Kalevala Hymn

Illustrations made by me for Kalevipoeg, the estonian epic poem: This is my interpretation of the finnish ancient rune melody, played with a 8-stringed Kannel (Estonian zither). The myth tells that Väinämöinen was the creator of the first kantele, build from the jawbone of a giant pike and the tail hairs of animals for the strings. He was the only one who could play this instrument and by it’s magic and be