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Kalevala
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Kalevala

Finnish national epic poem compiled from legends and ballads by Elias Lönnrot 1835–49; its hero is Väinämöinen, god of music and poetry. It inspired the poet Longfellow, who borrowed its metre and some of its incidents for his Hiawatha, and the composer Sibelius.



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