Details of the Kalevala Tarot
Solandia's Summary: A deck based on the Kalevala, a Finnish national epic, constructed in the nineteenth century and based on rural poems and songs. The card art of the Kalevala Tarot is brightly coloured in strong primaries.
Creator(s):
Kalervo Aaltonen
&
Taina Pailos
Type: Tarot Deck Number of Cards: 78 Major Arcana: 22 Minor Arcana: 56
Card Size: 2.75 x 4.50 inches = 6.99cm x 11.43cm
Publisher: Published by US Games
1996
Deck Tradition: Mixed
Minor Arcana Style: Unique Scenes With Suit Symbols
Suits: Dishes, Loaves, Swords, Stakes
Court Cards: King, Queen, Prince, Princess
The Fool is 0 Strength is 8 Justice is 11
Deck Themes:
Regional
Card Back: Reversible
Back Design: Black and yello geometric pattern
Languages:
Finnish,
English
Excerpt of the
Kalevala Tarot review by Gary Higgins: The Kalevala Tarot is based on the Finnish national epic of poems, which were collected and publshed in the between 1830 and 1840. The cards feature semi-primitive art, based upon the characters in the epic.
It is similar to Celtic-based decks, in that it uses mythical characters to portray card personalities. Some of the suits are renamed, but not unreasonably so. Traditional tarot symbolog... read more.
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