Story of Kullervo

J. R. R. Tolkien; Verlyn Flieger (Editor)

"Shows how Finnish mythology and folk tales were instrumental to how Tolkien created his own legendarium."--Boston GlobeKullervo, son of Kalervo, is perhaps the darkest and most tragic of all J.R.R. Tolkien's characters. "Hapless Kullervo," as Tolkien called him, is a luckless orphan boy with supernatur...