Kullervo
Americannoun
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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
"Kullervo is the origin story for Shakespeare's Hamlet - a young man whose uncle kills his father and on whom he wreaks a terrible vengeance," says Verlyn Flieger.
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
Then Kullervo made a flail and set to work.
From Finnish Legends for English Children by Eivind, R.
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