There was an old doom metal band (turned pop after cd #2..such a shame)  
called Amorphis which based their early music on the Kalevala..so not  
completely relegated to literature.

Ian

On Sat, 11 Dec 2010 07:00:07 -0500, Warp <war### [at] tagpovrayorg> wrote:

>   As a Finn, I find this article rather touching:
>
> http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2001/12/1219_tolkienroots.html
>
>   Likewise for this glimpse to the remote past of Finnish mythology
> (mentioned in that article):
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lWeQJwESnDk
>
>   I think it's sad that this tradition has basically died, being only
> preserved in literature.
>
>   More info about the mythology:
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalevala
>


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