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2 days ago · The Kalevala (IPA: [ˈkɑleʋɑlɑ]) is a 19th-century compilation of epic poetry, compiled by Elias Lönnrot from Karelian and Finnish oral folklore and mythology, [1] telling an epic story about the Creation of the Earth, describing the controversies and retaliatory voyages between the peoples of the land of Kalevala called Väinölä and the land of P...
- Elias Lönnrot
- 1835
Sep 11, 2024 · The first book of James Clavell’s massive saga set all across Asia, ‘Shogun’ follows the journey of the first Englishman to set foot in Japan at the end of the 16th century. At 1,152 pages, ‘Shogun’ is the longest book in the saga, but the others aren’t much shorter!
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4 days ago · The first people arrived in Finland about 9,000 years ago. They probably represented several groups and tribes, including the ancestors of the present Sami . Lured by the plenitude of game, particularly fur-bearing animals and fish, they followed the melting ice northward.
1 day ago · Seitsemän veljestä (1870; Seven Brothers) by Aleksis Kivi is considered to be the first novel written in Finnish. Other early leading prose writers include Frans Eemil Sillanpää, the winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1939.
3 days ago · Among the first printed Sámi texts is Swenske och Lappeske ABC Book ("Swedish and Lappish ABC book"), written in Swedish and what is likely a form of Northern Sámi. It was published in two editions in 1638 and 1640 and includes 30 pages of prayers and confessions of Protestant faith.
1 day ago · The first printed book in Finnish is Abckiria (1543) by Mikael Agricola. c. 1470: Maltese: Il Cantilena: 1485: Yi: bronze bell inscription in Dafang County, Guizhou [167] 15th century: Tulu: inscriptions in an adaptation of Malayalam script [168]
Sep 3, 2024 · "Chapter 4 A Discovery in Germany: a Previously Unknown Early Finnish Hymnbook and Catechism" published on 03 Sep 2024 by Brill.
