How Tolkien fell in love with Finland / @Irish in Finland: kzread.info/dash/bejne/iqaC1c6tl9LHp9o.html

@vaughanrichards7438

6 күн бұрын

He also fell in love with with Welsh.

@Anttimation

6 күн бұрын

@@vaughanrichards7438 can't blame him for that

The most Finnish praise ever: "Tolkien did alright with his stories" For those who are not from the north, this is a massive praise to be taken with a humble heart.

@Anttimation

12 күн бұрын

Indeed! :D

The most memorable moment of the (both book and movie) trilogy was Gandalf telling the Balrog "You shall not pass, Perkele!"

@Anttimation

8 күн бұрын

😂😂👌

You can almost feel the enthusiasm about Finnish mythology in your voice 😅😅

@Anttimation

Жыл бұрын

Almost!

Tolkien fell in love with the Finnish language ( and who wouldn’t? ) which led him to Kalevala and eventually creating The Hobbit and Lord of the Rings.

@Anttimation

Жыл бұрын

Which is really cool.

@waynesmith3767

Жыл бұрын

My point is a matter of historical, biographical fact. You can look it up in books on Tolkien.And of course he read the sagas and Edna’s; they fell within his academic field.

@waynesmith3767

Жыл бұрын

Text was mid-corrected from “Eddy’s” to Edna’s”! - sometimes autocorrect is a hoot.

@waynesmith3767

Жыл бұрын

Miscorrected again! Autocorrect doesn’t like”Eddas”!

@samspencer582

Жыл бұрын

@Marcus It is because of Kalevala that we have the story of the Ring.

And this is how my dive into finnish mythology begins

@Anttimation

Жыл бұрын

I hope it's an interesting dive and you won't get eaten by a vetehinen or Iku-Turso

@Murgoh

22 күн бұрын

@@Anttimation By the way, Vetehinen and Iku-Turso were the names of two of the five submarines of the Finnish navy during WW2.

@Anttimation

21 күн бұрын

@@Murgoh damn right!

Now I can't unsee elves basically going around shouting PRRRRKLE on the battle field.

@Anttimation

Ай бұрын

Hahaha sounds more fitting for the orcs but I see what you mean!

@Murgoh

22 күн бұрын

@@Anttimation Or maybe dwarves.

Epic video. Very informative. Greetings goes out from Hungary Suomi Cousins. May the Gods bless all the Finno-Ugric Nations/Tribes.

@Anttimation

11 ай бұрын

Thank you. Greetings back!

The Elvish Quenya indeed brought Kvens to my mind as well. There are different forms of the name in old maps and other sources with similar pronunciation. Kvenland, known as Cwenland, Cwenaland, Qwenland, Kænland. (Kvens, Qwens, Quens, Cwens, Cwenas, Kvænir) Qwnio, Qwens - by Ulfilas (in Gothic: Wulfila), c. 352; Finnas, Cwenas - by Ohthere of Hålogaland, c. 888; Finnas, Cwenas, Qwen (Qwensae) - by King Alfred the Great of Wessex, c. 890.

The overall spirit of the mythology I saw in this film had many similarities to Turkic Shamanist/Tengriist mythology, which by the way, also has a Middle Earth where the humans, animals, and so on, live. Add the similarities between Finno-Ugric languages and Turkic, one can see the evidence of some common ancestry in Siberia.

@Anttimation

8 ай бұрын

Interesting! I am not familiar with Turkic myths at all... at least not yet.

One thing I have never seen mentioned is that the Kalevala in Finnish, and some translations (Crawford for example), has a meter of eight syllables per line. Many of Tolkien's songs follow the same pattern. Have a look at the magical struggle between Sauron and Finrod in the Tale of Beren and Luthien.

@Anttimation

4 ай бұрын

I have not paid attention to that. Thanks for enlightening!

Great video! My English partner refused to listen to your reasoning but I think there’s a clear link between Kalevala and LOTR. He was trying to make a national epos for England to look like the ones he loved and even if he didn’t mean all the parallels there are still a lot of similarities.

@_SimpleJack_

Жыл бұрын

It's no secret Tolkien studied Finnish mythology so naturally he would incorporate what he had learned. Your partner sounds very closed minded 😂

@N_0968

Жыл бұрын

@@_SimpleJack_ His point was that Tolkien wanted to give an origin story for England not copy Finland. I don’t think he bothered to listen to the point because the video never denied it being what Tolkien intended to write.

