“[...] the great Rule of the Game in the Kalevala which is to tell at least three lies before imparting any accurate information however trivial. It had become I think a kind of formula of polite behaviour, for no one seems to believe you until your fourth statement (which you modestly preface with 'all the truth I now will tell you, though at first I lied a little'.” LiesRulesKalevala Book:The Story of Kullervo Source: The Story of Kullervo
“But the delight of Earth, the wonder of it; the essential feeling as of the necessity for magic; that juggling with the golden moon and silver sun (such are they) that is man's universal pastime: these are the things to seek in the Kalevala. All the world to wheel about in, the Great Bear to play with and Orion and the Seven Stars all dangling magically in the branches of a silver birch enchanted by Väinämöinen; the splendid sorcerous scandalous villains of old to tell of when you have bathed in the 'Sauna' after binding the kine at close of day into pastures of little Suomi in the Marshes.” WonderMagicKalevala Book:The Story of Kullervo Source: The Story of Kullervo
“Siinä vanha Väinämöinen itse tuon sanoiksi virkki: "Anna, Luoja, suo, Jumala, anna onni ollaksemme, hyvin ain' eleäksemme, kunnialla kuollaksemme, suloisessa Suomenmaassa, kaunihissa Karjalassa! Varjele, vakainen Luoja, kaitse, kaunoinen Jumala, miesten mielijuohtehista, akkojen ajatuksista! Kaa'a maalliset katehet, ve'elliset velhot voita! Ole puolla poikiesi, aina lastesi apuna, aina yöllisnä tukena, päivällisnä vartijana, vihoin päivän paistamatta, vihoin kuun kumottamatta, vihoin tuulen tuulematta, vihoin saamatta satehen, pakkasen palelematta, kovan ilman koskematta! Aita rautainen rakenna, kivilinna liitättele, ympäri minun eloni, kahen puolen kansoani, maasta saaen taivosehen, taivosesta maahan asti, asukseni, ainokseni, tuekseni, turvakseni, jottei liika liioin söisi, vastus viljalta vitaisi, sinä ilmoisna ikänä, kuuna kullan valkeana!” Kalevala Author:Lönnrot, Elias