Kalevala Kalewala : Finnish national epic (1835), compiled by Elias Lonnrot from old ballads, lyrics, & incantations of deeds of three gigantic semi-divine brothers.
... I have read Firdausi in a translation long ago, but it gave no idea at all of the poetic qualities of the original. As for gaps in the culture—well, I don't know Russian or Finnish (missing the Kalevala ) and have not read the Nibelungenlied in the original, nor for that matter Pentaur's poem on the conquests of Rameses in ancient Egyptian or at least the fragment of it that survives. I don't know ...
... Greek of course Homer, in Latin Virgil. There are other poems which attempt the epic style, but are not among the masterpieces. There are also primitive epics in German and Finnish (Nibelungenlied, Kalevala)— Our vaccination list is ready. Will send a duplicate to Mother tomorrow, before submitting it to the hospital. You will send a copy to Pavitra, for he will have to write to Valle as it ...
... incorrect method of writing them established by the old Indian scholars, often conceals their harmonious construction,—but no other praise can be given. The Nibelungenlied, the Icelandic Sagas, the Kalewala, the Homeric poems, were written in the dawn of civilisation by semi-barbarous races, by poets not superior in culture to the Vedic Rishis; yet though their poetical value varies, the nations that ...
... Greek of course Homer, in Latin Virgil. There are other poems which attempt the epic style, but are not among the masterpieces. There are also primitive epics in German and Finnish (Nibelungenlied, Kalevala)— 4 May 1937 This afternoon, in a kind of sleep, I read a whole passage of an epic in English. All fled like vapour on waking up. I caught only this: This is only part of a line, ...
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