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Kalevipoeg (Estonian pronunciation: [ˈkɑ.le.ʋiˈpoe̯ɡ], Kalev's Son) is a 19th-century epic poem by
Friedrich Reinhold Kreutzwald which has
since been considered...
- In the
Estonian mythology and Kreutzwald's epic
Kalevipoeg,
Linda was the
mother of
Kalevipoeg and the wife of Kalev. She has
given the name to several...
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Linguistic reforms helped to
develop the
Estonian language. The
national epic
Kalevipoeg was
published in 1862, and 1870 saw the
first performances of Estonian...
- as
Jumala in
Finnish and Jumo in Mari.
Estonian legends about giants (
Kalevipoeg, Suur Tõll, Leiger) may be a
reflection of
Germanic (especially Scandinavian)...
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Kalevala meter. The
Finnish and
Estonian national epics,
Kalevala and
Kalevipoeg, are both
written in this meter. The
meter is
thought to have originated...
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literature for the country. He is the
author of
Estonian national epic
Kalevipoeg.
Friedrich Reinhold Kreutzwald's
parents were
serfs at the Jömper estate...
- and
Friedrich Reinhold Kreutzwald's epic poem
Kalevipoeg, King
Kalev was the
father of King
Kalevipoeg and the
husband of Linda. Some
historians have...
- poetry, and
Friedrich Reinhold Kreutzwald to
arrange and
publish them as
Kalevipoeg, the
Estonian national epic. The
first periodical publication in Estonian...
- Väinämöinen's name was
anglicised as Wainamoinen. In the
Estonian national epic
Kalevipoeg, a
similar hero is
called Vanemuine. In
neighbouring Scandinavia, Odin...
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national epic
Kalevipoeg was
inspired by the Kalevala. Both Väinämöinen and
Ilmarinen are
mentioned in the work, and the
overall story of
Kalevipoeg, Kalev's...
