KALEVALA AND FINNISH FOLK-LORE

FOLKLORE/MEDIEVAL/RELIGST/SCANDST 342

Mythology, literature, ritual, traditions, medieval folklore, and religion from Nordic areas and Scandinavia.

FOLKLORE/LITTRANS 347

A look at the Kalevala, the Finnish creation myth and national epic of Finland, and how it affected Finnish national identity and the eventual Finnish independence from Russia.

FOLKLORE 460

Oral nature, structure, performance traditions, and epic ideology, from various world areas.

FOLKLORE/LITTRANS/MEDIEVAL/SCANDST 345

Exploring the oral nature and performance traditions of folklore, ethnography, tales and ballads, literature and culture from Nordic areas and Scandinavia.

MEDIEVAL/SCANDST 409

Eddic and skaldic poetry; homilies and saints' lives, kings' sagas, sagas of the Icelanders; mythical-heroic sagas and romances; rimur.