Download or read book Finnish Mythology: Tree Stories written by Niina Niskanen and published by Niina Niskanen. This book was released on 2023-09-27 with total page 54 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A long time ago Finns, Finno-Ugric tribes and Baltic tribes practised animistic nature-based belief, where everything in nature had its own place and spirit. Trees were widely worshipped. Some trees, holier than others were called spirit trees. In this book, you will learn about ancient tree worship and mythologies and stories told about different tree species and gods, goddesses and magical creatures related to them. How these trees were used in folk magic and how people saw them. Sacred groves were very common. These special places were thought to harbour gods and goddesses, so they were also worshipped and given sacrificial gifts of food, drink and treasures. Altars were built in these groves for the purpose of worship. An altar was usually a large stone or a wooden table holding a statue or an image of a particular deity. Sacred groves were communally owned by an entire village and were generally located in the woods near the village. People could visit a grove alone or in groups to show reverence to the gods. It was believed that trees understood humans, especially women. People told their troubles to trees and felt certain that the trees kept their secrets. In the old days, people relied more on the forest than they do today. The entire forest ecosystem offered almost all of the materials needed for life: shelter and abundant food like berries, plants, mushrooms and animals.Learn about the Christmas tree tradition and how it arrived in Finland and the tree emuu's, these were spirits that created the different tree species. Niina Pekantytär aka Fairychamber is known for her passion and knowledge of Finnish mythology and folklore. Born in northern Finland, Niina grew up listening to these stories from a very young age.
Book Synopsis Folklore and Nationalism in Modern Finland by : William Albert Wilson
Download or read book Folklore and Nationalism in Modern Finland written by William Albert Wilson and published by Bloomington : Indiana University Press. This book was released on 1976 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Ilmatar's Inspirations by : Tina K. Ramnarine
Download or read book Ilmatar's Inspirations written by Tina K. Ramnarine and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2003-08 with total page 285 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ilmatar gave birth to the bard who sang the Finnish landscape into being in the Kalevala (the Finnish national epic). In Ilmatar's Inspirations, Tina K. Ramnarine explores creative processes and the critical role that music has played in Finnish nationalism by focusing on Finnish "new folk music" in the shifting spaces between the national imagination and the global marketplace. Through extensive interviews and observations of performances, Ramnarine reveals how new folk musicians think and talk about past and present folk music practices, the role of folk music in the representation of national identity, and the interactions of Finnish folk musicians with performers from around the globe. She focuses especially on two internationally successful groups—JPP, a group that plays fiddle dance music, and Värttinä, an ensemble that highlights women's vocal traditions. Analyzing the multilayered processes—musical, institutional, political, and commercial—that have shaped and are shaped by new folk music in Finland, Ramnarine gives us an entirely new understanding of the connections between music, place, and identity.
Book Synopsis Studies in Finnic Folklore by : Felix J. Oinas
Download or read book Studies in Finnic Folklore written by Felix J. Oinas and published by Suomalaisen Kirjallisuuden Seura. This book was released on 1985 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book endeavours to make Finnic folklore better known internationally. Oinas writes about Finnic folkloristics and the epics the Kalevala and Kalevipoeg, questions of structure and style, epics song and mythical beings.
Book Synopsis An Anthology of Finnish Folktales by : Pirkko-Liisa Rausmaa
Download or read book An Anthology of Finnish Folktales written by Pirkko-Liisa Rausmaa and published by Welsh Academic Press. This book was released on 2013 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Storytelling as a living tradition has been preserved longer in Finland than in many other countries, because of its relative geographical isolation compared to other countries that more readily came into contact with other civilizations which destroyed local oral traditions. As in other countries, skilled storytellers were often representatives of the itinerant trades, such as cobblers, tailors, lumberjacks, peddlers, and beggars. Now available in paperback, this anthology of Finnish folktales is an excellent introduction to a rich oral tradition for both the general reader and for students of folklore. The book also includes a number of popular Finnish jokes and anecdotes. [Please note: This collection was previously published in hardback as The Maiden Who Rose from the Sea and Other Finnish Folktales by Hisarlik Press in 1992.]
Book Synopsis Mighty Mikko: A Book of Finnish Fairy Tales and Folk Tales by : Parker Fillmore
Download or read book Mighty Mikko: A Book of Finnish Fairy Tales and Folk Tales written by Parker Fillmore and published by Litres. This book was released on 2021-03-16 with total page 245 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Mighty Mikko: A Book of Finnish Fairy Tales and Folk Tales" by Parker Fillmore. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are user-friendly and accessible to everyone in a high-quality digital format.
Download or read book Kalevala written by Elias Lönnrot and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2021-04-29 with total page 501 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'One of the great mythic poems of Europe' The New York Times Sharing its title with the poetic name for Finland - 'the land of heroes' - Kalevala is the soaring epic poem of its people, a work rich in magic and myth which tells the story of a nation through the ages from the dawn of creation. Sung by rural Finns since prehistoric times, and formally compiled by Elias Lönnrot in the nineteenth century, it is a landmark of Finnish culture and played a vital role in galvanizing its national identity in the decades leading to independence. Its themes, however, reach beyond borders and search the heart of human existence. Translated with an Introduction by Eino Friberg
Download or read book Kalevala written by and published by . This book was released on 1956 with total page 636 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Nightjar written by Deborah Hewitt and published by Tor Books. This book was released on 2019-09-03 with total page 464 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Nightjar by Deborah Hewitt is a stunning contemporary fantasy debut about another London, a magical world hidden behind the bustling modern city we know. Alice Wyndham has been plagued by visions of birds her whole life...until the mysterious Crowley reveals that Alice is an ‘aviarist’: capable of seeing nightjars, magical birds that guard human souls. When her best friend is hit by a car, only Alice can find and save her nightjar. With Crowley’s help, Alice travels to the Rookery, a hidden, magical alternate London to hone her newfound talents. But a faction intent on annihilating magic users will stop at nothing to destroy the new aviarist. And is Crowley really working with her, or against her? Alice must risk everything to save her best friend—and uncover the strange truth about herself. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
Book Synopsis Finnish-American Folklore by : Elli-Kaija Köngäs-Maranda
Download or read book Finnish-American Folklore written by Elli-Kaija Köngäs-Maranda and published by . This book was released on 1980 with total page 568 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Kalevala written by and published by . This book was released on 1891 with total page 464 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Nationalism in Modern Finland by : John Henry Wuorinen
Download or read book Nationalism in Modern Finland written by John Henry Wuorinen and published by New York : Columbia University Press. This book was released on 1931 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Kalevala written by and published by . This book was released on 1888 with total page 818 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Finnish Folklore Research 1828-1919 by : Jouko Hautala
Download or read book Finnish Folklore Research 1828-1919 written by Jouko Hautala and published by Helsinki : [Societas Scientiarum Fennica]. This book was released on 1969 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
