Cincindela damascene

[gnommi]

Finally finished the original sketch.



Trying to track down a cheap copy of The Kalevala on the recommendation of a Finnish friend of mine. Not sure whether a translation in the original sung rhythm would annoy me too much, given the loathing of Longfellow instilled in me at secondary school. I guess it is half the point. Anyone read it?

Comments

[gnommi.livejournal.com]

I'm definitely inclined that way, and even my Finnish friend said that he couldn't abide the meter (mind you he couldn't read the Finnish version and had to resort to an English translation because it was too archaic)

[glummdead.livejournal.com]

It kept putting me to sleep, so I gave up in the end. If you're not fussed about waiting a while(tm) then pm me your snail mail address and you can have my copy.

[gnommi.livejournal.com]

That makes it sound like some kind of arcane Scandinavian euthanasia machine XD

Cheers for the offer, I will attempt to hunt down your email