Bibliographical Note

This Dover edition, first published in 2006, is a newly reset, unabridged republication of the work originally published by Charles Scribner’s Sons, New York, in 1912 under the title The Sampo: Hero Adventures from the Finnish Kalevala. The four original color plates by N. C. Wyeth have been reproduced on the front, back, and inside covers. These plates also appear in black and white in their original positions in the book.

 

 

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Baldwin, James, 1841–1925.

Nordic hero tales from the Kalevala / James Baldwin ; illustrated by N. C. Wyeth.

p. cm.

Summary: An illustrated retelling, drawn from professional minstrels and from an epic poem called Kalevala, of the adventures of three Finnish heroes who are rivals for the hand of the Maiden of Pohja.

9780486122076

1. Tales—Finland. [1. Folklore—Finland.] I. Wyeth, N. C. (Newell Convers), 1882–1945, ill. II. Kalevala. III. Title.

PZ8.1.B193Nor 2006
[398.2]—dc22

2005053731

 

 

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