Kalevala : the Epic Poem of Finland — Complete
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Contents
PREFACE |
PROEM |
RUNE I.Birth of Wainamoinen |
RUNE II.Wainamoinen’s Sowing |
RUNE III.Wainamoinen and Youkahainen |
RUNE IV.The Fate of Aino |
RUNE V.Wainamoinen’s Lamentation |
RUNE VI.Wainamoinen’s Hapless Journey |
RUNE VII.Wainamoinen’s Rescue |
RUNE VIII.Maiden of the Rainbow |
RUNE IX.Origin of Iron |
RUNE X.Ilmarinen forges the Sampo |
RUNE XI.Lemminkainen’s Lament |
RUNE XII.Kyllikki’s Broken Vow |
RUNE XIII.Lemminkainen’s Second Wooing |
RUNE XIV.Death of Lemminkainen |
RUNE XV.Lemminkainen’s Restoration |
RUNE XVI.Wainainoinen’s Boat-building |
RUNE XVII.Wainamoinen finds the Lost Word |
RUNE XVIII.The Rival Suitors. |
RUNE XIX.Ilmarinen’s Wooing |
RUNE XX.The Brewing of Beer |
RUNE XXI.Ilmarinen’s Wedding-feast |
RUNE XXII.The Bride’s Farewell |
RUNE XXIII.Osmotar, the Bride-adviser |
RUNE XXIV.The Bride’s Farewell |
RUNE XXV.Wainamoinen’s Wedding-songs |
RUNE XXVI.Origin of the Serpent |
RUNE XXVII.The Unwelcome Guest |
RUNE XXVIII.The Mother’s Counsel |
RUNE XXIX.The Isle of Refuge |
RUNE XXX.The Frost-fiend |
RUNE XXXI.Kullerwoinen, Son of Evil |
RUNE XXXII.Kullervo as a Shepherd |
RUNE XXXIII.Kullervo and the Cheat-cake |
RUNE XXXIV.Kullervo finds his Tribe-folk |
RUNE XXXV.Kullervo’s Evil Deeds |
RUNE XXXVI.Kullerwoinen’s Victory and Death |
RUNE XXXVII.Ilmarinen’s Bride of Gold |
RUNE XXXVIII.Ilmarinen’s Fruitless Wooing |
RUNE XXXIX.Wainamoinen’s Sailing |
RUNE XL.Birth of the Harp |
RUNE XLI.Wainamoinen’s Harp-songs |
RUNE XLII.Capture of the Sampo |
RUNE XLIII.The Sampo lost in the Sea |
RUNE XLIV.Birth of the Second Harp |
RUNE XLV.Birth of the Nine Diseases |
RUNE XLVI.Otso the Honey-eater |
RUNE XLVII.Louhi steals Sun, Moon, and Fire |
RUNE XLVIII.Capture of the Fire-fish |
RUNE XLIX.Restoration of the Sun and Moon |
RUNE L.Mariatta—Wainamoinen’s Departure |
EPILOGUE |
GLOSSARY |