No Kalevala references in Dom3?

[Burnsaber]

I just came to a realization, Dom3 has stuff from almost any mythology and National Epic imaginable. However, I cna't recall seeing anything relating to the Finnish national epic, Kalevala (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalevala)? Have I missed something?

Has JK completely forgotten his dear neighbouring country?

Are there any other "negleted" mythologies? If there are, they must quite obscure, I can't think of anything else that JK might have missed.

(disclaimer: I am in no way suggesting that JK somehow *has* to implement stuff form every mythology and National Epic imaginable. I'm just fooling around a little bit.)

[Sombre]

Middle Eastern/Arabic stuff doesn't seem to be too well represented. Nor aboriginal Australian, Welsh, Scottish, Romany/Gypsy etc I'm sure the list is quite long.

[Edi]

Um, Burnsaber, KO is the content guy, JK does the coding. And no, Dom3 does not have Kalevala in it, unfortunately. Kristoffer has not had time to put it in and I understand there were some issues about needing to research it first, more indepth than the stuff already in, which he has studied previously.

[llamabeast]

We should make mods!

[Burnsaber]

Edi said:
Um, Burnsaber, KO is the content guy, JK does the coding. And no, Dom3 does not have Kalevala in it, unfortunately. Kristoffer has not had time to put it in and I understand there were some issues about needing to research it first, more indepth than the stuff already in, which he has studied previously.

Durr.. How could I get something so basic mixed up? Kalevala might not lent itself to a nation (at least not one that wouldn't be too much alike to Vanheim/Midgård).

Väinämöinen would make for a kick-*** rainbow pretender. Pohjan Akka would most likely be a crone who can transform into a giant harpy.

It's a shame that item modding is limited. Sampo would make for a awesome artifact (gives money and lots of supplies and increases dominion)..

Damn, I'd better not get too excited here. I don't have time for another modding project currently.

[Lingchih]

I used Väinämöinen as my password in an MP game once. Imagine typing that in correctly every time you log in.

[Foodstamp]

Kalevala, that name is very similar to the Estonian "Kalevipoeg". Are they related some how?

[LDiCesare]

Yes, Kalevipoeg and Kalevala are related.

As for no Welsh, arthurian legends are welsh and Man fits this role. For Scotland, Ireland is very near that (Scathach, unique hero of Eriu, was an Scot in the Book of the Red Branch).

[Gregstrom]

Man, Tir, Eriu, Fomoria and Marverni pretty much sort out the Celtic background/mythology for the British Isles between them (okay, Marverni is a little more Gaul than Gael I guess). The Anglo-Saxon bits are dealt with by the Skandic nations, more or less.

I'd definitely be interested in seeing Kalevala (about which I know nothing) and even the Eastern European/Russian mythologies in Dom3.

[Endoperez]

Kalevala is hard to transform into a nation. It has a bunch of stories, but they tell of outstanding heroes, not about wars. Old mighty wizard, young foolish wizard, the great smith, the cursed anti-hero, the evil shapechanging crone of the northern Pohjola, etc.