kalevala’s origins and myths part 2 vesa matteo piludu, kalevala suite lecture 6 17.10.2011...
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Kalevala’s origins and mythsPart 2
Vesa Matteo Piludu, Kalevala SuiteLecture 617.10.2011
Department of Philosophy, History, Culture and Arts
Musicology
University of Helsinki
Daniel Europaeus (1820-1884)
Lönnrot was not satisfied with the Old Kalevala
For the edition of the New Kalevala, he was helped by other collectors of folklore and ethnographer
The most important was Europaeus, who collected more poems than Lönnrot and travelled more
Jacob Grimm, 1845
Gave a notable lecture on the epic of the Finns (the Kalevala was translated into Swedish) at the Science Academy of Berlin
“Here, if anywhere, there is now a pure epic in simple and thus most moving form, an unprecedented treasure”
Kalevala was considered comparable to Omer and the Niebelungenlied
After the Kalevala, Finland has been recognized as a “nation” with his own culture, language and literature
For Grimm, Kalevala was more mythological than historical
Il Kalevala and Comparetti
Domenico Comparetti, Il Kalevala o la poesia
tradizionale dei Finni, studio storico critico sulle origini delle grandi epopoee nazionali (Roma, tip. della R. Accademia dei Lincei, 1891).
Translated in German and English
Relevance of magical charms