This writer collected folk poetry in the Kanteletar (“KON-teh-leh-TAR”), which like his other major work is mostly in trochaic tetrameter. For 10 points each:
[10m] Name this folklorist who collected the oral traditions of his country into the Kalevala.
ANSWER: Elias Lönnrot
[10e] The Kalevala is considered the national epic of this Nordic country. At the end of the Kalevala, Marjatta’s son is crowned king of Karelia and Väinämöinen sails away, symbolizing this country’s Christianization.
ANSWER: Finland [or Suomi; accept the Republic of Finland or Suomen tasavalta]
[10h] A cycle of the Kalevala is named for this figure, who fights a war against the tribe of Untamo before returning home to his deserted farm and committing suicide in grief.
ANSWER: Kullervo
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