Happy Kalevala Day!

overkiller · #1 02-28-2007, 04:55 PM

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

NP: Amorphis - Tales from the Thousand Lakes

overkiller · #2 02-28-2007, 05:25 PM

JRA · #3 02-28-2007, 05:32 PM

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

ChildrenofSodom · #4 02-28-2007, 05:47 PM

Metal....

ChildrenofSodom · #5 02-28-2007, 05:57 PM

Swedes we are no longer,
Russians we can never become,
so let us be Finns!

overkiller · #6 02-28-2007, 07:15 PM

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Originally Posted by ChildrenofSodom

Swedes we are no longer,
Russians we can never become,
so let us be Finns!

Indeed.

DethMaiden · #7 03-01-2007, 11:22 AM

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

overkiller · #8 03-01-2007, 12:20 PM

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Originally Posted by DethMaiden

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

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalevala

DethMaiden · #9 03-01-2007, 12:22 PM

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Originally Posted by overkiller

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalevala

Probably could have found that myself

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

overkiller · #10 03-01-2007, 12:24 PM

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Originally Posted by DethMaiden

Probably could have found that myself

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.