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Finnish Legends

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(4,556 Sterne; 9 Bewertungen)

One dark winter's day in the north of Finland, Father Mikko seeks shelter in an isolated cabin till a storm abates. After dinner the family sit around the fire, and the daughter asks him to tell them "all the stories he had ever heard from the very beginning of the world all the way down", and so the book begins. In the words of the author "If this little volume may in any degree awake some interest in the Finnish people its author will be amply satisfied, and its end will have been attained." ( Annise) (4 hr 35 min)

Chapters

Father Mikko

9:22

Read by Sonia

The World's Creation and the Birth of Wainamoinen

4:22

Read by Fatima Ansari

The Planting of Trees

5:42

Read by Fatima Ansari

Wainamoinen and Youkahainen

7:51

Read by Fatima Ansari

Aino's Fate

10:43

Read by Fatima Ansari

Wainamoinen's Search for Aino

4:49

Read by Fatima Ansari

Wainamoinen's Unlucky Journey

5:35

Read by Fatima Ansari

Wainamoinen's Rescue

6:35

Read by Sonia

The Rainbow Maiden

11:57

Read by Sonia

Ilmarinen Forges the Sampo

10:43

Read by Sonia

Lemminkainen and Kyllikki

6:46

Read by Phil Schempf

Kyllikki's Broken Vow

5:58

Read by Phil Schempf

Lemminkainen's Second Wooing

5:00

Read by Phil Schempf

Lemminkainen's Death

4:18

Read by Phil Schempf

Lemminkainen's Restoration

11:30

Read by Phil Schempf

Wainamoinen's Boat-Building

11:02

Read by bananatree

Wainamoinen Finds the Lost Words

9:27

Read by bananatree

The Rival Suitors

8:31

Read by Sonia

Ilmarinen's Wooing

7:00

Read by Sonia

The Brewing of Beer

9:06

Read by Sonia

Ilmarinen's Wedding Feast

6:31

Read by Foon

The Origon of the Serpent

7:43

Read by Foon

The Unwelcome Guest

5:19

Read by Foon

The Isle of Refuge

8:24

Read by Foon

The Frost Fiend

7:39

Read by Foon

Kullervo's Birth

6:42

Read by Farnood

Kullervo and Ilmarinen's Wife

5:05

Read by Farnood

Kullervo's Life and Death

7:18

Read by Farnood

Ilmarinen's Bride of Gold

4:24

Read by Farnood

Ilmarinen's Fruitless Wooing

3:55

Read by Farnood

Wainamoinen's Expedition and the Birth of the Kantele (Harp)

10:16

Read by Farnood

The Capture of the Sampo

6:46

Read by Farnood

The Sampo is Lost in the Sea

5:29

Read by Farnood

The Birth of the Second Kantele

4:56

Read by George Allen

Louhi Attempts Revenge

7:00

Read by Sonia

Louhi Steals the Sun, the Moon, and Fire

7:42

Read by Sonia

The Restoration of the Sun and Moon

6:33

Read by Sonia

Mariata and Wainamoinen's Departure

7:05

Read by Sonia

Bewertungen

weird

(2,5 Sterne)

A somewhat surreal collection of short episodes from Finnish folklore. Not for me I'm afraid. Several of the stories I could not listened to as the reader read so quickly and incomprehensively.