However, it also was severely criticized as a plagiary of the Finnish epic poem Kalevala. |
In the 1890s Finnish nationalism based on the Kalevala spread, and Jean Sibelius became famous for his vocal symphony Kullervo. |
The event Ugric Rumble will host the sixth world championship of Kalevala chanting. |
The publication in 1835 of the Finnish national epic, Kalevala, was a founding stone of Finnish nationalism and ethnogenesis. |
In the Finnish epic Kalevala, a swan lives in the Tuoni river located in Tuonela, the underworld realm of the dead. |
In the Kalevala we meet with no kings, but only patriarchs, or chiefs of clans. |