Tuoni's daughter

Also known as: the dwarfish maid of Mana · Family: Tuonela · Role: ferryman's daughter · First appears: Runo XVI · Väinämöinen in Tuonela · Part 1

In Runo XVI, Tuoni’s daughter refused to ferry Väinämöinen across until he explained why he was travelling to Manala. When he claimed that Tuoni and Mana had brought him, she challenged his story: “Ay, indeed, I know the liar!”

After questioning him, the dwarfish maid of Mana brought a boat and rowed Väinämöinen across the river into Tuonela.

Relationship record

Life events

• Tuoni's daughter refused to ferry Väinämöinen until he explained why he was traveling to Manala.(Runo XVI · Väinämöinen in Tuonela · Part 1 · 📍 Tuonela)
  • With: Väinämöinen
  • “And she answered him in thiswise, And she spoke the words which follow: “Hence a boat shall come to fetch you, When you shall explain the reason Why to Manala you travel.”
• Tuoni's daughter challenged Väinämöinen's false claim that Tuoni and Mana had brought him.(Runo XVI · Väinämöinen in Tuonela · Part 1 · 📍 Tuonela)
  • With: Väinämöinen
  • “Tuoni's short and stunted daughter, She the dwarfish maid of Mana, Answered in the words which follow: “Ay, indeed, I know the liar! If 'twas Tuoni brought you hither, Mana dragged you from your country,”
• Tuoni's daughter ferried Väinämöinen across the river into Tuonela.(Runo XVI · Väinämöinen in Tuonela · Part 2 · 📍 Tuonela)
  • With: Väinämöinen
  • “Brought the boat then, Tuoni's daughter. And the aged Väinämöinen Quickly o'er the straight she ferried. And across the river rowed him, And she spoke the words which follow:”

Runo XVI · Väinämöinen in Tuonela · Part 1

• parent: Tuoni “Bring a boat, O Tuoni's daughter, Row across, O child of Mana, That the stream I may pass over. And that I may cross the river.”

Runo XVI · Väinämöinen in Tuonela · Part 2

• parent: Tuoni “Tuoni's short and stunted daughter She the dwarfish maid of Mana, Answered in the words which follow:”
• protégé: Väinämöinen “Brought the boat then, Tuoni's daughter. And the aged Väinämöinen Quickly o'er the straight she ferried.”

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Extracted from the original text of Kalevala. Made with Rho MD.