View Full Version : Happy Kalevala Day!
overkiller
02-28-2007, 04:55 PM
:party: :party: :party: :realchug: :realchug: :axe:
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Oi maamme, Suomi, synnyinmaa!
Soi, sana kultainen!
NP: Amorphis - Tales from the Thousand Lakes :party:
overkiller
02-28-2007, 05:25 PM
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/8/80/Gallen-Kallela_The_defence_of_the_Sampo.jpg
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/17/Gallen_Kallela_The_Aino_Triptych.jpg/800px-Gallen_Kallela_The_Aino_Triptych.jpg
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/86/Helsinki-Folk-singer-statue-1750.JPG/800px-Helsinki-Folk-singer-statue-1750.JPG
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b7/Gallen_Kallela_Lemminkainens_Mother.jpg
:party:
"Armed with Magic, sons of Demons and men!"
:fist:
:eyes:
ChildrenofSodom
02-28-2007, 05:47 PM
Metal....
ChildrenofSodom
02-28-2007, 05:57 PM
Swedes we are no longer,
Russians we can never become,
so let us be Finns!
overkiller
02-28-2007, 07:15 PM
Swedes we are no longer,
Russians we can never become,
so let us be Finns!
Indeed.
DethMaiden
03-01-2007, 11:22 AM
Hmm, I'm not familiar with the Kalevala. Anyone want to hit me up with some background?
overkiller
03-01-2007, 12:20 PM
Hmm, I'm not familiar with the Kalevala. Anyone want to hit me up with some background?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalevala
DethMaiden
03-01-2007, 12:22 PM
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalevala
Probably could have found that myself :eyes:
But yeah, this looks cool. Maybe I'll get around to reading it.
overkiller
03-01-2007, 12:24 PM
Probably could have found that myself :eyes:
But yeah, this looks cool. Maybe I'll get around to reading it.
It's pretty awesome, I really enjoyed it. My translation is 666 pages (no bullshit), so it requires some invested time, but each page is only a couple verses so it goes pretty quick.