Europe through literature discussion

Our classic read for July and August is The Kalevala, a collection of Finnish folk tales compiled by Elias Lönnrot.
Enjoy!

Ahhh, this is so wonderful! As Finn, I am so excited to read this book about my people and our history and mythology and possibly give a bit of background to the details other may have difficulties understanding! There is no way to fully put into words how much this book has influenced our culture!

Great! I am also looking Forward to this read!

I started reading and after the first two songs I have the impression that these tales derive from the time when people started settling down becoming farmers.