Pike parts were believed to have many magical qualities, especially jaws and teeth, which were believed to be a part of the creation of music. In Kalevala,the Finnish epic, the hero Väinämöinen makes a kantele (a type of string instrument) from a giant pike’s jaw

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TIMBER! hakkaa Yli-Vuokin virkistysmetsää Suomussalmella, legendaarisen Vienanreitin alueella. Laajoja harvennus-, avo- & pienaukkohakkuita. Pinoissa yli 100v. mäntyjä.

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The final commission I had for this year! Thank you for the support and the patience 🥰

Finn, Azurite and Kalevala are eager to defeat some fiends, and also wish you a Merry Christmas 🎉🎄

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Kalevala เล่มนี้เป็นผลงานชิ้นเอกที่ทรงคุณค่าและเป็นมหากาพย์ของฟินแลนด์ สะท้อนถึงแนวคิด และสังคมเก่าแก่ของชาติ กาเลวาลาเป็นแรงบันดาลใจให้นักสร้างสรรค์ผลงานทั่วโลก ไม่ว่าจะเป็นนักดนตรีหรือนักเขียนโดยเฉพาะ J.R.R.Tolkien ผู้เขียน The Lord of the Rings
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poor Kalevala, he always gets lost to my slew of belves. He was a baby druid until he was nearly consumed by the nightmare, and was trapped in his cat form until BFA. After becoming a priest of the Night Warrior he was granted an elven shape... at the price of his druid powers.

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A kantele player for

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カレワラの日ということで、コラムを「ノベルアップ+」にアップしたり、ワイナミョイネンとロウヒの絵を描いたり、お気に入りの紅茶屋さんでお茶したり祝ってます。

Hyvää Kalevalan päivää!!

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*slides in* pls take my nelf boy, Kalevala, whom i need to draw more 😌

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Awesome! Makkonen has another Kalevala story illustrated and written, too :3 Hiiden Hirvi - Moose from Hell - is in the comic and also in my book.

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ロシアのfolk、ALKONOSTの1年ぶり13th。
流石ベテランの味わい。安定感抜群。予想以上に良かった。エンシのペトリが参加したM10のBirdも素晴らしいです。今年お気に入りの1枚!
ロシアではKALEVALAとこのALKONOSTは一度ライブを観てみたいものです。

https://t.co/D3bewOD0lW

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The artwork used for the cover is Tolkien's painting called "The Land of Pohja", the name of a location in Kalevala. This is one of Tolkien's experiments with symbolic, abstract, and imaginative scenes inspired by "strange visions", which he did in around 1911.

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Finns and Karelians also had their fair share of reindeer tales and songs, like the Songs of Vaadin. Vaadin was created by Seppo Ilmarinen (of Finnish epic poem Kalevala fame) to assist him on his journeys for knowledge.

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ayyy to my senior project where I gave a new look to 5 of the gods in the Finnish Kalevala! i've been itching to post them here since dumb instagram had to crop them

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Verenseisautus

Scene from Kalevala where healer sings rune to stop Väinämöinen's knee from bleeding

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イベントSR松山さん、Kalevalaぽい

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Dreary Pohjola is that strange, inhospitable land far to the north where Dame Louhi guards the magical sampo, at least until Kalevala’s heroes, Ilmarinen and Väinämöinen, decide to travel north themselves and take it from her.

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Art Influences

Another influence on Paul Bonner: the Finnish artist Akseli Gallen-Kallela, particularly known for his images of the Kalevala.

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