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Originally Posted by Jarkko
It is well known and accepted fact that Lönnrot wrote many of the poems himself to make the story "better".
Michael Agricola in 16th century listed Veen Emonen (or "Veden Emo", as he called her) as one of the mythological figures of Finland, but he did not for some reason list Väinämöinen. Personally I view that as the strongest proof, but then again what I think or don't think doesn't have that much of an impact on the linguistics  |
Agricola's list mentions Väinämöinen according to Wikipedia article about him (V, not A).
I found a newspaper article from 1820s that mentions Väinämöinen. This is years before Lönnrot had started collecting songs.
http://agricola.utu.fi/hist/kktk/vii...SV1820-11.html
The stories have the same feel as the ones told in Kalevala, except that Joukkavainen (compare to Joukahainen, Youkahainen) is his brother in one of the stories. They still meet and fight in another story. Before Kalevala, there must have been almost as many variations as there were storytellers.
I had written a longer post, but the forum arnfinnored it. I'll make a new thread to release the mod.
EDIT: Please move discussion about the mod to
this thread, to avoid bumping this one.