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Paperback Songs Beyond the Kalevala: Transformations of Oral Poetry Book

ISBN: 9517176945

ISBN13: 9789517176941

Songs Beyond the Kalevala: Transformations of Oral Poetry

(Book #2 in the Studia Fennica Folklorista Series)

The title of this volume refers to the tradition of rune singing which was the foundation for Elias Lonnrot's compilation of the Kalevala epic. This work includes discussion of: the Kalevala metre and its development; the Ingrian epic poem and its models; ale, spirits, and patterns of mythical fantasy; the wife-killer theme in Karelian and Russian songs; song in ritual context - North Karelian wedding songs; and women's songs and reality. This description may be from another edition of this product.

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