Tuonela

American  

[twaw-ne-luh] / ˈtwɔ nɛ lə /

noun

Finnish Mythology.

1. the afterworld, an island on which the sun and moon never shine.

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Example Sentences

Although one of the four movements, "The Swan of Tuonela," was a Sibelius fave, the full 45-minute score was a rarity.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 27, 2014

In San Francisco, Conductor Alfred Hertz led the first program of the San Francisco Symphony, chose Schumann's "First Symphony," Sibelius' "Swan of Tuonela" and Respighi's "Pines of Rome" for his first offerings.

From Time Magazine Archive

Of this suite only The Swan of Tuonela, and another, noisier fragment called Lemmink�inen's Homecoming have been published and performed.

From Time Magazine Archive

Written in 1893, The Swan of Tuonela was originally part of a suite of four tone-poems illustrating the Finnish national epic, the Kalevala, on which U. S. word-poet Longfellow modeled his Hiawatha.

From Time Magazine Archive

Also called Tuonela; the abode of Mana; the Deathland.

From Finnish Legends for English Children by Eivind, R.