User:CEMENT98/Kalevala
Edit please, I'm not good at English.
Kalevala is folklore of Finland, which had great magical power and compiled by Elias Lönrot. There were two version of Kalevala but Elias tore old one.
Birth[edit | edit source]
Kalevala is consist of 50 poems and songs which has powerful magic. Wizards and witch sing this song to kill other people and make food and money, but it was forgotten with their alchol. After long time and Russian Era came, Finland suffered from Russia, so they want to revenge to them. Finland thought how can they kill them and after all, in 1810, the Finnish doctor Elias Lönrot entreated to Ukko, the God of Kalevala.
Ukko gave forgotten magics and musics to Elias during three days and three nights and he compiled it to one of the normal people's language - Finnish, just like the compilation of the computer.
Characters[edit | edit source]
Vaka Vanha Väinämöinen[edit | edit source]
Vaka vanha(So Serious like Wikipedia and doty grandpa) Väinämöinen is son of ilmatar which is a kind of god. He is the great hero, and there's the hero's behavior.
- He stopped the curse to Joukahainen to get his younger sister Aino.
- He almost killed his love, Aino, which transformed into a fish.
- He injured himself because of the beautiful girl of Pohjola... and rejected.
- He suggested to steal the Sampo, so he is thief.
He is very serious like a wikipedia, but sometimes he is uncyclopedic. But he have great magical power because he is hero of hero. After he leaved Karelia, he appeared as Gandalf in The Lord of King.
Ilmarinen[edit | edit source]
Smith ilmarinen made Sampo, which is the main ingredient of the shampoo. Sampo makes soap in one holl, and makes bubble in the another holl, and makes the water in the last hole. It cleans hair, mind and brain so Louhi wanted to get it and wash her black mind but failed. He can make many things with great magical power but he is foolish person. So He made obsolete things like golden wife, sun and moon but it was useless.
Lemminkäinen[edit | edit source]
Handsome lemminkäinen likes to play with so many girls and to fight, but anyway he is one of the hero, he is strong. He have wife called kyllikki but he went to Pohjola to get another wife. In addition, he doesn't listen his mother's advice at all, go to the war, and failed. But he is not bad in the Kalevala because he is hero and handsome so he was forgiven.
A few years later since Väinämöinen leaved his country, he leaved there too, and after came back to Finland, he founded a construction company named after his name. The Lemminkäinen Oy is known as the dangerous buildings and structures.
Louhi[edit | edit source]
Louhi is hostess of the Pohjola and old witch. She has many daughters which can fall in love with the heroes, but they don't want to marry. She hates Lemmikäinen because he loves to play with girls. She doesn't harm people with no reason, but she is very evil grandma because she fighted with the main heroes of Kalevala. She has very powerful magic but failed to win Väinämöinen, because he is real hero.
Features[edit | edit source]
Karelian people are always very strong and righteous, but Pohjola(North) is devil like North Korea, so north country are all devil, but Finland is Nordic too. Pohjola is devil if they do not anything or do the justifiable revenge, but hero of the Karelia are very good person if they kill other person or steal very important thing like Sampo.
Other features of this folklore is the very good heroes of Karelia are fall in love with daughter of evil Pohjola, sounds like angel falls love with devil and goes to the hell to get the woman.
Effects[edit | edit source]
Kalevala gave great effect to Finland. Finland was ruled by Russia at that time, so they read this book and raised the skill to kill Russia. Jean Sibelius translated these magical song to music and submitted this assignment to Finnish so that all Russian can asleep when the war occurs. Performing these song was prohibited and they took Karelia after the World War II because they felt threatened by Kalevala.
One of the effects of this book is sleeping pills. In Finland school, they must learn the Kalevala to threat other countries such as Russia and Sweden, but it's really boring. The Kalevala is so thick that can use it to not only pill but also pillow.