Kalevi (mythology), the Glossary

Table of Contents

1. 40 relations: Cristfried Ganander, Estonia, Estonian mythology, Finland, Finnish Athletics Championships, Finns, Friedrich Reinhold Kreutzwald, Giant, Hiisi, Ilmarinen, JK Tallinna Kalev, Joukahainen, Kalev Sports Hall, Kalevala, Kalevala, Russia, Kalevi Keskstaadion, Kalevipoeg, KalPa, Karelia, KK Kalev, Kumu (museum), Legends of Tallinn, Lemminkäinen, Leyen Spiegel, Linda (Estonian mythology), Louhi, Mikael Agricola, Milky Way, Myth, Old English, Orion's Belt, Oskar Kallis, Paganism, Sirius, Tallinn, Toompea, Troll, Tumulus, Väinämöinen, Widsith.

2. Characters in the Kalevala
3. Finnish mythology
4. Kalevipoeg

Cristfried Ganander

Cristfried Ganander (21 November 1741 in Haapajärvi – 17 February 1790 in Rantsila) was a Finnish compiler of folk culture, a priest and an 18th-century lexicographer.

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Estonia

Estonia, officially the Republic of Estonia, is a country by the Baltic Sea in Northern Europe.

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Estonian mythology

Estonian mythology is a complex of myths belonging to the Estonian folk heritage and literary mythology.

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Finland

Finland, officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe.

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Finnish Athletics Championships

The Finnish Athletics Championships, which are known as Kalevan kisat in Finnish, were first held in Tampere in 1907.

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Finns

Finns or Finnish people (suomalaiset) are a Baltic Finnic ethnic group native to Finland.

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Friedrich Reinhold Kreutzwald

Friedrich Reinhold Kreutzwald (–) was an Estonian writer who is considered to be the father of the national literature for the country.

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Giant

In folklore, giants (from Ancient Greek: gigas, cognate giga-) are beings of humanoid appearance, but are at times prodigious in size and strength or bear an otherwise notable appearance.

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Hiisi

Hiisi (plural hiidet) is a term in Finnic mythologies, originally denoting sacred localities and later on various types of mythological entities. Kalevi (mythology) and Hiisi are characters in the Kalevala and Finnish mythology.

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Ilmarinen

Ilmarinen (also known as Ilmari and takoja iänikuinen or "the eternal hammerer"), a blacksmith and inventor in the Kalevala, is a god and archetypal artificer from Finnish mythology. Kalevi (mythology) and Ilmarinen are characters in the Kalevala and Finnish mythology.

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JK Tallinna Kalev

JK Tallinna Kalev, also known as Tallinna Kalev or simply Kalev, is an Estonian professional football club based in Tallinn that competes in the Meistriliiga, the top flight of Estonian football.

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Joukahainen

Joukahainen is a character in the Kalevala, the Finnish epic poem. Kalevi (mythology) and Joukahainen are characters in the Kalevala.

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Kalev Sports Hall

Kalev Sports Hall (Kalevi spordihall) is a multi-purpose arena in Estonia.

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Kalevala

The Kalevala is a 19th-century compilation of epic poetry, compiled by Elias Lönnrot from Karelian and Finnish oral folklore and mythology, telling an epic story about the Creation of the Earth, describing the controversies and retaliatory voyages between the peoples of the land of Kalevala called Väinölä and the land of Pohjola and their various protagonists and antagonists, as well as the construction and robbery of the epic mythical wealth-making machine Sampo. Kalevi (mythology) and Kalevala are Finnish mythology.

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Kalevala, Russia

Kalevala (Калевала; Kalevala) is an urban locality (an urban-type settlement) and the administrative center of Kalevalsky District in the Republic of Karelia, Russia.

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Kalevi Keskstaadion

Kalevi Keskstaadion is a multi-purpose stadium in Tallinn, Estonia.

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Kalevipoeg

Kalevipoeg (Kalev's Son) is a 19th-century epic poem by Friedrich Reinhold Kreutzwald which has since been considered the Estonian national epic.

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KalPa

Kalevan Pallo (KalPa) is a professional ice hockey team which competes in the Finnish Liiga.

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Karelia

Karelia (Karelian and Karjala; Kareliya, historically Коре́ла, Korela; Karelen) is an area in Northern Europe of historical significance for Russia (including the Soviet era), Finland, and Sweden.

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KK Kalev

Kalev (also known as Tallinn Kalev, Korvpalliklubi Kalev) was a professional basketball club from Tallinn, Estonia what was back then part of Soviet Union.

