While I look for it, do you feel that the Kalevala as it stands is an accurate representation of age old Finnish epic poetry, or has it been influenced by late 19th century Finnish Nationalism?
A Wow, that is incredible! I suspected as much all along. But where do Led Zeppelin fit into this? The thing about The Kalevala is that it had been an oral tradition for centuries before it was written down, and consequently the stories may have changed considerably in the telling and existed in many different versions. When the stories were written down in the late 19th century political bias crept in ….
