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The Complete Kalevala: Volumes 1 & 2

The Complete Kalevala: Volumes 1 & 2

ByJohn Martin Crawford

A deeper and more esoteric meaning of the Kalevala, however, points to a contest between Light and Darkness, Good and Evil; the Finns representing the Light and the Good, and the Lapps, the Darkness and the Evil. Like the Niebelungs, the heroes of the Finns woo for brides the beauteous maidens of the North; and the similarity is rendered still more striking by their frequent inroads into the country of the Lapps, in order to possess themselves of the envied treasure of Lapland, the mysterious Sampo, evidently the Golden Fleece of the Argonautic expedition. Curiously enough public opinion is often expressed in the runes, in the words of an infant; often too the unexpected is introduced after the manner of the Greek dramas, by a young child, or an old man.

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Publication Date
Jul 12, 2014
Language
English
ISBN
9781312349858
Category
Fiction
Copyright
All Rights Reserved - Standard Copyright License
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By (author): John Martin Crawford

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EPUB

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