@Anttimation

Жыл бұрын

That's was Kalevala is pretty much - a fictional story wound together by Lönnrot from old runes. If human civilization survives another 100 years, Lord of the Rings may well be considered a national epic of England.

@N_0968

Жыл бұрын

@@Anttimation The same way Kalevipoeg is put together from old stories combined and made into a cohesive epic poem by Kreutzwald.

@Anttimation

Жыл бұрын

@@N_0968 I really have to read that.

I grew up watching the LoTR, I have a nice bookset on my bookshelf too, guess what sets before it, The Kalevala. They definitely have a strong link, but you can tell he gets a lot of other inspiration from Norse Mythology too. Great video though, much better than those who think it's linked to WWI. He wrote LoTR as an escape, not to be reminded. I think it's good for new stories to come about from the gods of Nordic Mythology though instead of these comic superheros.

@Anttimation

Жыл бұрын

Growing up watching LotR was the best thing! I wish I'd been born just a couple of years earlier so I could have seen them in the cinemas.

@N_0968

Жыл бұрын

@@Anttimation I only missed seeing the final one in the cinema because I was ill. I hadn’t read the book when I saw the first one and read it in English and Finnish before the second one came out. It was such a different experience to see the second film and how the creatures I imagined came to life (like Treebrard!).

I grew up watching films and readings books about Tolkien’s legendarium. 3 years ago I also started learning Finnish because I loved how it sounds 🧡 Thank you so much for your video! Now it’s my favourite KZread channel 🌿

@Anttimation

Жыл бұрын

Amazing comment, thank you! :)

@rempseaheinamies9414

6 ай бұрын

Hieno homma. Kippis !

I have always wanted an epic Kalevala movie but if all we get is quality of Rings of Power and Hobbit movies, nah, no thanks! Great video!

@Anttimation

Жыл бұрын

There was a project in pre-production involving Markus Selin (hyi saatana) but never got done, probably better that way. Now would be a better time than ever, there is stronger skill in the Finnish film industry unlike ever before, now someone just needs to secure funding, which is a bit of a problem. Would be so good to see instead of a millionth instalment of some Luokkaputoussimohedberg trash.

such a discovery! thanks for your video offerings.

@Anttimation

9 ай бұрын

Glad you hear you've found your way here!

Great stuff, thanks Antti!

@Anttimation

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching!

Another great video, I just loved it, thank you for making them. Sending all my best to you, Maggie

@Anttimation

Жыл бұрын

Thanks so much Maggie!

Great info. Nicely done!

@Anttimation

Жыл бұрын

Thank you! 🙌🙌

Great video, thanx for making this, keep up the good work!

@Anttimation

5 ай бұрын

Thank you! A new episode is in the making...

@OldForestBushcraft

5 ай бұрын

Looking forward to that👍@@Anttimation

@OldForestBushcraft

5 ай бұрын

Have to say Im soooo happy that there are great history content, like your channel nowadays in youtube. If I wouldnt have become a musician, maybe a historian really. Well I did have to do the decision, as I was accepted to study history in uni, but turned that down because music studies. But it has remained passion of mine. Going to start to do more History content on my channel (or maybe start a new channel for that). Lets see. At the moment drinking morning coffee and watching fourth video by you. Cheers from the Village of Fiskars, have great day! @@Anttimation

As a full blooded Finnish American, at the age of 64 I’m delving into my history and heritage. Now I can understand why I just never spiritually understood Biblical fiction and the blood spilled in its name…

@Anttimation

Ай бұрын

Glad to hear! And also hoping you'll find these videos useful

Love all the puns and word plays!

@Anttimation

5 ай бұрын

Haha I'll make sure to include some in the next one then...

Brilliant. Simply brilliant. This was a really great video. I’ve read LOTR and other books by Tolkien many, many times and the Kalevala a couple of times and have read how he found inspiration from old Finnish mythology. Thanks! 🙏🏻

@Anttimation

4 ай бұрын

Thanks so much for the kind words! Made my day 😎

Oldiest part of Kalevala are from stone age. Kalevala has inflict much that later come Eddas and Beowulf. Beowulf has odd connect to Kalevala. Not suprize that Tolkien like it.

