Re: Kalevala

From: David Dunham <dunham_at_pensee.com>
Date: Tue, 11 Apr 2000 19:14:13 -0700


Joerg wrote

>most of the Kalevala stuff would work for Rathori-level
>culture as well. There aren't too many mentions of agriculture IIRC.

 From chapter 2:

Osmo's barley will not rise
Kaleva's oats will not grow
unless the earth is pressed down
unless a clearing is felled

     and is burned with fire.

(Sounds like Umathela to me! :-)

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