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Kalevala meaning

  1. The Finnish national epic.
  2. The mythical location where the heroes of Kalevala live.
  3. An urban-type settlement, the administrative capital of the Kalevalsky District, Republic of Karelia, in northwestern Russia; also historically known as Uhtua.

Using Kalevala

  • The main meaning on this page is: The Finnish national epic. | The mythical location where the heroes of Kalevala live. | An urban-type settlement, the administrative capital of the Kalevalsky District, Republic of Karelia, in northwestern Russia; also historically known as Uhtua.
  • In the example corpus, kalevala often appears in combinations such as: the kalevala, of kalevala, on kalevala.

Context around Kalevala

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 23 words
  • Position in the sentence: 8 start, 8 middle, 4 end
  • Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

further 1× leaves 1×

Often after:

seem 1× further 1× songs 1× diseases 1× day 1× based 1×

Sentence patterns with Kalevala

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

a further kalevala based work 1× appearance of kalevala in collected 1× as both kalevala day and 1× based on kalevala with the 1× by the kalevala 1× choice of kalevala as the 1× from the kalevala which the 1× heroes of kalevala make many 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

but oddly the 1× february 28 is 1× grogu thus floats 1× he later integrated 1× he returns to 1× in the quest 1×

Common sentence endings:

about norse stories 1× as his legacy 1× as place names 1× by the compiler 1× by the kalevala 1× finnish culture day 1×

Words around Kalevala

Just before it in the word index:

kaleva 8 kalev 6 kaleta 3 kaleshwaram 8 kalesha 2 kalesan 3

Just after it in the word index:

kaley 43 kaleyi 2 kalgo 4 kalgoorlie 17 kalhana 2 kalhora 2

Similar in corpus frequency:

aal 24 aalto 24 aardvark 24 aarogya 24 abalos 24 abbess 24

Corpus analysis for Kalevala

  • In this selection, "kalevala" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 23 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, further, leaves, seem, further and songs stand out and add context to how "kalevala" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include a further kalevala based work and appearance of kalevala in collected. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "kalevala" sits close to words such as aal, aalto and aardvark, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with kalevala

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

February 28 is officially designated as both Kalevala Day and Finnish Culture Day. (13 words)

These were some of the first pieces of modern music inspired by the Kalevala. (14 words)

She has many daughters whom the heroes of Kalevala make many attempts (some successful) at seducing. (16 words)

Longer example sentences

But oddly, the Kalevala was read to us at my boarding school when I was about seven", and "from a very early age I was reading Norse legends and any books I could find about Norse stories". (37 words)

However, the place names in Kalevala seem to transfer the Kalevala further south, which has been interpreted as reflecting the Finnic settlement expansion from the South that came to push the Sami further to the north. (36 words)

Grogu thus floats back up in his pram to ground level, uses the Force to flick away an Alamite straggler, and then boards the Starfighter and has R5 pilot them to Kalevala. (32 words)

Example sentences (20)

However, the place names in Kalevala seem to transfer the Kalevala further south, which has been interpreted as reflecting the Finnic settlement expansion from the South that came to push the Sami further to the north.

Louhi's revenge on Kalevala Songs 45–49: Enraged at the loss of the Sampo, Louhi sends the people of Kalevala diseases and a great bear to kill their cattle.

The first appearance of Kalevala in collected poetry was recorded in April 1836. citation The choice of Kalevala as the name for his work was not a random choice however.

Grogu thus floats back up in his pram to ground level, uses the Force to flick away an Alamite straggler, and then boards the Starfighter and has R5 pilot them to Kalevala.

February 28 is officially designated as both Kalevala Day and Finnish Culture Day.

But oddly, the Kalevala was read to us at my boarding school when I was about seven", and "from a very early age I was reading Norse legends and any books I could find about Norse stories".

He has a further Kalevala based work which is not part of the series, entitled The Time Twister.

He later integrated this additional material with significant edits of the existing material into a second version, The Kalevala, this version was published in 1849.

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He returns to Kalevala and tells Väinämöinen about the prosperity and wealth that has met Pohjola's people thanks to the Sampo.

In The Quest for Kalevala this running gag can be seen on the original, Akseli Gallen-Kallela -inspired cover art.

It is fruitless, however, to attempt to extrapolate concrete percentages of how much of The Kalevala is genuine word-for-word oral tradition and how much is fabricated by the compiler.

Jean Sibelius composed the Lemminkäinen Suite based on Kalevala, with the second piece entitled Swan of Tuonela (Tuonelan joutsen).

Names and places associated with The Kalevala have been adopted as company and brand names and even as place names.

She has many daughters whom the heroes of Kalevala make many attempts (some successful) at seducing.

The Kalevala was published in its originating Carelian language only after 168 years since its first translation to Swedish.

The publication assigned each band with a particular song from the Kalevala, which the band was free to interpret as they saw fit.

These were some of the first pieces of modern music inspired by the Kalevala.

The story is that of The Kalevala with the characters presented as anthropomorphised dogs, wolves and cats.

This angers Väinämöinen who leaves Kalevala after bequeathing his songs and kantele to the people as his legacy.

Ukko Ukko (English: Old man) is the god of sky and thunder, and the leading deity mentioned within The Kalevala.

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Common combinations with kalevala

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "kalevala" in a sentence?
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What does "kalevala" mean?
Kalevala means: The Finnish national epic.
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