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Title: The Hero of Esthonia and Other Studies in the Romantic Literature of That Country

Author: William Forsell Kirby

Release Date: October 2, 2006 [EBook #19438]

Language: English

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THE HERO OF ESTHONIA
AND OTHER STUDIES IN THE
ROMANTIC LITERATURE OF
THAT COUNTRY

_COMPILED
FROM ESTHONIAN AND GERMAN SOURCES BY_

W.F. KIRBY, F.L.S., F.E.S., ETC.
CORRESPONDING MEMBER OF THE FINNISH
LITERARY SOCIETY

WITH A MAP OF ESTHONIA

_IN TWO VOLUMES_

VOLUME THE FIRST

LONDON
JOHN C. NIMMO
14, KING WILLIAM STREET, STRAND.
MDCCCXCV

CONTENTS OF VOL. I

PAGE

PREFACE ix

INTRODUCTION--

ESTHONIA xiii

THE KALEVIPOEG xviii

FOLK-TALES IN PROSE xxii

BALLADS AND OTHER SHORT POEMS xxiii

PASTOR HURT'S COLLECTIONS xxiv

MYTHOLOGY xxvi

_PART I_

THE HERO OF ESTHONIA

THE KALEVIPOEG 1

THE ARGUMENT 2

CANTO I.--THE MARRIAGES OF SALME AND LINDA 7

CANTO II.--THE DEATH OF KALEV 18

CANTO III.--THE FATE OF LINDA 24

CANTO IV.--THE ISLAND MAIDEN 32

CANTO V.--THE KALEVIDE AND THE FINNISH SORCERER 38

CANTO VI.--THE KALEVIDE AND THE SWORD SMITHS 42

CANTO VII.--THE RETURN OF THE KALEVIDE 49

CANTO VIII.--THE CONTEST AND PARTING OF THE BROTHERS 55

CANTO IX.--RUMOURS OF WAR 61

CANTO X.-