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Kullervo's Curse by the Finnish painter Akseli Gallen-Kallela from 1899. It depicts a scene from the Kalevala in which Kullervo curses beasts from the woods to attack his tormenter, the Maiden of the North. Kullervo (Finnish pronunciation: [ˈkulːerʋo]) is an ill-fated character in the Kalevala, the Finnish national epic compiled by Elias ...
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The Story of Kullervo is a collection of several texts, including a prose version of the Kullervo cycle in Elias Lönnrot's Karelian and Finnish epic poem Kalevala, written by J. R. R. Tolkien when he was an undergraduate at Exeter College, Oxford, from 1914 to 1915. That was an unsettled period for the author and this is thought to be ...
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Kullervo (sometimes referred to as the Kullervo Symphony), Op. 7, is a five-movement symphonic work for soprano, [a] baritone, male choir, and orchestra written from 1891–1892 by the Finnish composer Jean Sibelius.
The English word '"wraith" is derived from vǫrðr, while "ward" and "warden" are cognates. At times, the warden could reveal itself as a small light or as the shape ( hamr ) of the person. The perception of another person's warden could cause a physical sensation such as an itching hand or nose, as a foreboding or an apparition.
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Promoted File:Akseli Gallen-Kallela - Kullervo Cursing - Google Art Project.jpg--Armbrust The Homunculus 23:57, 23 February 2015 (UTC) Added image to Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Artwork/Paintings , as according to the description page this is a oil on canvas painting.