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Today we'll be exploring the Kala, the 19th century work of epic poetry compiled by

Philologist Elias Linrodt from Finnish oral tradition and mythology.

Joining me to discuss this great Finnish epic are Luke DeWolf and Dan Larraby,

the hosts of the Northern Myths podcast and dear friends of the show.

Luke and Dan, thank you so much for joining me today.

Thanks for having us, Noah.

Yeah, thanks for having us back.

It's great to talk to you again.

Yeah, it certainly is.

It's a great pleasure to have you back.

Well, I know most who are listening are probably listeners of your podcast already, but for those

who are not, can you tell us about really what the Northern Myths podcast is all about and what you guys

have been up to as of late? Certainly we can. Yeah, the Northern Myths podcast is an archetypal exploration of

the myths and legends of Northern Europe. And we cover primarily the poetic edda from Norse mythology

and the call of Allah from Finnish mythology, which we're going to be talking about today.

And that's as good an introduction as any, I suppose that as far as what we've been

up to lately, the only real news on our end is that we have started a Patreon, which is big for

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