Stories from the Kalavala: A Seattle Storytellers Epic Event

Listen to the Stories of the Kalavala: (Mp3 Files)
• Chapter 1 - The Singing Contest - Katherine Gee Perrone
• Chapter 2 - Aino And The Queen Of The Lake - Jane Valencia
• Chapter 3 - What Befell The Oldest Magician - Nan Gregory
• Chapter 4 - The Wicked Work Of Iron - Mary Gavan
• Chapter 5 – The Forging Of The Sampo - Philomena Jordan
• Chapter 6 - The Search For Three Magic Words - Cathryn Fairlee
• Chapter 7 – The Two Suitors - Barry McWilliams
• Chapter 8 – The Wedding Feast – Sandra Niman
• Chapter 9 - The Slave’s Revenge - Larry Hohm
• Chapter 10 - The Golden Image – Jill Johnson
• Chapter 11 - The Heroes Meet Lemminkäinen - Julie Strozyk
• Chapter 12 - The Trials of Lemminkäinen – Allison Cox
• Chapter 13 - The Uninvited Guest - Barry McWilliams
• Chapter 14 - The Capture Of The Sampo – Leslie Slape
• Chapter 15 - The Destruction Of The Sampo - Ingrid Nixon
• Chapter 16 - The Last Adventure - Patricia Smith and Abegael Fisher-Lang

• The Kantele and the Kalevala Song The Kantele is a kind of Zither-like stringed instrument often played as the Kalevala is sung or narrated.

Here are some Articles in pdf form about the Kalevala prepared for the Event:

• The Songs of the Kalevala An article by Barry McWilliams for In The Wind on how the Kalevala came to be.
• The Kalevala: the National Epic of Finland An article by Barry McWilliams on the Kalevala
• A Glossary of the Main Characters in the Epic, plus articles on the "St Han's Cross" used for the banners and on "Singing the Kalevala"



Published Works:

• Heroes of the Kalevala by Babette Deutsch. A Children's Narration of the Stories in the Kalevala - This is the book we used, with some changes of order as a common source. But it's Out of Print and may be hard to find used.
• The Kalevala: An Epic Poem after Oral Tradition by Elias Lönnrot (Oxford World's Classics) Keith Bosley (Translator) 679 Pages (also on Kindle)
• The Kalevala or Poems of the Kaleva District by Francis Peabody MaGoun, Jr. (Translator) 413 Pages
• Kalevala: The Land of the Heroes (European thought) by W. F. Kirby (Translator) 667 Pages - Also available in e-book form in two volumes: Volume 1 and Volume 2.
• Wikisource: The Kalevala e-version of John Crawford's Translation (1888)

On Line Resources

• Wikipedia: Kalevala
• Wikipedia: Väinämöinen The Wizard and Bard - Creator of the Kantele, he inspired Tolkien's Gandalf and Tom Bombadil characters.
• Wikipedia: Ilmarinen The Smith and forger of the Sampo
• Wikipedia: Lemminkäinen The young reckless playboy Warrior
• The Witch of Pohjola. Her beautiful daughters create a lot of trouble.
• Wikipedia: Kalevala (Synopsis)
• Wikipedia: Elias Lönnrot The Author of the Finish Version

• National Epics: The Kalevala by Kate Milner Rabb - She has information on many Epics
• The Beauty of the Kalevala An Appreciation.
• A Summary of the 50 Songs in Book Report form
• Andrew Lang on "The Kalevala" in his book Custom and Myth (1884)
• Curiosities of the Kalevala: Shamanism, Bees, Resurrections and the Sammpo By Andrew Gough
• The Shamans of the Kalevala: a Cultural Analysis By Robert Giddings
• The Problematic Epic of Finland: an exploration of Tricky Heroes, Silent Women and Absent Fathers in the Kalevala A thesis by Carolyn S. Brugman
• The Role of the Kalevala in Finnish Culture and Politics

• Heroes of the Kalevala- a puzzle game App
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