@Anttimation

Жыл бұрын

Also versions of the creation myths (the diver myth) are also found in N. America, likely formed before the migration of the ancestors of the Native Americans. Really old stuff!

Thank you

@Anttimation

Жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching.

I think the concept of word-based magic in Kalevela prophesied the development of computer science and computational modelling for engineering. In ancient times, people just looked at the deep complexity of nature, and realized there is some deep order inside that could potentially be understood and controlled. In our time, our modern blacksmiths use the language of computers to investigate the nature of reality and create new tech products.

@Anttimation

5 ай бұрын

That's an interesting way to look at it and something I've certainly never thought about. Thanks for sharing

@aleksis-kivi

5 ай бұрын

@@Anttimation I think Kalevala is a lot about thinking about what things are physically made of and the deeper meaning (such as cultural meaning) behind why they are made that way. Also, I think Kalevala shows awareness of how poetry and language shape our minds to perceive the world in different ways, which is a power of language that can be used for good or evil (e.g., sharing the truth vs. making propaganda/false narratives). Basically, it is a kind of ancient folk psychological and philosophical wisdom.

Great video and animation (sinä olet velho)! I have a growing love and respect for Finnish things, and I end up doing deep dives in things I love. I think that part of what Tolkien did was to make a believable, cohesive take on the ancient stories surrounding greater Europe, finding commonalities in them. Finnish lore definitely plays a part in the world he built. The inspiration is there. I don’t really want to watch RoP, though I own multiple copies of LoTR, including books and movies. I have also read and seen The Hobbit. I’m a fan of what Tolkien created. RoP takes quite the modern, creative license on things. Too much seems out of character and spirit for me (mostly Galadriel). They worked hard and I’m sure it will appeal to some fans.

@Anttimation

Жыл бұрын

Thank you Joshua! RoP was set to fail from the moment they decided to make a Second Age show without the rights to Silmarillion. So instead of giving the fans the story they already love, they made their own. Might work if you'd not read the books.

@ilokivi

8 ай бұрын

@@Anttimation From what I've seen of RoP, it's täysi susi. Having read the Kalevala which deals with Kullervo's life and Sibelius' fabulous orchestration of it alongside the Silmarillion, the influence on the story of Turin Turambar is extremely strong. To paraphrase a well-used sananlasku: you can tell the new tales, when you've told all the old ones.

Well, at least Finland has become the opposite of Middle Earth in the modern times. Very few castles, fortresses, oak forests or surviving traditions and no royalty, mountains, legendary people or great waterfalls. This is mostly a cold country filled with concrete boxes: not even close to what Tolkien had in mind. The language is nice, if you detach it from the context.

@Anttimation

19 күн бұрын

Well if we add the woods/nature spoiled in favour of industry, don't we then pretty much have Mordor?

Ilúvatar may contain traces of Ilmatar, but it is also a linguistic incarnation of the Allfather, Odinn.

Music by Karneh. :)

@Anttimation

Жыл бұрын

Fits like a sword tip between the ribs!

Ilmarisen vasara on Otava. Sen voi kuvitella näyttäneen eniten vasaralle muinaiselle ihmiselle. Esim. Hakaristi symboli on tullut kun yhdistetään yhteen kuvaan Otavan sijainti eri päivätasauksissa. Otava sijaitsee pohjantähden vierellä ja pyörii vuoden mukaan sen ympäri. Tässä havaitaan myös ns. Ilmarisen taonta. Iso sampo pyörii jauhaen pois vanhaa, samalla luoden uutta.

@Anttimation

Жыл бұрын

Mistäs tämä tieto?

Not to be complete grape in mouth about you're video, i had to check the Tom Bombadil part since i've forgotten about him, i readed LOTR after the movies and really did not remember anything about Tom Bombadil so thank you for the reminder. It was nice to read the LOTR parts again where Tom Bombadil appears, he is the most mysterious character in Middle-Earth and maybe unfinished character since J.R.R has gone to heaven, maybe i will hear who Tom Bombadil is after i die :) Bombadil uses singin to free the hobbits from "Old Man Willow" by singing into it's tree trunk, this magical tree lures his pray then makes em sleep but his powers are nowhere near of Tom Bombadil

@Anttimation

Жыл бұрын

The identity of Bombadil has been speculated a lot but I think there's an interview where he admits that he's a riddle, hehe

@ShadesApeDJansu

Жыл бұрын

@@Anttimation Ok the words that come out of J.R.R Tolkien are golden in my book, so he is a mystery :) Thank you for telling me !

