1st Edition

Studies in Finnic Folklore

By Felix Oinas Copyright 1997
222 Pages
by Routledge

First published in 1997. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Foreword, 1. Finnic Folklore, 2. The Finnic Epics, 3. On the Structure of the Epic Kalevipoeg, 4. Negative Parallelism in Karelian-Finnish Folklore, 5. Gestures and Ballads, 6. The Sower (Sampsa Pellervoinen's Song), 7. Lemminkainen and Vavilo, 8. Antero Vipunen, 9. The Gigantic Bird of Finnish Folklore, 10. Vainamoinen's Straw Stallion, 11. F.R. Faehlmann's Myth Dawn and Dusk, 12. Jumi - A Fertility Divinity, 13. Finnish-Karelian A.kras, 14. lngrian Kirlouks 'Water Spirit', Acknowledgements, Felix J. Oinas and His Essays (Matti Kuusi), Index

Biography

Felix Oinas