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FinnoSwede?
Titania (gone for lunch) Started conversation Apr 27, 2004
Well, actually... it was RedDog that came up with that expression (and a couple of others) in attempt to describe me - and I liked 'FinnoSwede' - it *does* sort of describe my emotions!
Born in Sweden, both parents Finnish... as a kid I used to feel 100% Swedish - Swedish friends, Swedish school and so on...
The feeling of actually being Finnish came gradually over the years - it started with difficulties deciding on who to cheer for in the SwedoFinnish annual games...
...and then discovering that I really love Finnish tango...
...and getting really, really interested in finding out all I could about the Finnish national epic Kalevala...
...and so on...
Sometimes I feel *really* Finnish, and sometimes I feel *really* Swedish... which results in me feeling pretty confused - good thing I'm the Muse of Confusion!
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Jackruss a Grand Master of Tea and Toast, Keeper of the comfy chair, who is spending a year dead for tax reasons! DNA! Posted Apr 27, 2004
ok whats Kalevala...
and is there a cure??
i would like to know more about the top bit of this planet please
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Titania (gone for lunch) Posted Apr 27, 2004
Kalevala will forever be haunting me until I finally do something about it... this is a clue: A1026712
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Jackruss a Grand Master of Tea and Toast, Keeper of the comfy chair, who is spending a year dead for tax reasons! DNA! Posted Apr 27, 2004
so then its a spoken/sung thingy!
cool i like thats sort of thing
also i play Hikoo poetry with a japanise girl on the net
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Ivan the Terribly Average Posted Apr 27, 2004
Titania, how much of a connection is there between the Kalevala and the Estonian version (which I can't spell, but it's Kalevi-something)? I assume they have the same origins...
Ivan.
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Titania (gone for lunch) Posted Apr 28, 2004
I found this info on the Estonian president's official site
http://www.president.ee/eng/
The epic Kalevipoeg, based on the Estonian folklore and modelled after the Finnish epic Kalevala, had a significant impact on the rise of Estonians' self-consciousness
I'm currently searching for info on exactly how many details in Tolkien's works that are significantly inspired by Kalevala - I'm hoping to find someone who has already made a comparison and an analysis, because it'd take me ages to do it myself. Did you know that Tolkien learnt Finnish in order to be able to read Kalevala in original?
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Titania (gone for lunch) Posted Apr 28, 2004
Well, well, well - I found this article in the National Geographic!
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2001/12/1219_tolkienroots.html#main
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Hati Posted Apr 28, 2004
You will find the whole story about Kalevipoeg here: http://www.einst.ee/literary/autumn2003/17_01.htm
The author of the article is a literature professor at the university and I liked him a lot as a professor. 
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Titania (gone for lunch) Posted Apr 28, 2004
Oh dang - more research material...
I think I've got enough stuff on who and what that has been inspired by Kalevala to make it an entry on its own...
Did any of you know that Longfellow was accused of plagiarising Kalevala when he wrote 'Hiawatha'? As far as I've been able to find out, he never replied to the accusations... whether that's an admission or denial, well...*shrugs*
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Ivan the Terribly Average Posted Apr 28, 2004
Ah, that makes sense. The 'modern', written Kalevala came along first, and that inspired the standard version of the Kalevipoeg... They have the same folkloric roots, of course.
I hadn't heard that about Longfellow, but then there's not much taught here about American literature.
(Hati - I'll look at that link later, at home. I think it's just what I've been after. Thanks!)
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