The Kalevala

John Martin Crawford's translation
This was first complete translation of the Kalevala in English, translated from Franz Anton Schiefner's German translation of the original Finnish.


 * Preface.

The First Vainamoinen Cycle

 * Proem.
 * Rune I. Birth of Wainamoinen.
 * Rune II. Wainamoinen's Sowing.
 * Rune III. Wainamoinen and Youkahainen.
 * Rune IV. The Fate of Aino.
 * Rune V. Wainamoinen's Lamentation.
 * Rune IV. Wainamoinen's Hapless Journey.
 * Rune VII. Wainamoinen's Rescue.
 * Rune VIII. Maiden of the Rainbow.
 * Rune XI. Origin of Iron.
 * Rune X. Ilmarinen Forges the Sampo.

The First Lemminkainen Cycle

 * Rune XI. Lemminkainen's Lament.
 * Rune XII. Kyllikki's Broken Vow.
 * Rune XIII. Lemminikainen's Second Wooing.
 * Rune XIV. Death of Lemminkainen.
 * Rune XV. Lemminkainen's Restoration.

The Second Vainamoinen Cycle

 * Rune XVI. Wainamoinen's Boat-building.
 * Rune XVII. Wainamoinen Finds the Lost-word.
 * Rune XVIII. The Rival Suitors.
 * Rune XIX. Ilmarinen's Wooing.
 * Rune XX. The Brewing of Beer.
 * Rune XXI. Ilmarinen's Wedding-feast.
 * RUne XXII. The Bride's Farewell.
 * Rune XXIII. Osmotar the Bride-adviser.
 * Rune XXIV. The Bride's Farewell.
 * Rune XXV. Wainamoinen's Wedding-songs.

The Second Lemminkainen Cycle

 * Rune XXVI. Origin of the Serpent.
 * Rune XXVII. The Unwelcome Guest.
 * Rune XXVIII. The Mother's Counsel
 * Rune XXIX. The Isle of Refuge.
 * Rune XXX. The Frost-fiend.

The Kullervo Cycle

 * Rune XXXI. Kullerwoinen Son of Evil.
 * Rune XXXII. Kullervo As A Sheperd.
 * Rune XXXIII. Kullervo and the Cheat-cake.
 * Rune XXXIV. Kullervo Finds His Tribe-folk.
 * Rune XXXV. Kullervo's Evil Deeds.
 * Rune XXXVI. Kullerwoinen's Victory and Death.

The Ilmarinen Cycle

 * Rune XXXVII. Ilmarinen's Bride of Gold.
 * Rune XXXVIII. Ilmarinen's Fruitless Wooing.

The Third Vainamoinen Cycle

 * Rune XXXIX. Wainamoinen's Sailing.
 * Rune XL. Birth of the Harp.
 * Rune XLI. Wainamoinen's Harp-songs.
 * Rune XLII. Capture of the Sampo.
 * Rune XLIII. The Sampo Lost In the Sea.
 * Rune XLIV. Birth of the Second Harp.
 * Rune XLV. Birth of the Nine Diseases.
 * Rune XLVI. Otso the Honey-eater.
 * Rune XLVII. Louhi Steals Sun, Moon, and Fire.
 * Rune XLVIII. Capture of the Fire-fish.
 * Rune XLIX. Restoration of the Sun and Moon.

The Marjatta Cycle

 * Rune L. Mariatta--Wainamoinen's Departure.
 * Epilogue

Kalewala, das National-Epos der Finnen Kalevala