Runo I

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Runo I is the opening canto of the Finnish national epic Kalevala, introducing key mythic figures and setting the tone for the poem’s legendary narrative.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Runo I canonical 3
Runo I–L 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (30)

Predicate Object
instanceOf canto ⓘ
poem section ⓘ
appearsInEdition 1849 Kalevala ⓘ
linked to: Kalevala
associatedWith Finnish national epic ⓘ
associatedWithTradition Finnish oral poetry ⓘ
compiledBy Elias Lönnrot ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Finland ⓘ
form trochaic tetrameter ⓘ
hasCulturalSignificance foundational text in Finnish literature ⓘ
part of the Finnish national identity ⓘ
hasGenre epic poetry ⓘ
mythic poetry ⓘ
hasLanguage Finnish ⓘ
hasTheme birth of the world ⓘ
cosmogony ⓘ
creation myth ⓘ
heroic destiny ⓘ
mythic origins ⓘ
hasTitle Runo I ⓘ
introducesCharacter Ilmatar ⓘ
Väinämöinen ⓘ
the primeval world ⓘ
introducesWork Kalevala ⓘ
isOpeningCantoOf Kalevala ⓘ
meterUsedIn Kalevalaic verse ⓘ
linked to: Kalevala
narrativeFunction establishing legendary tone ⓘ
introduction of key mythic figures ⓘ
opening of the epic narrative ⓘ
partOf Kalevala ⓘ
setsToneFor Kalevala ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Kalevala → hasPart → Runo I ⓘ
Runo I → hasTitle → Runo I ⓘ
Runo II → follows → Runo I ⓘ
Runo VII → isPartOfSeries → Runo I–L ⓘ
linked to: Runo I