What a cute little troll! Or whatever. Most impressive animation.

@Anttimation

9 күн бұрын

It is a troll indeed! Thank you!

@bookmouse2719

9 күн бұрын

@@Anttimation I subbed :)

@Anttimation

9 күн бұрын

@@bookmouse2719 welcome! A new video should be out soon 😎

Salve Karjala ! 😇

Well, he took heavy inspiration from many cultures and sagas and myths. Greek, Nordic, Slavic, Anglo-Saxon, Germanic, Irish, etc. So not surprising he also got inspiration from Finnish myths and language. Only thing Tolkien didnt like, was French which he openly stated. Such an open mind yet so narrow in some regards 🙂

@Anttimation

Жыл бұрын

Specific taste, but I guess not uncommon for the English to not like some things French. If I remember correctly, he also criticized his friend CS Lewis' mixing of Greek and Nordic myths in Narnia.

@Crafty_Spirit

4 ай бұрын

​@@Anttimation So Lewis came up with God of War Ragnarök?

@squaeman_2644

13 күн бұрын

He got Theodoric of the Visigoths in there. And he had influences from the song of Roland which is basically French. And Gondor has a lot in common with Byzantium.

4:35 ...prosperity...and lots of trouble...! 🙁

I like that is a troll or a goblin is explaining Kalevala here.

@Anttimation

Жыл бұрын

Due to limited budget I couldn't hire an actor. Trolls have reduced rates.

Greetings to Finnish paganism from German paganism! If Russian Orthodoxy tries to get their grubby hands on Finland again, Finland deserves more international backing than last time!

@Anttimation

8 күн бұрын

Well, let's hope they're smarter than to try that again...

You did not mention that Silmarillion is "S ILMARI LLION". 😅

@Anttimation

26 күн бұрын

😂😂

Terve! Kiitos! Perkele! That's the extent of my Finnish, I doubt Tolkien would be impressed. XD

@Anttimation

3 ай бұрын

That's a solid foundation! 😁

supposedly, the very idea that wizards use staffs to cast spells comes from finnish mythology but i don't see that

@Anttimation

Жыл бұрын

Hmm, I haven't heard of that nor can I think of a Finnish example off the back of my head

🐸

@Anttimation

Жыл бұрын

🐸

I pray that you regain your sight little goblin guy.

@Anttimation

8 ай бұрын

That could be arranged...

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Germanic + Uralic = based

For those (well most) who don't know: Kalevala was, unfortunately, mostly stolen by Lönnrot from Karelians. :/ It's not really Finnish. But I expect Tolkien was unaware of this.

@Anttimation

12 күн бұрын

Half of Kalevala's material can be found in Estonia. Did they "steal" it as well? In Lönnrot's time Karelia was not seen as a separate nation with people much different to the Finns as far as I know. The rune singing was a common tradition of Finnic peoples, and many of the runes of Kalevala originate e.g. in Western Finland.

@vaenii5056

9 күн бұрын

Haistappa kuule. Where you think Savonians came from? Finnish Karelians? Those Finns who descent from Karelian evacuees? I mean if you are Finno-Swede living in Ostrobothnia then I can understand the argument that the book has nothing to do with you but other than that haistappa vaan.

and i discorved finnish mythology through metal

@Anttimation

8 күн бұрын

Not uncommon! Proud of our bands :)

LOTR is implicitly Nordic so its very reasonable for people to get annoyed with Hollywoods constant "Brown washing" I dont like when movies white wash characters either..

@Anttimation

Жыл бұрын

Well the idea of adapting a historical or classic fiction to reflect today's society takes a lot away from the work it's supposed to adapt to begin with.

Your tone makes it hard to followed, it seems you did that on purpose, it's not cool , it's boring, doesn't keep your attention

@Anttimation

10 ай бұрын

I'm only a writer, illustrator, animator, refrigerator - but no voice actor.

