Happy Kalevala Day!
 

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Oi maamme, Suomi, synnyinmaa!
Soi, sana kultainen!


NP: Amorphis - Tales from the Thousand Lakes :party:

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"Armed with Magic, sons of Demons and men!"

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Metal....

[SIZE="3"][B][I]Swedes we are no longer,
Russians we can never become,
so let us be Finns![/I][/B][/SIZE]

[QUOTE=ChildrenofSodom;146297][SIZE="3"][B][I]Swedes we are no longer,
Russians we can never become,
so let us be Finns![/I][/B][/SIZE][/QUOTE]

Indeed.

Hmm, I'm not familiar with the Kalevala. Anyone want to hit me up with some background?

[QUOTE=DethMaiden;146371]Hmm, I'm not familiar with the Kalevala. Anyone want to hit me up with some background?[/QUOTE]

[url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalevala[/url]

[QUOTE=overkiller;146382][url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalevala[/url][/QUOTE]

Probably could have found that myself :eyes:

But yeah, this looks cool. Maybe I'll get around to reading it.

[QUOTE=DethMaiden;146385]Probably could have found that myself :eyes:

But yeah, this looks cool. Maybe I'll get around to reading it.[/QUOTE]

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.