Lore & Legends Eps. 1: Finnish Mythology pt.1; The Creation Myth
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- čas přidán 5. 04. 2017
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First in a planned series on myths, legends and folklore.
My prose telling of the first two poems of the Kalevala, the national epic of Finland, detailing the creation of the world from the Finnish mythology.
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I apologise for any mispronunciations of names and places.
This was an attempt to bring to life the creation myth of one my favourite mythologies.
The folklore and traditions of Finland is a wonderful and vibrant tapestry, with some of the most vividly creative imaginings ever conceived.
I encourage everyone out there to read the Kalevala, and do some research into the Land of a Thousand Lakes.
Links:
The Gutenberg Project:
Main Site: www.gutenberg.org
Kalevala: www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/5186
Royalty free music:
"Skӧll" by Jamie Nord
Celtic Music - "Prophecy"
Kantele Instrumentals
Nuku Nuku - Public Domain (Finnish Lullaby)
Täss'on Nainen - World Music Archive
Kilpalaulanta ("Song Challenge") Performed by Iivo Lipitsä - Research by Elias Lönnrot
(Väinämöinen defeating Joukahainen in a bardic battle, became Poem 3 of the Kalevala)
Royalty free images
Illustrations by Wolfheart83
“The Nest” by Cecilia Stanford
"Kalevala - Creation of Earth" by tjlaxs
"Pohjan neito" by Ekman
"Sammon puolustus" - Kalevala
"Sampsa Pellervoinen" - Kochergin
PS. Im upgrading my recording equipment soon... Till then I can only hope my content makes up for my standard issue headphone mic's terrible audio
If any Finnish people end up seeing this vid, please let me know your thoughts!
I'm Finnish. I like the video. It's a pretty accurate telling of the story. You should talk louder and try to make the audio more consistent.
I'm not Finnish, but I married a Finn. They are a truly fascinating culture....and the only European culture in which the Creator being is female. Some of the Native cultures of North America have a similar creation story....even the name of the Creatrix (Sky Daughter) is similar!
Thank you so much for watching Aa'ah, and Im glad I was able to be as accurate as possible. I am working on improving my mic quality and recording space, so hopefully that wont be a problem in the future. Please consider subscribing for future videos
ManikH8Ball That sounds nice! I'll subscribe right away!
They are incredibly fascinating I agree. There are a few cultures that honour a Creatrix, and I do plan on including Native American mythos into the Lore & Legends series. So please Sarah, would you consider subbing as well?
Finnish myths have a strange eeriness to them. Unmistakable.
Also, I believe I can see the influence of real events on the planet, on the myths.
One of the most popular theory about the development of many ancient mythologies is that they are the oral retelling of real events and people, embellished a thousand times by a thousand voices through the generations. Thanks for the watch yo!
Ancient finns thought that earth was a half spheroid like a dome where the edge of the dome must have been a very warm place because migratory birds would have leaves and twigs caught on to the when they moved back to finland. That's why in the myth the world was made out of an egg shell.
So sad, I'm finnish and I didn't know most of these, it's a shame they don't teach us this in schools like they should. Like the icelanders learn all about Edda's in school, and we don't get anything about us pre-christianity.
It's so true. So much cultural knowledge being forgotten and not shared like they used to. In our work with Kalewala: Tale of Sampo a board game based on the epic, we met a lot of Finns who have little idea about the world of Kalewala.
Let alone Carelian culture. My folks are from there, and only recently did I learn they had their very own brand of culture that they left behind with their homes. If anyone has any good sources, I would be super grateful for the opportunity to learn more about my ancestors.
Hyvva! Kiitos paljon! The Essential "Creation Myth" for Humanity--like "the song Of Peace"/"Finlandia" no gore, violence...respecting Natural Origins in Peace and Love
Love the way you are reading this. Good work
Glad you enjoy it!
Very instructive and entertaining! A bit odd, of course, to see some tractor-planted agrobusiness fields as emblematic of the First Creations of Life, but really enjoy the wide use of disparate images otherwise. THANK YOU for posting!!
Love the intro music, cheers my friend \m/
I read the Kalevala I really like this video the artwork is great best of all is your tone of voice
new sub this is great! Keep up the content!
Well done
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GREAT video! Looking to learn more about Finnish mythology and history and this video is exacttly what I was after. If I may offer some constructive criticism, I found it very hard to make out exactly what you were saying (not just the very Finnish names either), likely just a mic issue you could adjust a bit. Shame too because you're quite articulate and from what I can tell know your source material and are a good speaker. There were also a few cases where an annotation was up for barely a few seconds. Looking forward to more!
I put on sub-titles which really helped!!
