Tapio
Family: Forest · Role: forest god · First appears: Runo XIV · Lemminkainen's Death · Part 1
In Runo XIV, Nyyrikki and Tuulikki are named as children of Tapio, and in Runo XXXII Tuometar and Tellervo are also named as his children. In Runo XLVI, Tellervo is called Tapio’s wife; he gives Väinämöinen the bear, described as his “pet” and “honey-eater.”
Relationship record
Runo XIV · Lemminkainen's Death · Part 1
- child: Nyyrikki “Nyyrikki, O son of Tapio,”
Runo XIV · Lemminkainen's Death · Part 2
- child: Tuulikki “Tuulikki, O Tapio's daughter!”
Runo XXXII · Kullervo and the Wife of Ilmarinen · Part 1
Runo XXXII · Kullervo and the Wife of Ilmarinen · Part 2
- child: Tellervo (Tellervo is identified as Tapio's daughter.) “Tellervo, O maid of Tapio, Little daughter of the forest, Clad in soft and beauteous garments, With thy yellow hair so lovely,”
- child: Nyyrikki (Nyyrikki is identified as Tapio's son.) “Nyyrikki, O son of Tapio, Blue-coat offspring of the forest! Take the stumps of tallest pine-trees, And the lofty crowns of fir-trees,”
Runo XLVI · Väinämöinen and the Bear · Part 1
- married with Tellervo “Tellervo, the wife of Tapio,”
Runo XLVI · Väinämöinen and the Bear · Part 3
- protégé: Väinämöinen “That he thus his pet has given, And resigned the honey-eater?”
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Extracted from the original text of Kalevala. Made with Rho MD.