Elias Lönnrot and the birth of a nation

A seminar commemorating the bicentennial of Elias Lönnrot’s birth, April 9, 2002 University of Helsinki by Maria Vasenkari, Editorial Secretary at the Kalevala Institute, University of Turku. Elias Lönnrot, the compiler of the Finnish national epic, the Kalevala, and...

Historic-geographic analysis and beyond

John Minton and David Evans, “The Coon in the Box”: A Global Folktale in African-American Tradition. FF Communications No. 277. Helsinki: Suomalainen Tiedeakatemia (Academia Scientiarum Fennica), 2001. 112 pp. Hard (ISBN 951-41-0895-7), €12 Soft (ISBN 951-41-0896-5),...

The fascination of evil

Ülo Valk, The Black Gentleman. Manifestations of the Devil in Estonian Folk Religion. FF Communications No. 276. Helsinki: Suomalainen Tiedeakatemia (Academia Scientiarum Fennica), 2001. 217 pp. Hard (ISBN 951-41-0884-1), €22 Soft (ISBN 951-41-0885-X), €18 Available...

Reviews

FFC 276: The fascination of evil (by Pasi Klemettinen) FFC 277: Historic-geographic analysis and beyond (by Christine Goldberg) FFC 278: The folktale as mirror – who is most just of all? (by Brenda E. F. Beck) Other reviews: How oral epics became books (by Mark...

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