Project Gutenberg 2025-04-24 Public domain in the USA. 84 Ollilainen, Pekka Ollilainen, P. Nuorten Kalevala $aHelsinki :$bKansanopettajain Osakeyhtiö Valistus, $c1915. Jari Koivisto "Nuorten Kalevala" by Pekka Ollilainen is a retelling or adaptation of the national Finnish epic, presented as a literary collection for younger readers and written in the early 20th century. The book narrates the traditional stories of the Kalevala, spotlighting legendary figures such as Väinämöinen, Ilmarinen, Lemminkäinen, and Kullervo. The content is likely focused on the major mythological tales from Finnish folklore, told in a way that is accessible and engaging for youth or educational purposes. The opening of the work introduces Väinämöinen, portraying him as a wise, ancient hero involved in the genesis of growth and nature, including the magical origins of plants and trees. The narrative quickly moves from Väinämöinen’s mythical birth to a poetic duel with the prideful Joukahainen, which results in dramatic consequences for both characters and sets the stage for the tragic story of Aino, Joukahainen’s sister. The summaries are concise, telling the arcs of central characters in flowing, direct language, and covering a number of traditional folkloric episodes—including contests of wisdom, heroic quests, and themes of fate, loss, and perseverance—as they unfold in a sequence aligned with the original kaleidoscope of the Kalevala epic. (This is an automatically generated summary.) 20250408033040ollikainen 1915 FI Reading ease score: 43.2 (College-level). Difficult to read. fi Finnish poetry PH Text Category: Children & Young Adult Reading Category: Mythology, Legends & Folklore 153842 2025-07-30T06:01:41.842004 text/html 116728 2025-07-30T06:01:48.646038 application/epub+zip 117013 2025-07-30T06:01:44.695064 application/epub+zip 101667 2025-07-30T06:01:43.489039 application/epub+zip 268728 2025-07-30T06:01:50.955996 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 250780 2025-07-30T06:01:47.877043 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 109847 2025-07-30T06:01:41.536038 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 90129 2025-04-24T14:27:20 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 14388 2025-07-30T06:01:51.095960 application/rdf+xml 15956 2025-07-30T06:01:44.024002 image/jpeg 3936 2025-07-30T06:01:43.769036 image/jpeg 118436 2025-07-30T06:01:41.853038 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog