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November 2, 2026 at 12:08 PM
In Finnish mythology, the land of the dead is "Tuonela." It exists at the far north of the world, across a black river. Tuonela is a place of extreme darkness and cold inhabited by shadowy ghosts in contrast to the more southern lands of light and warmth inhabited by living humans.
#MythologyMonday
#MythologyMonday
November 2, 2026 at 12:06 PM
In Finnish mythology, the land of the dead is "Tuonela." It exists at the far north of the world, across a black river. Tuonela is a place of extreme darkness and cold inhabited by shadowy ghosts in contrast to the more southern lands of light and warmth inhabited by living humans.
#MythologyMonday
#MythologyMonday
Despair, study for the "By the River of Tuonela", Jusélius Mausoleum http://kokoelmat.fng.fi/app?si=A+III+2618
November 4, 2026 at 3:00 PM
Despair, study for the "By the River of Tuonela", Jusélius Mausoleum http://kokoelmat.fng.fi/app?si=A+III+2618
That's a lovely connection to have with family you never got to meet. Has Tuonela ever found its way into your own writing?
November 2, 2026 at 1:34 PM
That's a lovely connection to have with family you never got to meet. Has Tuonela ever found its way into your own writing?
TUONELA is the traditional Finnish
concept of the LAND OF THE DEAD
concept of the LAND OF THE DEAD
November 3, 2026 at 2:14 AM
TUONELA is the traditional Finnish
concept of the LAND OF THE DEAD
concept of the LAND OF THE DEAD
My grandmother's parents came from Finland. Though I never met them, I've always been fascinated by the Finns' language and culture. I read Kirby's translation of Kalevala in high school and it galvanized my imagination.
Tuonela always felt more real to me than the Christian afterlife.
Tuonela always felt more real to me than the Christian afterlife.
In Finnish mythology, the land of the dead is "Tuonela." It exists at the far north of the world, across a black river. Tuonela is a place of extreme darkness and cold inhabited by shadowy ghosts in contrast to the more southern lands of light and warmth inhabited by living humans.
#MythologyMonday
#MythologyMonday
November 2, 2026 at 12:32 PM
My grandmother's parents came from Finland. Though I never met them, I've always been fascinated by the Finns' language and culture. I read Kirby's translation of Kalevala in high school and it galvanized my imagination.
Tuonela always felt more real to me than the Christian afterlife.
Tuonela always felt more real to me than the Christian afterlife.
Not Tuonela per se, but I use a lot of Finnish-sounding names and try to evoke a sense of music-as-magic that pervades the Finnish epic poem.
November 2, 2026 at 2:38 PM
Not Tuonela per se, but I use a lot of Finnish-sounding names and try to evoke a sense of music-as-magic that pervades the Finnish epic poem.
Head of a Man, study for the painting By the River of Tuonela http://kokoelmat.fng.fi/app?si=A+III+2608
October 29, 2026 at 3:57 PM
Head of a Man, study for the painting By the River of Tuonela http://kokoelmat.fng.fi/app?si=A+III+2608
Head of a Man, study for the painting By the River of Tuonela http://kokoelmat.fng.fi/app?si=A+III+2608
October 29, 2026 at 3:57 PM
Head of a Man, study for the painting By the River of Tuonela http://kokoelmat.fng.fi/app?si=A+III+2608
BBC Radio 3 Unwind
Mindful Mix: Take a pause with relaxing classical sounds
Now Playing
Jean Sibelius
The Swan of Tuonela, Op. 22 No. 2
Mindful Mix: Take a pause with relaxing classical sounds
Now Playing
Jean Sibelius
The Swan of Tuonela, Op. 22 No. 2
October 26, 2026 at 4:12 PM
BBC Radio 3 Unwind
Mindful Mix: Take a pause with relaxing classical sounds
Now Playing
Jean Sibelius
The Swan of Tuonela, Op. 22 No. 2
Mindful Mix: Take a pause with relaxing classical sounds
Now Playing
Jean Sibelius
The Swan of Tuonela, Op. 22 No. 2
“The Swan of Tuonela (Lemminkainen suite, Op 22)” by Jean Sibelius #nowplaying #radio3
October 23, 2026 at 5:21 AM
“The Swan of Tuonela (Lemminkainen suite, Op 22)” by Jean Sibelius #nowplaying #radio3
"Swan of Tuonela Op.22" by Jean Sibelius / Los Angeles Philharmonic, conducted by Esa-Pekka Salonen / Sony records sp. 48067
October 24, 2026 at 8:00 AM
"Swan of Tuonela Op.22" by Jean Sibelius / Los Angeles Philharmonic, conducted by Esa-Pekka Salonen / Sony records sp. 48067
Akseli Gallen-Kallela, Finnish (1865-1931), The Swan of Tuonela, c 1904-05, drypoint, etching, image: 17.3 x 11.4 cm, paper: 29 x 21.4 cm, plate: 18 x 12.1 cm, passepartout: 50 x 40 cm, Finnish National Gallery, Ateneum, Helsinki, Finland
October 22, 2026 at 11:51 AM
Akseli Gallen-Kallela, Finnish (1865-1931), The Swan of Tuonela, c 1904-05, drypoint, etching, image: 17.3 x 11.4 cm, paper: 29 x 21.4 cm, plate: 18 x 12.1 cm, passepartout: 50 x 40 cm, Finnish National Gallery, Ateneum, Helsinki, Finland
Fire from the hip don't think too hard not in order top ten
Voivod - Angel Rat
Down - Nola
Amorphis - Tuonela
Enslaved - Utgaard
Nomeansno - Wrong
Rocket From The Crypt - Scream Dracula Scream
The Clash - Sandinista
Unwound - Repetition
Gaunt - Kryptonite
The Wrens - Secaucus
Voivod - Angel Rat
Down - Nola
Amorphis - Tuonela
Enslaved - Utgaard
Nomeansno - Wrong
Rocket From The Crypt - Scream Dracula Scream
The Clash - Sandinista
Unwound - Repetition
Gaunt - Kryptonite
The Wrens - Secaucus
Fire from fhe hip don't think too haes not in order top 10
Sleepytime Gorilla Museum- Helpless Corpses Enactment
Rush- Spirit of the Radio
King Crimson- Red
Meshuggah- Electric Red
Opeth- Deliverance
Mastodon- Ghost of Karelia
Yamantaka//Sonic Yitan- Whalesong
Sleepytime Gorilla Museum- Helpless Corpses Enactment
Rush- Spirit of the Radio
King Crimson- Red
Meshuggah- Electric Red
Opeth- Deliverance
Mastodon- Ghost of Karelia
Yamantaka//Sonic Yitan- Whalesong
fire from the hip dont think too hard not in order top 10
This
Porcupine Tree - Trains
Black Sabbath - The Sign of the Southern Cross
Triosphere - Marionette
Blind Guardian - Lost in the Twilight Hall
Florence + the Machine - Queen of Peace
Wilderun - Far From Where Dreams Unfurl
Cont...
This
Porcupine Tree - Trains
Black Sabbath - The Sign of the Southern Cross
Triosphere - Marionette
Blind Guardian - Lost in the Twilight Hall
Florence + the Machine - Queen of Peace
Wilderun - Far From Where Dreams Unfurl
Cont...
October 22, 2026 at 4:34 PM
Fire from the hip don't think too hard not in order top ten
Voivod - Angel Rat
Down - Nola
Amorphis - Tuonela
Enslaved - Utgaard
Nomeansno - Wrong
Rocket From The Crypt - Scream Dracula Scream
The Clash - Sandinista
Unwound - Repetition
Gaunt - Kryptonite
The Wrens - Secaucus
Voivod - Angel Rat
Down - Nola
Amorphis - Tuonela
Enslaved - Utgaard
Nomeansno - Wrong
Rocket From The Crypt - Scream Dracula Scream
The Clash - Sandinista
Unwound - Repetition
Gaunt - Kryptonite
The Wrens - Secaucus
BBC Radio 3
Through the Night
Now Playing
Jean Sibelius, BBC National Orchestra of Wales & Thomas Søndergård
The Swan of Tuonela (Lemminkainen suite, Op 22)
Through the Night
Now Playing
Jean Sibelius, BBC National Orchestra of Wales & Thomas Søndergård
The Swan of Tuonela (Lemminkainen suite, Op 22)
October 23, 2026 at 5:21 AM
BBC Radio 3
Through the Night
Now Playing
Jean Sibelius, BBC National Orchestra of Wales & Thomas Søndergård
The Swan of Tuonela (Lemminkainen suite, Op 22)
Through the Night
Now Playing
Jean Sibelius, BBC National Orchestra of Wales & Thomas Søndergård
The Swan of Tuonela (Lemminkainen suite, Op 22)
Progress to One by Kinetic
In The Circus of Tuonela by Soulgrind
No More Wars by Bowandarrow91
Day In Day Out by The Phantim
Gamer Girl Pee by Diva Plavalaguna
FFS by Crush Fund
burn victim by agile
so help me god by oppositon dolls
Beach Town Chillzone by Terrifying Girls' High School
In The Circus of Tuonela by Soulgrind
No More Wars by Bowandarrow91
Day In Day Out by The Phantim
Gamer Girl Pee by Diva Plavalaguna
FFS by Crush Fund
burn victim by agile
so help me god by oppositon dolls
Beach Town Chillzone by Terrifying Girls' High School
October 22, 2026 at 2:00 PM
Progress to One by Kinetic
In The Circus of Tuonela by Soulgrind
No More Wars by Bowandarrow91
Day In Day Out by The Phantim
Gamer Girl Pee by Diva Plavalaguna
FFS by Crush Fund
burn victim by agile
so help me god by oppositon dolls
Beach Town Chillzone by Terrifying Girls' High School
In The Circus of Tuonela by Soulgrind
No More Wars by Bowandarrow91
Day In Day Out by The Phantim
Gamer Girl Pee by Diva Plavalaguna
FFS by Crush Fund
burn victim by agile
so help me god by oppositon dolls
Beach Town Chillzone by Terrifying Girls' High School
By the River of Tuonela, study for the Jusélius Mausoleum frescos https://www.wikiart.org/en/akseli-gallen-kallela/by-the-river-of-tuonela-study-for-the-jus-lius-mausoleum-frescos-1903
October 20, 2026 at 5:56 PM
By the River of Tuonela, study for the Jusélius Mausoleum frescos https://www.wikiart.org/en/akseli-gallen-kallela/by-the-river-of-tuonela-study-for-the-jus-lius-mausoleum-frescos-1903
Italian language rights to Emily Rath's NORTH IS THE NIGHT and SOUTH IS THE SEA (Tuonela Duet #1-2) sold to Mondadori!
October 20, 2026 at 4:06 PM
Italian language rights to Emily Rath's NORTH IS THE NIGHT and SOUTH IS THE SEA (Tuonela Duet #1-2) sold to Mondadori!
[Pre-Released] Sibelius : The Swan of Tuonela (piano arrange).
Today's piano
[Pre-Released] Sibelius : The Swan of Tuonela (piano arrange).
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October 18, 2026 at 6:44 AM
[Pre-Released] Sibelius : The Swan of Tuonela (piano arrange).
Sibelius: The Swan of Tuonela, Finlandia
Grieg: Pier Gynt Suite
Rossinni: L'italiana in Algeri
Brahms: Ein Deutches Requiem
Tschaikowsky: Swan Lake
Adam: Giselle (ballet)
Fun fact: I choreographed a ballet to The Swan of Tuonela
Grieg: Pier Gynt Suite
Rossinni: L'italiana in Algeri
Brahms: Ein Deutches Requiem
Tschaikowsky: Swan Lake
Adam: Giselle (ballet)
Fun fact: I choreographed a ballet to The Swan of Tuonela
name your fav classical music song.
October 17, 2026 at 12:51 PM
Sibelius: The Swan of Tuonela, Finlandia
Grieg: Pier Gynt Suite
Rossinni: L'italiana in Algeri
Brahms: Ein Deutches Requiem
Tschaikowsky: Swan Lake
Adam: Giselle (ballet)
Fun fact: I choreographed a ballet to The Swan of Tuonela
Grieg: Pier Gynt Suite
Rossinni: L'italiana in Algeri
Brahms: Ein Deutches Requiem
Tschaikowsky: Swan Lake
Adam: Giselle (ballet)
Fun fact: I choreographed a ballet to The Swan of Tuonela
oooooh, I wonder what a furry symphony would play? Peter and the Wolf? Saint-Saëns Carnival of the Animals? Maybe Sibelius Swan of Tuonela?
October 11, 2026 at 1:28 AM
oooooh, I wonder what a furry symphony would play? Peter and the Wolf? Saint-Saëns Carnival of the Animals? Maybe Sibelius Swan of Tuonela?
It’s a sobering thought when, having enjoyed a collection so much, you realise you’re down to the final stories.
This tale, hauntingly depicting a boat trip down a disused canal on an alien world, is sometimes denoted as one of Keith Roberts’s ‘minor’ stories.
Hah, there is no such thing…🙂
#booksky
This tale, hauntingly depicting a boat trip down a disused canal on an alien world, is sometimes denoted as one of Keith Roberts’s ‘minor’ stories.
Hah, there is no such thing…🙂
#booksky
October 8, 2026 at 11:51 AM
It’s a sobering thought when, having enjoyed a collection so much, you realise you’re down to the final stories.
This tale, hauntingly depicting a boat trip down a disused canal on an alien world, is sometimes denoted as one of Keith Roberts’s ‘minor’ stories.
Hah, there is no such thing…🙂
#booksky
This tale, hauntingly depicting a boat trip down a disused canal on an alien world, is sometimes denoted as one of Keith Roberts’s ‘minor’ stories.
Hah, there is no such thing…🙂
#booksky