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Kumu (museum)

The Kumu Art Museum (Kumu kunstimuuseum) is an art museum in Tallinn, Estonia.

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Like any other medieval city, Tallinn (known as Reval from the 13th century until the 1920s) has inspired many legends.

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Lemminkäinen

Lemminkäinen or Lemminki is a prominent figure in Finnish mythology. Kalevi (mythology) and Lemminkäinen are characters in the Kalevala and Finnish mythology.

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Leyen Spiegel

Leyen Spiegel is a two-volume book of sermons, with parallel texts in Estonian and German.

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Linda (Estonian mythology)

In the Estonian mythology and Kreutzwald's epic Kalevipoeg, Linda was the mother of Kalevipoeg and the wife of Kalev. Kalevi (mythology) and Linda (Estonian mythology) are Kalevipoeg.

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Louhi

Louhi is a wicked queen of the land known as Pohjola in Finnish mythology and a villain of the Kalevala. Kalevi (mythology) and Louhi are characters in the Kalevala.

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Mikael Agricola

Mikael Agricola (c. 1510 – 9 April 1557) was a Finnish Lutheran clergyman who became the de facto founder of literary Finnish and a prominent proponent of the Protestant Reformation in Sweden, including Finland, which was a Swedish territory at the time.

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Milky Way

The Milky Way is the galaxy that includes the Solar System, with the name describing the galaxy's appearance from Earth: a hazy band of light seen in the night sky formed from stars that cannot be individually distinguished by the naked eye.

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Myth

Myth is a genre of folklore consisting primarily of narratives that play a fundamental role in a society.

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Old English

Old English (Englisċ or Ænglisc), or Anglo-Saxon, was the earliest recorded form of the English language, spoken in England and southern and eastern Scotland in the early Middle Ages.

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Orion's Belt

Orion's Belt is an asterism in the constellation of Orion.

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Oskar Kallis

Oskar Kallis (Tallinn, November 23, 1892 – Yalta, 1 January 1918) was an Estonian artist, one of the main representatives of the Estonian national romanticism.

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Paganism

Paganism (from classical Latin pāgānus "rural", "rustic", later "civilian") is a term first used in the fourth century by early Christians for people in the Roman Empire who practiced polytheism, or ethnic religions other than Judaism.

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Sirius

Sirius is the brightest star in the night sky.

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Tallinn

Tallinn is the capital and most populous city of Estonia.

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Toompea

Toompea (from Domberg, "Cathedral Hill") is a limestone hill in the central part of the city of Tallinn, the capital of Estonia.

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Troll

A troll is a being in Nordic folklore, including Norse mythology.

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Tumulus

A tumulus (tumuli) is a mound of earth and stones raised over a grave or graves.

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Väinämöinen

Väinämöinen is a demigod, hero and the central character in Finnish folklore and the main character in the national epic Kalevala by Elias Lönnrot. Kalevi (mythology) and Väinämöinen are characters in the Kalevala.

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Widsith

"Widsith" (Wīdsīþ, "far-traveller", lit. "wide-journey"), also known as "The Traveller's Song", is an Old English poem of 143 lines.

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See also

Characters in the Kalevala

• Aino (mythology)
• Hiisi
• Iku-Turso (creature)
• Ilmarinen
• Ilmatar
• Joukahainen
• Kalevi (mythology)
• Kullervo
• Lemminkäinen
• Louhi
• Loviatar
• Mielikki
• Nine diseases
• Nyyrikki
• Tapio (spirit)
• Tellervo
• Tuonetar
• Ukko
• Väinämöinen

Finnish mythology

• Antero Vipunen
• Finnic incantations
• Finnic mythologies
• Finnic riddles
• Finnish deities
• Finnish flood myth
• Finnish mythology
• Hiisi
• Ilmarinen
• Ior Bock
• Joulupukki
• Kalevala
• Kalevi (mythology)
• Kanteletar
• Karsikko
• Kyöpelinvuori
• Lalli
• Lemminkäinen
• Luote
• Menninkäinen
• Metsänpeitto
• Mythologia Fennica
• Napakivi
• Nine diseases
• Pohjola
• Rauni (deity)
• Runic song
• Sámi mythology
• Sampo
• Sampsa Pellervoinen
• Suomen kansan vanhat runot
• Syöjätär
• Synty
• Tietäjä
• Tuonela
• Tuonetar
• Tursaansydän
• Ukonvasara
• Väki

Kalevipoeg

• Kalevi (mythology)
• Kalevipoeg
• Linda (Estonian mythology)
• Tartu War of Independence Monument

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalevi_(mythology)

Also known as Cælic, Kalev (mythology).