Religion, Myth and Folklore in the World's Epics: The Kalevala and its Predecessors

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Religion, Myth and Folklore in the World's Epics

The Kalevala and its Predecessors

Edited by: Lauri Honko

Language: English

Published/Copyright: 1990

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Volume 30 | Religion and Society

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Prologue
The Kalevala and the World's Epics: An Introduction Lauri Honko Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	1
Models
The Homeric Epics and Greek Cultural Identity Minna Skafte Jensen Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	29
Virgil's Aeneid as Homeric, National and Universal Epic Teivas Oksala Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	49
The Old Norse Analogue: Eddic Poetry and Fornaldarsaga Lars Lönnroth Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	73
Kalevala and Nibelungenlied: The Problem of Oral and Written Composition Hans Fromm Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	93
Macpherson's Ossian: Ballad Origins and Epic Ambitions Derick Thomson Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	115
Result
Epic Cycles as the Basis for the Kalevala Matti Kuusi Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	133
The Kalevala as Epic Vāinō Kaukonen Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	157
The Kalevala: The Processual View Lauri Honko Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	181
The Reception of the Kalevala and Its Impact on the Arts Pirkko Alhoniemi Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	231
Points of Comparison Europe
The Kalevala and the Epic Traditions of Europe Vilmos Voigt Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	247
The Kalevala and Kalevipoeg Eduard Laugaste Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	265
Russian and Finnish Epic Songs Felix J. Oinas Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	287
The Väinämöinen Poems and the South Slavic Oral Epos David Ε. Bynum Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	311
Epics of the Eastern Uralic Peoples Péter Domokos Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	343
Frédéric Mistral's Poem Mireille and Provençal Identity Rudolf Schenda Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	359
Points of Comparison Africa
Is Epic Oral or Written? Jan Knappert Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	381
Identity and Epics: African Examples Christiane Seydou Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	403
Arabic Folk Epics Micheline Galley Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	425
Points of Comparison Asia
The Iranian Book of Kings: A Comparativistic View Jaan Puhvel Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	441
Motif Correspondences between Mongolian Epics and the Kalevala Walther Heissig Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	455
The Singers of the King Gesar Epic 'Jam-dpal rgyal-mtsho Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	471
The Life and History of the Epic King Gesar in Ladakh Silke Herrmann Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	485
Epics in China Jia Zhi Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	503
The Yukar of the Ainu and Its Historical Background Taryo Obayashi Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	519
Epilogue
The Role of Mythologism, Past and Present Eino Karhu Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	537
The Kalevala: Problems of Interpretation and Identity Lauri Honko Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	555
Index of Names Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	577
Index of Epics and Epic Heroes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	583

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eBook published on:

August 2, 2011

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9783110874556

Hardcover published on:

July 1, 1990

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9783110122534

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Reprint 2011

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10

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587

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110874556

eBook ISBN: 9783110874556

Hardcover ISBN: 9783110122534

Keywords for this book

Epos; Mythos; Lönnrot, Elias / Kalevala; Aufsatzsammlung

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