Happy #Kalevala Day!
Yes, the Kalevala is the #Finnish national epic. Fifty #poems of heroes, monsters and a fishbone harp. But what if it's not just that? What if it's also a sculpture or a pair of socks?
Many years ago I earned a crust teaching European cultural history, and this #filtrit video on the Kalevala as an idea or a process is one of the leftover thoughts from that time that I never really got to explore properly before - so what better time than today! đ
Aloitin Filtrit-projektin toisen pitkÀn linjan aussisuomalaisen Anu Bessonin kanssa reilu vuosi sitten, ideana julkaista videoita silloin tÀllöin suomesta ja suomalaisuudesta.
Uusimmassa videossa Anu kertoi suomalaisesta pullakulttuurista, ja tÀssÀ on sille kaveriksi tietoa suomalaisen nimipÀivÀ- ja liputusperinteestÀ.
MistÀ pulla on meille tullut, ja miten pullakulttuuri Suomessa poikkeaa muista maista?
Filtrit-projekti tutkiskelee kaikenlaisia suomalaisia ilmiöitĂ€, joskus suomeksi ja joskus englanniksi, ja tĂ€llĂ€ kertaa Anu Besson on suurten kysymysten ÀÀrellĂ€ kotimaisella kielellĂ€ đ
If the Kalevala had not been translated into English, Tolkien might never have gotten into it. Galadriel would talk funny.
If the Kalevala had not been translated into Swedish, Finns themselves might not have gotten into their own national epic. Akseli Gallen-Kallela would have had so much spare time.
In the last Filtrit-video of the year I go through a history of translations of the Kalevala, and compare three different English translations of a specific poem, "The Battle of the Sampo" (Kirby, Magoun, Bosley).
Like, subscribe, share, use as fodder for dinner party conversations with language nerds etc.
#translation #translating #kalevala #finland #finnish #sampo #poetry #louhi #filtrit
Am I excited about finally releasing into the world my video on translations of the Kalevala? Yes, you could say so. Tomorrow's the day! If language, myth and translations are your sort of thing, I might be, too. You could do worse than subscribe to the Filtrit channel to find out. đ đ«đź đ
HyvÀÀ nimipĂ€ivÀÀ Anna, Anne, Anneli, Anni, Annika, Annikki, Annu, Annukka ja âŠAnu!
PÀivÀn kunniaksi Anu Besson selvittÀÀ suomalaista nimipÀivÀperinnettÀ ja sen nykyviettoa, ulkosuomalaisesta vinkkelistÀ.
Filtrit-projektin ensimmĂ€inen suomenkielinen video on tekstitetty englanniksi, jotta pysyvĂ€t ulkomaalaisetkin kĂ€rryillĂ€ đ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aSdUi42CZxw
There are thousands of scrolls of birch bark lodged in the soil in Novgorod, and they demonstrate a surprising level of popular literacy in the medieval period.
One of the scrolls (any word you use will be too fancy for the real thing, which is literally just a scrap of bark) is the earliest written text in a Balto-Finnic language (cool) and contains a spell or incantation of some kind (very cool).
I've been fascinated with birch bark letter #292 for a long time, so it was an obvious choice for a 'vaguely Finnish, weirdly specific' video.
Take a moment to enjoy my enthusiastic gesticulating about transliteration and back pain - and if you are particularly diverted, do give it a boost.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tk1ie5fyrY0
#birchbark #gramota #filtrit #linguistics #archaeology #Finnish #finnic #literacy #myth #magic #medieval #Karelian
My turn! Tomorrow's Filtrit episode is *extremely* vaguely Finnish and very, very specific. Archaeological treasure, linguistic mystery, the concept of literacy and the ire of ancient gods - what's not to like?
I had to learn medieval Cyrillic to make it, so commitment to the bit is strong in this one. đđȘ
Subscribe at https://youtube.com/@drfiltrit and help validate my life choices.
#linguistics #archaeology #finnic #filtrit #myth #language #translation #translitteration #literacy #medieval
How do Finns solve everyday problems? And why do the solutions involve so much panty hose?
Here is Anu Besson, tackling the tough questions in the very first Filtrit-video!
Am very excited about the impending release of the first Filtrit- video tomorrow! First up: Finnish life hacks!
The videos are on a range of broadly Finnish things, and the idea behind the channel is to give an introduction to a topic and then suggest further resources (the key ones filtered down, as it were, from everything that's available) for anyone who wants to look into it further.
This is a project Anu Besson and I started planning some time ago, and we now have something to show for it :).
https://www.youtube.com/@drfiltrit
If you want to be one of the cool kids, you can subscribe to the channel even before there is any content! If you want to be super super cool, please give this a boost!