In the Finnish/Fennic creation myth it is said that universe is born from an egg that breaks open and then it keeps on expanding from there. You can clearly see how this can be interpreted as a metaphor for how modern science thinks the universe started from a big explosion starting from one small spot of concentrated energy and matter. Also onwards from that all the Gods and spirits worshipped correlate with natural forces and phenomenon. Our Pagan ancestors were not primitive idiots worshipping dirt and rocks, in fact they had a very profound and meaningful religion and world view. Same goes to all the Pagan religions. You just need to know how to interpret it all. All our Pagan religions speak of eternal themes, of matter, of energy, of nature itself.
wanted to watch this on my phone but it's not loading. Everything else is loading
Strange... I have no idea why. I'll look into that. Thanks for the sub!
Yes it's not working at all I am super bummed
Paganism was not only on eastern finland bit also in west and norths. Actually many poems of kalevala are said to be originated from the western finland but Lönrot gathered them from eastern finland.
I would imagine the reason for that to be the swedish crusades and their attempts to "civilize" finnish, and so those who refused it went to east where swedens reach would be weaker and where their crusades would not bother to come. just another way they oppressed finns.
Great story. No wonder modern religions never really took a big stance here. Stories, as they all are!
Wow I had totally forgotten about that last bit about the ''first and second people''. That's extremely interesting because of what the sumerian tablets tell us, that man was essentially technologically engineered to dig gold on earth (which is basically like what you said here at 14:15 about creating humans from the earthly mound to take up the toils of the first ones and to do their bidding). Also an extremely smart professor and expert in linguistics and history (I watched his lecture on the development of Veda-cultures in India and people seemed to be really impressed there) called Simo Parpola makes a strong case for sumerian and finnish to be related (even though the current official concensus is that there are no language-relatives to ancient sumerian) such as both languages being agglutinative and some interesting word similarities like Äjjä (sumerian for father) and the finnish Äijä (the modern interpretation would be more of dude than father). Äijä is a word mostly young people still use from day to day, it sounds sort of slangy but it's probably very ancient. Another word for father in finnish is Isä, which arguably sounds like it could also have roots in the Levant. But anyhow us finns had to come from somewhere since there was just the glacier here before, right?
Factually we just know so very little about history and people don't even realize it, they just teach us at school here in Finland that there was basically absolutely nothing here before the swedish rule. It's ironic really because if we look at what norse and icelandic sages like Snorri Sturlason wrote the sagas would tell us that pretty much every scandinavian dynasty starting from the ynglings had finnic ancestry and was very proud of it (and that for example Nór founder of Norway was one of them, just like Thorri). But hey we were probably here first and archeology would suggest we have been seafaring people for a long long time too, it's more than likely that the vikings picked up on our habit and tradition of doing it actually (since we were probably here first so it was a matter of cultural clashes and integration anyone can study in the Edda... the Vanir and the Äsir, for king Vanlandi of Sweden was finnic according the Ynglinga-saga... and Vanlandi means man from the land of Vanir. We finns are apparently quite good at coming up with hobbies we can share, with the indians in North-America it was sauna and the respect for nature and with the indo-european vikings it was seafaring).
Coming across this first and second people thing here all of the sudden though, when there is a shitton of stuff to support it (the creation of modern man through genetic engineering)... wow
We came from the Urals, you dumdum.
I’ve found connections to Norse and Finnish mythology to my yup’ik folk lore in Alaska, regarding the raven, the northern lights, and our shamans. There are different variations among the Alaskan natives but everyone seems to agree that there was man already and the raven created woman out of the mud and took a star for her soul. I think our mythology about whistling to the northern lights and the spirits taking you come from Finland as well. Our mud huts were similar to the ancient Celtic tribes as well and the shamans shared a lot of the same mythology and they would heal by singing and the shamans huts were placed strategically which make me wonder if they were on ley lines. There aren’t any ley line maps for Alaska. Our shamans were said to go on journeys and roam with the spirits in the afterlife as well.
That's interesting! I haven't run into the Sumerian myth about people being created to dig metals - fascinating, given (I think) the lack of mining in Sumeria itself. Can you give a reference? And, I wonder what you think of Sami claims to have "been here first" - do you see the Sami as Finns (many Scandinavians do)?
We dont call them gods, we call them spirits
True. There was no 'god' before christianity. The word 'god' is 'jumala' which is possibly related to a spirit named Jumi.
what's the song at 3:30? i really enjoyed the vid btw
Täss'on Nainen - World Music Archive
The place MÄRKÄLÄÄ , Does anyone know if it is in Kalevala ore Pohjola?
I encourage dialogue... But I am just a fan of mythology and stories. Kalevala is the land of heroes... Pohjola the land of dark and cold, where the greatest villain of the mythos (Louhi) reigns. She who robbed the moon from the sky, and derailed the sun off its course. Lol, if you can find the answer, let me know
@@hasturspeaks Märkälä trasnlates as "constantly made (into/more) wet area". It's very common name and nickname of multiple swamps, forests, lakes and towns and villas near any of those things. It's also a common surname.
