Kalevala
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- The Kalevala, translated by John Martin Crawford (1888)
- Kalevala, the Land of Heroes, translated by William Forsell Kirby (1907)
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sister projects: Wikipedia article, Commons gallery, Commons category, quotes, Wikidata item.Kalevala is a 19th-century work of epic poetry compiled from Karelian and Finnish oral folklore and mythology. It is regarded as the national epic of Karelia and Finland, and is one of the most significant works of Finnish literature.
English-language translations of Kalevala include: