Kalevala - sowing a field
Quote from The Kalevala (Kalewala) a 19th-century work of epic poetry compiled by Elias Lonnrot from Karelian and Finnish oral folklore and mythology. This section is an allegory relating to the symbolic nature of sowing a field and in turn growing the strength of the whole country
Picture No
11680376
Media ID
46669918
Size
3442px x 5395px
(3.1MB)
Credit
Mary Evans / Grenville Collins Postcard Collection
Source
Unattributed postcard
Date
1910s
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19th century 19th Century 19th-century Elias Epic Feb17 Fertility Finnish Kalevala Karelian Lonnrot Oral Quote Re-birth Sowing Sows Sustenance
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