Kalevala
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The Kalevala's an epic poem that wis pitten thegither frae Finnish fowk lear bi Elias Lönnrot in the 19t century. It's for ordinar cried the Finnish naitional epic an is tradeetionally thocht o as ane o the maist signeeficant warks o Finnish-langage leeteratur. The Kalevala's creditit wi some o the inspiration for the naitional waukenin that ultimately won tae Finland's independence frae Roushae in 1917.
The name can be interpret as the "launds o Kaleva" (bi the Finnish suffix -la/lä for steid). The epic conseests o 22,795 verses, sindert intae fifty cantos or "chaipters".
Twa Finnic tribes/groups, the Kvens an the Karelians is discussed braidly in Kalevala.