The Story of Kullervo

[thomasdavis]

The connection goes deeper as Howard Shore's fellowship theme is a quotation from Jean Sibelius' 3rd symphony who wrote a symphonic treatment of Kullervo.

[magicofshootingstar]

At least when I was in high school we were told that Tolkien learned Finnish first just to be able to read Kalevala. What is mindblowing in it's own because Finnish is hard language and Kalevala is hard read even for native speaker because it is written in a variation of trochaic tetrameter (yes, I needed to google that 😂). So I would assume he first loved the book and afterwards the language. That or our teacher wanted to make us more interested in epics. 😄

[JoriMikke]

Sure, "Musti" means black (kind of - "musta" would be the correct word for just the color "black"), but it is at the same time the most common name for any dog in Finland, or in finnish languege. If one wouldn't know a specific dog or it's name, he could still call it "Musti" and everyone around him would know that he is talking about dog.

[hazbojangles]

I know this is an old video but I’d really like to see more like this!

[ianmartinesq]

I would say the Greeks included psychological analysis of their characters. Especially, Sophocles and Euripides.

[NeonGarlic]

Honestly, I like Kullervo better than Turin Turambar. The story is just raw.

[alydiasilva]

Amei o vídeo apesar de não ter entendido nada ♥♥♥

[PIXALIA]

I've heard that this book is set in Middle-Earth and is a lost tale. And that Kullervo is related to Turin Turambar.

[NotOrdinaryInGames]

I believe Kalevala roughly translates to "Land of Heroes".

[Eur]

I presume you sayed Musti that roughly translates to Blackie (it has nothing racist behind it) as musta means black

[LastDrebinGameing]

Any tenno who end up here for some reason pls comment 😂 I wanna know xD

[tonypasma]

concidences? The word assassin is often believed to derive from the word hashshashin (Arabic: حشّاشين, ħashshāshīyīn, also hashishin, hashashiyyin, or assassins), and shares its etymological roots with hashish (/hæˈʃiːʃ/ or /ˈhæʃiːʃ/; from Arabic: حشيش ḥashīsh). It referred to a group of Nizari Shia Muslims who worked against various political targets(they invented political murder) Founded by Hassan-i Sabbah, the Assassins were active in the fortress of Alamut in Persia from the 8th to the 14th centuries, and later expanded by capturing forts in Syria. The group killed members of the Abbasid, Seljuq, Fatimid, and Christian Crusader elite for political and religious @t is commonly believed that Assassins were under the influence of hashish during their killings or during their indoctrination the history will repeat it self!