“Long prepared they for the wedding
In Pohyola’s halls and chambers,
In the courts of Sariola;
Many things that Louhi ordered,
Great indeed the preparations
For the marriage of the daughter,
For the feasting of the heroes,
For the drinking of the strangers,
For the feeding of the poor-folk,
For the people’s entertainment.”
For April, we continue reading the Finnish epic, The Kalevala. We will read Rune 16 to the end of Rune 26.
You can find the text, translated by John Martin Crawford, at https://www.google.com/books/edition/Kalevala/qGxQAQAAIAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1 (up to the end of Rune 24)
The rest of the Runes are at https://archive.org/details/kalevalaepicpoem02craw/page/n5/mode/2up (from the start of Rune 25).
Or you can find the whole text at https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/5186/pg5186-images.html#chap16
We will meet on April 29 at 1:00 p.m. EDT. The link will be posted in the Forum on the day.
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Happy readings!