Eros the Slayer), and Sudenmorsian (1928 The Wolfs Bride). Her novellas are considered to be prominent pieces of Finnish literature. A recurring theme in Kallas's novellas is what she termed 'the slaying Eros', a love that often leads to death, especially prominent in her trilogy of Barbara von Tisenhusen (1923), Reigin Pappi (The Pastor of Reigi, 1926), and Sudenmorsian (The Wolf's Bride, 1928). Aino Kallass works had an Estonian setting, and her best were prose ballads, written in an. The author: Aino Krohn Kallas (2 August 1878 – 9 November 1956) was a Finnish-Estonian author.

Lord, shield well our souls and bodies from all danger and evil, as with a silver breastplate that maketh the Temper’s arrows to glance off, both now and in time everlasting!' 'The story of Aalo, wife of Priidik the forester, who was changed by Satan into a werewolf, and fled from her lawful husband into the wilds, and there did consort with wild beasts and the Diabolus Sylvarum or Wood Daemon, wherefore she was called by the peasants Wolf's Bride. Sign up to get unlimited songs and podcasts with occasional ads.

Her novella has been translated into English, but sadly an original edition will set you back a thousand dollars. The book: Rare First English Edition of ( Sudenmorsian ) THE WOLF'S BRIDE: A TALE FROM ESTONIA by Aino Kallas. Aino Kallas was Finnish, her husband was Estonian and the great Finnish bard Eino Leino was her lover.

Sudenmorsian by Aino Kallas