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What does Kalevala mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word Kalevala? Here's what it means.

Proper noun
  1. The Finnish national epic.
  2. The mythical location where the heroes of Kalevala live.
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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.

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