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Kalevala : the Epic Poem of Finland — Volume 01

Lönnrot, Elias

Read by MrKyle, Jacob Paul Starr, Soumen Barua, Sonia, Richard Aroksaar, Peter Tucker, Joseph Tabler and J L Rai · LibriVox · public domain · Archive.org recording · License · Translated by John Martin Crawford

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00 - Preface (55:52)
01 - RUNE I. Birth of Wainamoinen (9:49)
02 - RUNE II. Wainamoinen's Sowing (14:54)
03 - RUNE III. Wainamoinen and Joukahainen (22:03)
04 - RUNE IV. The Fate of Aino (19:05)
05 - RUNE V. Wainamoinen's Lamentation (8:30)
06 - RUNE VI. Wainamoinen's Hapless Journey (8:46)
07 - RUNE VII. Wainamoinen's Rescue (13:11)
08 - RUNE VIII. Maiden of the Rainbow (9:38)
09 - RUNE IX. Origin of Iron (18:56)
10 - RUNE X. Ilmarinen Forges the Sampo (17:52)
11 - RUNE XI. Lemminkainen's Lament (19:52)
12 - RUNE XII. Kyllikki's Broken Vow (24:05)
13 - RUNE XIII. Lemminkainen's Second Wooing (11:35)
14 - RUNE XIV. Death of Lemminkainen (22:05)
15 - RUNE XV. Lemminkainen's Restoration (30:46)
16 - RUNE XVI. Wainainoinen's Boat-building (17:47)
17 - RUNE XVII. Wainamoinen finds the Lost Word (22:29)
18 - RUNE XVIII. The Rival Suitors (25:17)
19 - RUNE XIX. Ilmarinen's Wooing (19:50)
20 - RUNE XX. The Brewing of Beer (26:01)
21 - RUNE XXI. Ilmarinen's Wedding-feast (15:57)
22 - RUNE XXII. The Bride's Farewell (17:06)
23 - RUNE XXIII. Osmotar, the Bride-adviser (35:33)
24 - RUNE XXIV. The Bride's Farewell (21:17)
25 - RUNE XXV. Wainamoinen's Wedding-songs (24:23)
26 - RUNE XXVI. Origin of the Serpent (35:44)
27 - RUNE XXVII. The Unwelcome Guest (17:19)
28 - RUNE XXVIII. The Mother's Counsel (11:32)
29 - RUNE XXIX. The Isle of Refuge (26:02)
30 - RUNE XXX. The Frost-fiend (16:14)
31 - RUNE XXXI. Kullerwoinen, Son of Evil (16:46)
32 - RUNE XXXII. Kullervo as a Shepherd (17:39)
33 - RUNE XXXIII. Kullervo and the Cheat-cake (10:40)
34 - RUNE XXXIV. Kullervo finds his Tribe-folk (9:01)
35 - RUNE XXXV. Kullervo's Evil Deeds (14:10)
36 - RUNE XXXVI. Kullerwoinen's Victory and Death (12:33)
37 - RUNE XXXVII Ilmarinen's Bride of Gold (10:54)
38 - RUNE XXXVIII. Ilmarinen's Fruitless Wooing (12:50)
39 - RUNE XXXIX. Wainamoinen's Sailing (13:46)
40 - RUNE XL. Birth of the Harp (11:12)
41 - RUNE XLI. Wainamoinen's Harp-songs (13:29)
42 - RUNE XLII. Capture of the Sampo (20:39)
43 - RUNE XLIII. The Sampo lost in the Sea (15:04)
44 - RUNE XLIV. Birth of the Second Harp (12:34)
45 - RUNE XLV. Birth of the Nine Diseases (11:25)
46 - RUNE XLVI. Otso the Honey-eater (21:48)
47 - RUNE XLVII. Louhi steals Sun, Moon, and Fire (14:06)
48 - RUNE XLVIII. Capture of the Fire-fish (12:30)
49 - RUNE XLIX. Restoration of the Sun and Moon (15:55)
50 - RUNE L. Mariatta (Wainamoinen's Departure) (16:48)
51 - Epilogue (4:07)

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