Surf these sites: Juminkeko -- An information center for the Kalevala and Karelian culture. Kalevala -- The official 150th anniversary site by the Finnish Literature Society. Events, publications and a list of translations and foreign-language adaptations of the Kalevala. Kalevala -- A short description about Finland''s national epic. Kalevala -- Links to Kalevala resources in many different languages. Kalevala -- A short introduction to the epic and Kalevala-inspired art. Kalevala - The Finnish National Epic -- Virtual Finland''s introduction to Elias Lönnrot''s epic and its influence on Finnish arts and culture. Kalevala: From Myth to Symbol -- How Finnish-Karelian oral poetry became a symbol of national consciousness. Kalevalaisen Runokielen Seura (KaRuSe) -- A society that aims to revive the Kalevala meter. Rules of the trochaic tetrameter in English. Kanteletar -- Brief information about the collection of lyrics and ballads created as a companion work to the Kalevala. The World of the Kalevala -- A collection of essays published in 1987. One sample article available online.
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