Kuikka-Koponen
Encyclopedia
Kuikka-Koponen was an illusionist and magician in folklore
from Savo
in Finland
. He was a hypnotist and escapologist.
Folklore
Folklore consists of legends, music, oral history, proverbs, jokes, popular beliefs, fairy tales and customs that are the traditions of a culture, subculture, or group. It is also the set of practices through which those expressive genres are shared. The study of folklore is sometimes called...
from Savo
Savo
Savo may refer to:* Savo Island near Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands* Battle of Savo Island, 9 August 1942* Savonian dialects of the Finnish language* Savonia or , a historical province of Finland* Savo - a main-belt asteroid...
in Finland
Finland
Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...
. He was a hypnotist and escapologist.
Literature
- Marjut Hjelt (toim.): Kuikka-Koponen: Tarinoita savolaisesta silmänkääntäjästä. 2. täydennetty painos. Folklore-sarja. HelsinkiHelsinkiHelsinki is the capital and largest city in Finland. It is in the region of Uusimaa, located in southern Finland, on the shore of the Gulf of Finland, an arm of the Baltic Sea. The population of the city of Helsinki is , making it by far the most populous municipality in Finland. Helsinki is...
: Suomalaisen Kirjallisuuden Seura, 1998. ISBN 951-746-030-9. - Markku Turunen: Kuikka-Koponen (+näytelmäsovitus Savonlinnan kaupunginteatterille 1999). GummerusGummerusGummerus Oy is a Finnish media group that was founded in Jyväskylä in 1872 by Kaarle Jaakko Gummerus. In 1985, it moved its headquarters from Jyväskylä to Helsinki. In 2008, it had an annual turnover of EUR 26,9 million...
, 1998. ISBN 951-20-5350-0. - Marjut Kivelä: Kuikka-Koponen. Suomalaisen Kirjallisuuden Seura, 1980. ISBN 951-717-224-9.
- Juttuja Kuikka-Koposesta, Lapatossusta Ym.. Kirjapaino Teho H:ki, 1944.