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This is the epic of Finland. It is the combined folk tales of the Finnish nation starting with the birth of the world from the egg of a seabird and continuing to the birth of the Kaleva District, the lands of Finland.
- Chapters
- Preface
- RUNE I. Birth of Wainamoinen
- RUNE II. Wainamoinen's Sowing
- RUNE III. Wainamoinen and Joukahainen
- RUNE IV. The Fate of Aino
- RUNE V. Wainamoinen's Lamentation
- RUNE VI. Wainamoinen's Hapless Journey
- RUNE VII. Wainamoinen's Rescue
- RUNE VIII. Maiden of the Rainbow
- RUNE IX. Origin of Iron
- RUNE X. Ilmarinen Forges the Sampo
- RUNE XI. Lemminkainen's Lament
- RUNE XII. Kyllikki's Broken Vow
- RUNE XIII. Lemminkainen's Second Wooing
- RUNE XIV. Death of Lemminkainen
- RUNE XV. Lemminkainen's Restoration
- RUNE XVI. Wainainoinen's Boat-building
- RUNE XVII. Wainamoinen finds the Lost Word
- RUNE XVIII. The Rival Suitors
- RUNE XIX. Ilmarinen's Wooing
- RUNE XX. The Brewing of Beer
- RUNE XXI. Ilmarinen's Wedding-feast
- RUNE XXII. The Bride's Farewell
- RUNE XXIII. Osmotar, the Bride-adviser
- RUNE XXIV. The Bride's Farewell
- RUNE XXV. Wainamoinen's Wedding-songs
- RUNE XXVI. Origin of the Serpent
- RUNE XXVII. The Unwelcome Guest
- RUNE XXVIII. The Mother's Counsel
- RUNE XXIX. The Isle of Refuge
- RUNE XXX. The Frost-fiend
- RUNE XXXI. Kullerwoinen, Son of Evil
- RUNE XXXII. Kullervo as a Shepherd
- RUNE XXXIII. Kullervo and the Cheat-cake
- RUNE XXXIV. Kullervo finds his Tribe-folk
- RUNE XXXV. Kullervo's Evil Deeds
- RUNE XXXVI. Kullerwoinen's Victory and Death
- RUNE XXXVII Ilmarinen's Bride of Gold
- RUNE XXXVIII. Ilmarinen's Fruitless Wooing
- RUNE XXXIX. Wainamoinen's Sailing
- RUNE XL. Birth of the Harp
- RUNE XLI. Wainamoinen's Harp-songs
- RUNE XLII. Capture of the Sampo
- RUNE XLIII. The Sampo lost in the Sea
- RUNE XLIV. Birth of the Second Harp
- RUNE XLV. Birth of the Nine Diseases
- RUNE XLVI. Otso the Honey-eater
- RUNE XLVII. Louhi steals Sun, Moon, and Fire
- RUNE XLVIII. Capture of the Fire-fish
- RUNE XLIX. Restoration of the Sun and Moon
- RUNE L. Mariatta (Wainamoinen's Departure)
- Epilogue