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Kalevala

LC control no.n 79056738
Descriptive conventionsrda
Uniform title headingKalevala
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Variant(s)Kalewala
See alsoCompiler: Lönnrot, Elias, 1802-1884
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Form of workEpic poetry
Beginning date1835
Found inKalevala. Selections. Kalewala, altfinnische Volks- und Heldenlieder, c1940.
Wikipedia, 29 August 2022 (Kalevala; Kalewala; 19th century work of epic poetry compiled by Elias Lönnrot from Karelian and Finnish oral folklore and mythology; tells the story of the creation of the Earth; regarded as the natioal epic of Karelia and Finland; first version published in 1835; exists in different versions of varying lengths)