Get to know "Kalevala" in an entertaining way

If you consider reading archaic Finnish poetry to be entertaining, you're in luck! Project Runeberg has the whole Kalevala in digital form.

If reading the whole Finnish national epic Kalevala feels a bit too difficult, don´t worry, there are also other options... Take a look at:

• The Canine Kalevala (Koirien Kalevala) by Mauri Kunnas where dogs and other funny characters are playing the roles of human beings

• The Quest for Kalevala (Uncle Scrooge #334) by Keno Don Rosa where Donald Duck and his uncle, Scrooge McDuck meet some characters from Kalevala

• Kristian Huitula´s The Kalevala Graphic Novel which is a comic book of Kalevala

• Kirsti Mäkinen´s Suomen lasten Kalevala (Children´s Kalevala) which tells the stories in easier and more understandable Finnish that is spoken today.

• Gene Kurkijärvi's Kullervo takes a fresh view on this Kalevala anti-hero, by making him cyborg in future Helsinki.

• Akseli Gallen-Kallela's classical Kalevala paintings, many of which are found in Ateneum.

• Movies Sampo (1959) or Rauta-aika (Iron age, 1982).

• Tattoos featuring Kalevala characters. 1 2