Selections from the KalevalaLeypoldt & Holt, 1868 - 141 sivua |
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Aino ancient ancient Wainamoinen answer asks bear becomes begins beneath birdling bitter boat bosom bring brother cabin carries Cause comes created cruel daughter deep drops earth enchantment fall father fell finds Finland fire fish flowing forest forever forge give goes gold golden grow hair hand hang harp hast hastens heard heart heaven herald heroes Hither Ilmarinen iron Kalevala kill Kullervo land Lemminkainen lift live Louhi lovely Aino luckless magic maiden mighty minstrel moon mother mountain mournful Ne'er Never night Northland ocean once perished plays poem Pohiola pretty published reached returns rock Sampo says seek sends shining shore silver sings sister sledge song sorrow sought Spake stone story sweet swim sword takes tears tell thee things third thou three in number tidings trees trochaic unto Wainamoinen waves weeping wife wisdom Youkahainen youthful
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Sivu 14 - From the mouths of the aged an epic poem has been collected equalling the Iliad in length and completeness, nay, if we can forget for a moment all that we in our youth learned to call beautiful, not less beautiful.
Sivu 14 - possesses merits not dissimilar from those of the Iliad, and will claim its place as the fifth national epic of the world, side by side with the Ionian songs, with the Mahdbharata, the Shahndmeh, and the Nibelunge.
Sivu 84 - Therefore I must weep and sorrow, Wretched maiden pine forever, For that thou thy child hast promised, Sold away thy little daughter To a graybeard old and limpsey, Joy to be unto his dotage, Comfort to his years declining, Out of doors a staff to stay him, In the house a shield around him.
Sivu 41 - Father in Heaven, Thou who all the sky commandest, For the fleecy clouds appointing Every morn their course and pathway, In thine airy realm consulting, In thy kingdom taking counsel, Send us clouds from East and North-East, From the South and from the Sun-Set ; Let them scatter drops refreshing ; Bid them all their sweetness sprinkle That the ear may lift its treasure And the corn make haste to ripen.
Sivu 62 - The powers of magic song are fairly summarized in the final contest between Wainamoinen and Youkahainen: " Bravely sang the ancient minstrel, Till the flinty rocks and ledges Heard the trumpet tone and trembled, And the copper-bearing mountains Norse magic was roughly classified into that which was legitimate, or galder, and that which was wicked, or seid. To the former belonged the infinite powers of runes, whether sung as incantations or carved as talismans and amulets. Their invention was attributed...
Sivu 62 - And his hame is but a fir bough, And his collar nought but corn-straw. Still the minstrel sings unceasing, And, alas ! for Youkahainen, Sings his sword from out his scabbard, Hangs it in the sky before him As it were a gleam of lightning, Sings his bow so gayly blazoned Into drift-wood on the ocean, Sings his finely feathered arrows Into swift and screaming eagles, Sings his dog with crooked muzzle Into stone dog squatting near him, Into sea-flowers sings his gauntlets, And his visor...
Sivu 84 - ... sea-shore, Silken robes upon the alders, On the rocks her silken stockings, On the grass her shoes of deer-skin, In the sand her shining necklace, In the sand her rings and jewels ; In the waves, the lovely Aino, Sleeping on the very bottom Of the deep and boundless blue-sea, In the caverns of the salmon, There to be the whiting's sister And the friend of nimble fishes.
Sivu 63 - ... sky before him As it were a gleam of lightning; Sings his bow, so gayly blazoned, Into driftwood on the ocean; Sings his finely feathered arrows Into swift and screaming eagles; Sings his dog, with crooked muzzle, Into stone-dog squatting near him; Into sea-flowers sings his gauntlets, And his vizor into vapor, And himself, the sorry fellow, Ever deeper in his torture, In the quicksand to the shoulder, To his hip in mud and water.
Sivu 40 - I from out thy slumbers ; Bid the soil unlock her treasures ; Bid the blade arise in beauty ; Bid the stalk grow strong and stately; On a thousand stems uplifted, Let the yellow harvest ripen; Let it cover all my cornfields Hundredfold for seed I planted. Ukko mighty...
Sivu 39 - ... Sallied forth the seed to scatter. Six small seeds of golden barley He had found upon the sea-shore, On the mighty water's edges, And with loose and sandy pebbles Had concealed them in his skin-pouch, In his pouch of squirrel-leather. As he sowed he chanted ever, " Blessing to the seed I scatter, For it falls upon the meadow, By the grace of Ukko mighty, Through the open finger-spaces Of the hand that all things fashioned, Falls to rise again in beauty, Evermore to spring and flourish.