Finnish Legends
R. Eivind
Play
Length 4 h 35 min
Chapters 38
First published 1893
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)
Chapters
1
Father Mikko Read by Sonia 9:22
2
The World's Creation and the Birth of Wainamoinen Read by Fatima Ansari 4:22
3
The Planting of Trees Read by Fatima Ansari 5:42
4
Wainamoinen and Youkahainen Read by Fatima Ansari 7:51
5
Aino's Fate Read by Fatima Ansari 10:43
6
Wainamoinen's Search for Aino Read by Fatima Ansari 4:49
7
Wainamoinen's Unlucky Journey Read by Fatima Ansari 5:35
8
Wainamoinen's Rescue Read by Sonia 6:35
9
The Rainbow Maiden Read by Sonia 11:57
10
Ilmarinen Forges the Sampo Read by Sonia 10:43
11
Lemminkainen and Kyllikki Read by Phil Schempf 6:46
12
Kyllikki's Broken Vow Read by Phil Schempf 5:58
13
Lemminkainen's Second Wooing Read by Phil Schempf 5:00
14
Lemminkainen's Death Read by Phil Schempf 4:18
15
Lemminkainen's Restoration Read by Phil Schempf 11:30
16
Wainamoinen's Boat-Building Read by bananatree 11:02
17
Wainamoinen Finds the Lost Words Read by bananatree 9:27
18
The Rival Suitors Read by Sonia 8:31
19
Ilmarinen's Wooing Read by Sonia 7:00
20
The Brewing of Beer Read by Sonia 9:06
21
Ilmarinen's Wedding Feast Read by Foon 6:31
22
The Origon of the Serpent Read by Foon 7:43
23
The Unwelcome Guest Read by Foon 5:19
24
The Isle of Refuge Read by Foon 8:24
25
The Frost Fiend Read by Foon 7:39
26
Kullervo's Birth Read by Farnood 6:42
27
Kullervo and Ilmarinen's Wife Read by Farnood 5:05
28
Kullervo's Life and Death Read by Farnood 7:18
29
Ilmarinen's Bride of Gold Read by Farnood 4:24
30
Ilmarinen's Fruitless Wooing Read by Farnood 3:55
31
Wainamoinen's Expedition and the Birth of the Kantele (Harp) Read by Farnood 10:16
32
The Capture of the Sampo Read by Farnood 6:46
33
The Sampo is Lost in the Sea Read by Farnood 5:29
34
The Birth of the Second Kantele Read by George Allen 4:56
35
Louhi Attempts Revenge Read by Sonia 7:00
36
Louhi Steals the Sun, the Moon, and Fire Read by Sonia 7:42
37
The Restoration of the Sun and Moon Read by Sonia 6:33
38
Mariata and Wainamoinen's Departure Read by Sonia 7:05
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