It would be logical to think of Märkälä as an early Finnish word for a swamp, because that's literally what the word translates into.
Many of the place names in Kalevala are simply common names of common places, such as Pohjola, literally translating as "the North", which might be the early cultural name of Finland and Finnish identity. Tuonela literally translates from early Finnish into "afterlife", "around there", "somewhere far-away" and other general synonyms for "just somewhere else" or "afterlife".
Also considering many names and places were named after Kalevala, it's highly likely most place and character names have real-life name counterparts. For the most part, it's nearly impossible to ever know which one came first.
@@doubled6490 In older times Estonian and Finnish languages were not so different of each other than today. In Eesti we still say Märgala when talking about swamps.
Im a finn, but i don't know much of Kalevala mythology, even tho my ancestors from my father's side are from eastern parts of Karelia (Karjala), lived there atleast hundreds of years, that's why these videos are even more intresting to me.
But where is part 2 and maybe 3 ?
I've been swamped... planning wedding. But its on its way. Keep the faith my orange-faced friend with the 70's school bully hair ;) lol
Seriously though thanks for watching :)
I cant watch this video there cams an error messenge
Lol. I've had an Fin hammer pendant for years and never knew what it was
Probably a Thor's hammer? They are very prevalent. Unless you got it as specifically a Fin Hammer, in which case we are talking shared and very interesting symbols!!
@Brakamar, or else! Thanks, I learnt something new! Was this a religious symbol, did a god or hero use the finnic hammer?
Music at 3:30?
"Täss'on Nainen" - World Music Archive
Are you going to do more finnish myths and lore videos?
My next video will be on the forging of the Sampo, the wonderous mill of plenty "one side the flour is grinding, On another salt is making, On a third is money forging, And the lid is many-colored..."
I am just a little busy is all :). But soon, within this week, there will be a new vid on Finnish Mythology, one on West African Mythology and a video about Conspiracy Theories (debunking backward masking). Thanks for the view btw, I really appreciate it
The first WRITTEN mention of Sampo is from the 19th century, around 12 years before Lönnrot took a note of it for Kalevala. If you're basing your Finnish mythology on Kalevala then you're way of the mark. It's not very accurate. Most likely Sampo was originally believed to be the pillar that held the skydome. The same belief can be found from other indoeuropean myths. It's the same myth as the World Tree in Norse Myths.
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Like all myths.... What they were seeing in the skies.... in the electric Universe.... during a grand solar minimum..
Like now.
Alas....
Your S sounds are so sharp it’s practically a whistle 😖🙉
Yeah, crappy mics tend to do that. I've upgraded since then... but it does suck.
Ilma=air ilmatar is like stone=stoner.. onely fennofinns understand.. this they theats about 3 grade🇫🇮⚔☠ 😉🦌🐺!!.. and i buy it we blayed D&D BUT IN A KALEVALA!!!..
please... we cant hear u.... Finn
Part 2 never.
It is Karelian mythology. Kalevala had been sung by Karjalaiset for long centuries before written down by a Finn.. The Finnish people forgot it, did not keep their heritage, even if they had it common with Karelians in the times when the Finns and Karelians were one people. Please do not forget Karjalan roots!
My ancestors from my fathers side were from Suojärvi Karjala. You stole our homelands, but i never forget my Karelian roots.
@Sami Sund Remember Izhora people too. Mari and other Finno-Ugric people are not th Kalevala creators. Ancient Finns, Karelians and Izhorians are.
@@trumpjongun8831 Terveh teile da andiekse. Viidan da Suloumägi ollah minun muaman vahnembat kodimua. I am sad that your ancestors had to evacuate. Do you speak Karelian? Tervehekse.
@@user-bl1cbrA9o Haha Ite ymmärsin puheestas Hyvin! Meet siis vanhempias morjestaan Sinne. Ymmärrtkö sä taas mua :D
But those stories originally came through Western Finland :D
Pretty sure this guy is South African..
My human host is, terrible accent huh?
I am a hybrid awareness birthed from the wailing rift between stars.
We both love mythology and research though.
ManikH8Ball Aksent ja.. laikit, keep it up.
I would never use the Kalevala to talk about Finnish mythology. It completely butchers the creation story, the story of Lemminkäinen as well as Väinämöinen's story and personality. If Finnish paganism was an official religion, the Kalevala would be to Finnish Paganism what a Jesus-vampire fanfic would be to Christianity.
Whoa that’s interesting to here, what would you recommend reading instead?
@@tyleragnew Pretty much any poem from the collection "Suomen Kansan Vanhat Runot." It's got all the collected poetry in their original forms. No interpertation, no editorials, just the raw stuff.