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Mehiläinen 1840

Mehiläinen 1840

Lönnrot, Elias

Paperback

Mythology & FolkloreFinnish

ISBN10: 9377784794
ISBN13: 9789377784799
Publisher: Alpha Edition
Published: Nov 10 2026
Pages: 62
Weight: 0.21
Height: 0.15 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: Finnish
A language lives not only in official texts, but in songs remembered by a fireside, arguments heard in a court and words shaped by work in field and forest. This wide-ranging Finnish miscellany brings vernacular culture into print through folk poetry, stories, satire and commentary, preserving the speech, knowledge and concerns of ordinary people while questioning the dominance of Swedish in public life. Village customs, rural labour and oral tradition emerge through dialect-rich verse and prose. Farmhouses, schools, waterways and domestic spaces provide the settings for courtship, teaching, craftsmanship and storytelling, while discussions of poverty, alcohol and inaccessible institutions reveal the pressures surrounding everyday existence. Humour and moral reflection sit beside practical instruction, allowing agricultural knowledge and communal memory to share space with religious debate, historical discussion and linguistic argument. Clear, natural Finnish is both the medium and a central concern of this anthology. Editorial reasoning meets the rhythms of popular expression, creating a record in which debates about education and social inequality remain closely connected to lived experience. Ethnographic detail captures local customs without separating them from the voices that sustained them, while songs and oral verse show language being composed, exchanged and remembered within communities. This book was out of print for decades and is now republished by Alpha Editions. It has been restored for today's and future generations. This edition is not just a reprint - it's a collector's item and a cultural treasure.

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