Kalevala Mythology, Revised Edition by Juha Y Pentikainen

Kalevala Mythology, Revised Edition by Juha Y Pentikainen

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First interdisciplinary study of the Kalevala to appear in English.

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Kalevala Mythology, Revised Edition by Juha Y Pentikainen

First interdisciplinary study of the Kalevala to appear in English.
"Pentik einen's exceptional interdisciplinary study will richly reward those interested in the dynamics of artistic creation and cultural construction, ethnic emergence and political nationalism, and shamanistic belief systems" - American Anthropologist " ... a splendid contribution to the literature on folk epics ... " - The Scandinavian-American Bulletin

Juha Y. Pentikainen, Professor of Comparative Religion at Helsinki University and Docent in Folkloristics and Comparative Religion at the University of Turku, has published numerous articles and more than ten books, including Cultural Minorities in Finland, and the Chicago Folklore Prize-winner Oral Repertoire and World View.Ritva Poom writes about Finnish and Estonian culture. Her translations of Finnish and Estonian literature and ethnography have appeared in Literary Review, Scandinavian Review, Drama Review, and Ethnologia Fennica. Her translation Fog Horses received an award from the Columbia University Translation Center.

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ISBN 13 9780253213525
ISBN 10 0253213525
Title Kalevala Mythology, Revised Edition
Author Juha Y Pentikainen
Series Folklore Studies In Translation
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Indiana University Press
Year published 1999-09-22
Number of pages 288
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.