Kalevala: the Epic Poem of Finland (Crawford Translation)
Elias Lönnrot
52 chapters · 15 h 24 min · English
Read by Kyle Raub, Jacob Paul Starr, Soumen Barua, Sonia, Richard Aroksaar, Peter Tucker and others
Sagas · Poetry
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This is the epic of Finland. It is the combined folk tales of the Finnish nation starting with the birth of the world from the egg of a seabird and continuing to the birth of the Kaleva District, the lands of Finland. (Summary by Squid B. Varilekova)
Chapters
1 Preface 56 min 2 RUNE I. Birth of Wainamoinen 10 min 3 RUNE II. Wainamoinen's Sowing 15 min 4 RUNE III. Wainamoinen and Joukahainen 22 min 5 RUNE IV. The Fate of Aino 19 min 6 RUNE V. Wainamoinen's Lamentation 8 min 7 RUNE VI. Wainamoinen's Hapless Journey 9 min 8 RUNE VII. Wainamoinen's Rescue 13 min 9 RUNE VIII. Maiden of the Rainbow 10 min 10 RUNE IX. Origin of Iron 19 min 11 RUNE X. Ilmarinen Forges the Sampo 18 min 12 RUNE XI. Lemminkainen's Lament 20 min 13 RUNE XII. Kyllikki's Broken Vow 24 min 14 RUNE XIII. Lemminkainen's Second Wooing 12 min 15 RUNE XIV. Death of Lemminkainen 22 min 16 RUNE XV. Lemminkainen's Restoration 31 min 17 RUNE XVI. Wainainoinen's Boat-building 18 min 18 RUNE XVII. Wainamoinen finds the Lost Word 22 min 19 RUNE XVIII. The Rival Suitors 25 min 20 RUNE XIX. Ilmarinen's Wooing 20 min 21 RUNE XX. The Brewing of Beer 26 min 22 RUNE XXI. Ilmarinen's Wedding-feast 16 min 23 RUNE XXII. The Bride's Farewell 17 min 24 RUNE XXIII. Osmotar, the Bride-adviser 36 min 25 RUNE XXIV. The Bride's Farewell 21 min 26 RUNE XXV. Wainamoinen's Wedding-songs 24 min 27 RUNE XXVI. Origin of the Serpent 36 min 28 RUNE XXVII. The Unwelcome Guest 17 min 29 RUNE XXVIII. The Mother's Counsel 12 min 30 RUNE XXIX. The Isle of Refuge 26 min 31 RUNE XXX. The Frost-fiend 16 min 32 RUNE XXXI. Kullerwoinen, Son of Evil 17 min 33 RUNE XXXII. Kullervo as a Shepherd 18 min 34 RUNE XXXIII. Kullervo and the Cheat-cake 11 min 35 RUNE XXXIV. Kullervo finds his Tribe-folk 9 min 36 RUNE XXXV. Kullervo's Evil Deeds 14 min 37 RUNE XXXVI. Kullerwoinen's Victory and Death 13 min 38 RUNE XXXVII Ilmarinen's Bride of Gold 11 min 39 RUNE XXXVIII. Ilmarinen's Fruitless Wooing 13 min 40 RUNE XXXIX. Wainamoinen's Sailing 14 min 41 RUNE XL. Birth of the Harp 11 min 42 RUNE XLI. Wainamoinen's Harp-songs 13 min 43 RUNE XLII. Capture of the Sampo 21 min 44 RUNE XLIII. The Sampo lost in the Sea 15 min 45 RUNE XLIV. Birth of the Second Harp 13 min 46 RUNE XLV. Birth of the Nine Diseases 11 min 47 RUNE XLVI. Otso the Honey-eater 22 min 48 RUNE XLVII. Louhi steals Sun, Moon, and Fire 14 min 49 RUNE XLVIII. Capture of the Fire-fish 12 min 50 RUNE XLIX. Restoration of the Sun and Moon 12 min 51 RUNE L. Mariatta (Wainamoinen's Departure) 17 min 52 Epilogue 4 min
