In one part of this long work the title character's three sons travel north to the dismal land of Pohjola to find a bride for the eldest and also to find the Sampo, a magic mill that grinds out meal and gold. Beginning with a creation myth, it was compiled from oral recitations in the early 1800s by Elias Lonnrott. Its alliterative, unrhymed trochees provided a poetic style used by Longfellow in Hiawatha. Featuring Vainom
In one part of this long work the title character's three sons travel north to the dismal land of Pohjola to find a bride for the eldest and also to find the Sampo, a magic mill that grinds out meal and gold. Beginning with a creation myth, it was compiled from oral recitations in the early 1800s by Elias Lonnrott. Its alliterative, unrhymed trochees provided a poetic style used by Longfellow in Hiawatha. Featuring Vainomoinen and Lemminkanen, FTP what is this Finnish national epic?
In one part of this long work the title character's three sons travel north to the dismal land of Pohjola to find a bride for the eldest and also to find the Sampo, a magic mill that grinds out meal and gold.