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Kullervo

American  
[koo-ler-vaw] / ˈku lərˌvɔ /

noun

  1. (in theKalevala ) a slave who, after a series of tragic misadventures, kills himself.


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"He was very much taken by the whole mythology," says Prof Verlyn Flieger of the University of Maryland, who edited the manuscript of The Story of Kullervo for publication.

From BBC • Aug. 26, 2015

"Tolkien realised with The Story of Kullervo that language, culture and mythology are inextricably linked," Flieger says.

From BBC • Aug. 26, 2015

On Thursday JRR Tolkien's early story The Story of Kullervo will be published for the first time.

From BBC • Aug. 26, 2015

Tolkien filled his own version of The Story of Kullervo with long descriptions of this foreign land.

From BBC • Aug. 26, 2015

Kullervo, Kalervo's offspring, Pulled thereat with all his efforts, Rowed, exerting all his vigour, Rowed in twain the wooden rowlocks, 30 Ribs of juniper he shattered, And he smashed the boat of aspen.

From Kalevala, The Land of the Heroes, Volume Two by Lönnrot, Elias

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