Tales From The Forest Lands (eBook)

Clive Gilson (Herausgeber)

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2019 | First
320 Seiten
Clive Gilson (Verlag)
978-1-913500-57-3 (ISBN)

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his volume of tales from the north concentrates on Finland. Many of these stories have their roots in the folklore of Finnish paganism, and they have many features shared with fellow Finnic Estonian mythology and other Uralic fables. Finnish folklore also shares some similarities with neighbouring Baltic, Slavic and to a lesser extent, Norse mythologies.Much of Finnish mythology survived within an oral tradition of mythical poem-singing and folklore well into the 19th century. One of my favourite aspects of Finnish mythology is the wonderful sense of darkness at its heart.These stories come from collectors such as Andrew Lang and his Coloured Fairy Books, the elusive R. Eivind's Finnish Legends for English Children and Zacharias Topelius and The Birch and the Star, and Other Stories. Most derive from legendary cycles such as the Song of the Kalevala and earlier collections such as the Lapplandische Mrchen. As ever, my voyage of discovery through these stories has been a delight.

Inhalt

PREFACE

ANDRAS BAIVE

THE WORLD'S CREATION AND THE BIRTH OF WAINAMOINEN

THE PLANTING OF THE TREES

HOW SOME WILD ANIMALS BECAME TAME ONES

WAINAMOINEN AND YOUKAHAINEN

AINO'S FATE

HOW THE STALOS WERE TRICKED

WAINAMOINEN’S SEARCH FOR AINO

WAINAMOINEN’S UNLUCKY JOURNEY

WAINAMOINEN’S RESCUE

THE BIRCH AND THE STAR

THE RAINBOW-MAIDEN

ILMARINEN FORGES THE SAMPO

THE ELF MAIDEN

LEMMINKAINEN AND KYLLIKKI

KYLLIKKI’S BROKEN VOW

LEMMINKAINEN’S SECOND WOOING

LEMMINKAINEN’S DEATH

LEMMINKAINEN’S RESTORATION

THE FOX AND THE LAPP

WAINAMOINEN’S BOAT-BUILDING

WAINAMOINEN FINDS THE LOST WORDS

THE GIFTS OF THE MAGICIAN

THE RIVAL SUITORS

ILMARINEN’S WOOING

THE BREWING OF BEER

ILMARINEN’S WEDDING FEAST

THE MERMAID AND THE BOY

THE ORIGIN OF THE SERPENT

THE UNWELCOME GUEST

THE ISLE OF REFUGE

THE FROST-FIEND

THE SEA KING’S GIFT

KULLERVO’S BIRTH

KULLERVO AND ILMARINEN’S WIFE

KULLERVO’S LIFE AND DEATH

THE SISTER OF THE SUN

ILMARINEN’S BRIDE OF GOLD

ILMARINEN’S FRUITLESS WOOING

WAINAMOINEN’S EXPEDITION AND THE BIRTH OF THE KANTELE

THE SIX HUNGRY BEASTS

THE CAPTURE OF THE SAMPO

THE SAMPO IS LOST IN THE SEA

THE BIRTH OF THE SECOND KANTELE

THE WHITE SLIPPER

LOUHI ATTEMPTS REVENGE

LOUHI STEALS THE SUN, THE MOON, AND FIRE

THE RESTORATION OF THE SUN AND MOON

MARIATTA AND WAINAMOINEN’S DEPARTURE

HISTORICAL NOTES

ABOUT THE EDITOR

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 14.12.2019
• Reihe/Serie: Tales from the World's Firesides - Europe
• Reihe/Serie: Tales from the World's Firesides - Europe
• Reihe/Serie: Tales from the World's Firesides - Europe
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Historische Romane
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Märchen / Sagen
• Schlagworte: Fairy tales • Fantasy • Finland • finnish • Folklore • Legends • Myths • Sagas • Storytelling • Suomi
• ISBN-10: 1-913500-57-8 / 1913500578
• ISBN-13: 978-1-913500-57-3 / 9781913500573