Äike

Also known as: Pikker / Thunder-God / the Thunder-God · Family: Gods · Role: the Thunder-God · First appears: Canto III · The Fate of Linda

In Canto III · The Fate of Linda, Äike struck demons of the air with lightning as Kalevide dragged them from the sea and cast them onto the rocks. He also came to Linda’s aid when the Finnish sorcerer was carrying her off, striking the sorcerer senseless with a bolt so Linda could flee. In Canto X · The Heroes and the Water-demon, the Air-Maiden is named as Äike’s daughter.

Relationship record

Canto III · The Fate of Linda

• recipient: Linda “But she cried to the gods for protection, and the Thunder-God himself came to her aid.”
• enemies with the Finnish sorcerer “Just as the sorcerer was about to push off from the shore, Pikker darted a bolt from the clouds.”

Canto V · The Kalevide and the Finnish Sorcerer

• enemies with the Finnish sorcerer “The sorcerer, whose magic troops had never failed him before, was now at his wit's end, and prayed for mercy, giving a long account of how he had endeavoured to carry off Linda, and had been struck down by the enraged Thunder-God.”

Canto X · The Heroes and the Water-demon

• child: Air-Maiden “As the Kalevide proceeded on his journey, he passed a well in a lonely place, where the Air-Maiden, the fair daughter of the Thunder-God, sat bewailing the loss of her ring, which had dropped into it.”

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Extracted from the original text of The Kalevipoeg. Made with Rho MD.