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Elias Lönnrot (Finnish: [ˈeliɑs ˈlønruːt] ; 9 April 1802 – 19 March 1884) was a Finnish polymath, physician, philosopher, poet, musician, linguist, journalist...

[ˈkɑleʋɑlɑ]) is a 19th-century compilation of epic poetry, compiled by Elias Lönnrot from Karelian and Finnish oral folklore and mythology, telling an epic...

Elias Lönnrot is a monument in Helsinki, the capital of Finland, by a Finnish sculptor Emil Wikström, unveiled in 1902. The bronze and granite monument...

Italian, English Elias Norwegian Elías Icelandic Éliás Hungarian Elías Spanish Eliáš, Elijáš Czech Elijah, Elia, Ilyas, Elias Indonesian Elias, Eelis, Eljas...

Finnish folklore and the main character in the national epic Kalevala by Elias Lönnrot. Väinämöinen was described as an old and wise man, and he possessed...

mythology echoed similar attempts in countries across Europe, especially Elias Lönnrot's creation of the Kalevala in Finland, which Tolkien read, mainly in...

important 'awakeners' or promoters of Finnish nationalism, alongside Elias Lönnrot and J. L. Runeberg. Snellman was born in Stockholm, Sweden, the son...

eternal act of creation in the infinite I AM". Verlyn Flieger wrote that Elias Lönnrot intentionally created the Kalevala as a mythology for Finland, giving...

activity was to study and improve Estonian liturgical language. In 1844, Elias Lönnrot, the author of the Kalevala, met with Ahrens in Kuusalu. This visit...

Kanteletar is a collection of Finnish folk poetry compiled by Elias Lönnrot. It is considered to be a sister collection to the Finnish national epic Kalevala...

from the Karelian and Finnish 19th century epic poetry Kalevala by Elias Lönnrot, curses beasts from the woods to attack his tormenter, the Maiden of...

rosetti (rosette). The Finnish word sima is an old name for honey, which Elias Lönnrot used to mean a drink in his epic poetry, the Kalevala. Mead was originally...

and infrastructure, and much of it remains wilderness. Finnish author Elias Lönnrot (1802-1884) collected most of the poems and materials for the epic poem...

front of the Helsinki Central railway station and the monuments to Elias Lönnrot and Johan Vilhelm Snellman. His parents were construction foreman Johan...

published the first Swedish-Finnish dictionary, and between 1866 and 1880 Elias Lönnrot compiled the first Finnish-Swedish dictionary. In the same period, Antero...

the Great Depression. Elias Lönnrot; Rainer Knapas (2002), Vandraren : reseberättelser från Karelen 1828-1842 / Elias Lönnrot ; utgivna av Rainer Knapas...

century, research into Finnish folklore intensified. Scholars like Elias Lönnrot, J.F. Cajan, M.A. Castrén, and D.E.D. Europaeus travelled around Finland...

Finnish. It was the birthplace of one of Finland's most famous writers, Elias Lönnrot, the compiler of the Kalevala. Prior to its consolidation into Lohja...

confusion with Ahti Saarelainen, the hero. In the Kalevala the compiler Elias Lönnrot conflated several mythological persons into the main characters in an...

the Finnish language, which he especially liked, and the Kalevala, Elias Lönnrot's 19th century compilation of Finnish mythology, which Tolkien stated...