@Jemppu

7 ай бұрын

Consider it your introduction to the Finnish pattern of talking, too ;)

Christian Finnish Frostiis J.R.R Tolkien was very angry about his favorite story in Silmarillion the Túrin Turambar's story is just plagiarization of Kalevala's Kullero story, even if the author himself was angry the finnish still keep the mention of Kullervo on the back of J.R.R Tolkien's books and that is disrespecting. Gandalf is a angel J.R.R himself explained that the deities of Middle-Earth are better understood by christians as they know of the hierarchy of angels. Lets remember that J.R.R Tolkien wanted to make a story that promotes christian values (the author of Narnia books also went with this route after the two had a converstation about the issue) no longer would Britain have to endure they're national epoch being pro-christian fiction The King Arthur's story. So as you can see the Middle-Earth is more inspired by christianity than pagan beliefs, not to say J.R.R Tolkien was not interested in them but you can go so much overboard with this that you actually got J.R.R Tolkien angry. I am finnish and i've in the same boat with J.R.R just if the story has similar features, that does not make the story plagarization and he had every right to be offended. Let's finnish people be glad what we have contributed to Middle-Earth but let's also remember who wrote the books and we finnish did not write Tolkiens work but we as anyone else get to enjoy them. Iluvitar is just Ilmatar... to much jumping to conclusions ! Tolkein wanted to spread christian values thorough his work, he would not name his prime deity as just wind. You read too much into paganism, this is the attitude that ruins the feeling of J.R.R Tolkiens work, just purely like the historians like vultures you rip pieces of the original meaning away. Sampo gives only profit, Middle Earth relics give power Louhi is just a human as Morgoth is Arch-Angel type being, you cannot compare. You too would make J.R.R mad with you're plagarization accusations on the Túrin Turambar & Kullervo story. That story is like i said J.R.R favorite and my favorite of Silmarillion, maybe you should read more J.R.R than you're pagan endorsing pages

@Anttimation

Жыл бұрын

Turin's story is Kullervo's story but set in Middle Earth ;)

@ShadesApeDJansu

Жыл бұрын

@@Anttimation Sorry no if J.R.R is a pissed about that accusation and i am also a christian like him i believe him and i am pissed. I know everyone says that since the stories have 1 similar situations, but my God give J.R.R Tolkien who said that's his favorite Silmarillion story (mine too, probably everyones) some credit as he wrote the story of Túrin Turambar and it's not a plagarization of Kullervo since that would go against the original concept of J.R.R Tolkien to spread christian values without making christian fiction thorough fantasy it would be the polar opposite where J.R.R Tolkien is thorough plagarization spreading pagan mythology thorough fantasy but as you've seen J.R.R Tolkien really hid the christian values in the story, as for the similarities of Túrin Turambar & Kullervo all for all to see. I do not believe Túrin Turambar is the Kullervo in middle-earth, Túrin Turambar story starts with his father Húrin and you could say that Túrin story is still a piece of a larger story known as the The Children of Húrin

@ShadesApeDJansu

Жыл бұрын

@@Anttimation Not to be complete grape in mouth about you're video, i had to check the Tom Bombadil part since i've forgotten about him, i readed LOTR after the movies and really did not remember anything about Tom Bombadil so thank you for the reminder. It was nice to read the LOTR parts again where Tom Bombadil appears, he is the most mysterious character in Middle-Earth and maybe unfinished character since J.R.R has gone to heaven, maybe i will hear who Tom Bombadil is after i die :)

So Middle Earth is Wacist coz it is Finnish??? hahaha

@Anttimation

Жыл бұрын

Wacist? 😅

@beersmurff

Жыл бұрын

@@Anttimation Dont pay the weeb too much attention, he's just jealous cuz he cant make videos 🙂 But wacist is slang for "Descriptor for things that retarded, attention horny " Stay strong, trolls dont fear daylight but being ignored 🙂

Great video, im only just beginnin to learn about finnish mythology so please forgivr me if im wrong: you note that iluvatar is a clear analogue for the christian God because tolkien was christian, but i think you fail to mention that lönnrot was also a devout christian, and that was his analogy for Ilmatar as well, there are also references to the virgin birth (impregnated by a lingenberry), i might have misunderstood what you were saying though

@Anttimation

20 күн бұрын

No, sounds right to me! I don't remember from the back of my head what is said in the video :D