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- catalog abstract "These 450 poems, songs, charms, prayers and laments in the original languages and in English convey the worldview and an insight into the lives of pre-literate peoples in various stages of cultural and social development. The texts illustrate the beliefs, perceptions and artistic genius of fifteen peoples scattered across Northern Europe from Scandinavia, deep into Russia and beyond the Urals, and of the Hungarians in Central Europe. The contents are arranged by theme to illustrate the evolving phase of man's symbiosis with the natural and spiritual world. Each section is introduced by a specialist essay. Detailed commentaries illuminate the context of each poem and explain the significance of specific local features. In reading this poetry, we begin to grasp the frailty of human life in the face of natural forces, we gain some insight into the strategies that man developed for survival, and we share his respect and awe for the spiritual forces which shaped his destiny. The poems give us a hint of how thin and how recent is the shell of our own post-industrial cultures. This book is a tribute to the poetic voice of past singers who, in many languages, gave form to fragile oral 'texts' and created a natural poetry based on tradition, human experience and sentiment.".
- catalog contributor b7856770.
- catalog contributor b7856771.
- catalog contributor b7856772.
- catalog contributor b7856773.
- catalog created "c1994.".
- catalog date "1994".
- catalog date "c1994.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1994.".
- catalog description "In reading this poetry, we begin to grasp the frailty of human life in the face of natural forces, we gain some insight into the strategies that man developed for survival, and we share his respect and awe for the spiritual forces which shaped his destiny. The poems give us a hint of how thin and how recent is the shell of our own post-industrial cultures.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references.".
- catalog description "The contents are arranged by theme to illustrate the evolving phase of man's symbiosis with the natural and spiritual world. Each section is introduced by a specialist essay. Detailed commentaries illuminate the context of each poem and explain the significance of specific local features.".
- catalog description "These 450 poems, songs, charms, prayers and laments in the original languages and in English convey the worldview and an insight into the lives of pre-literate peoples in various stages of cultural and social development. The texts illustrate the beliefs, perceptions and artistic genius of fifteen peoples scattered across Northern Europe from Scandinavia, deep into Russia and beyond the Urals, and of the Hungarians in Central Europe.".
- catalog description "This book is a tribute to the poetic voice of past singers who, in many languages, gave form to fragile oral 'texts' and created a natural poetry based on tradition, human experience and sentiment.".
- catalog extent "787 p. :".
- catalog identifier "0195210921".
- catalog issued "1994".
- catalog issued "c1994.".
- catalog language "English; poems in Finno-Ugrian languages with translations into English from Finno-Ugrian and multiple languages.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog language "engfiu mul".
- catalog publisher "New York, NY : Oxford University Press ; [Helsinki] ; Finnish Literature Society,".
- catalog subject "398.2/04945 20".
- catalog subject "Folk poetry, Finno-Ugric Translations into English.".
- catalog subject "PH87.E5 G74 1994".
- catalog title "The great bear : a thematic anthology of oral poetry in the Finno-Ugrian languages / Lauri Honko, Senni Timonen, Michael Branch ; poems translated by Keith Bosley.".
- catalog type "text".