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Bookshelf: The Kalevala
Following up on Friday’s comments dialog: the Kalevala is the national epic of Finland. It looks at first glance like it might be a single unified poem, a la Homer, but is in fact a family of sung poems about … Continue reading
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Bookshelf: the Eddas
They are the basic sources of our knowledge about Viking mythology, and there are two of them, readily available in English translations. The Poetic (Elder) Edda is a collection of Old Norse poems, mythological, apocalyptic and heroic. It’s the older … Continue reading
