the eldest son of the smith

Also known as: the smith's son · Role: smith's eldest son · First appears: Canto VI · The Kalevide and the Sword-smiths

In Canto VI · The Kalevide and the Sword-smiths, during a drinking-bout, the Kalevide told of the island maiden’s drowning. The eldest son of the smith denounced him for dishonouring the maiden; they came to blows, and the Kalevide struck off his head in front of his family.

Relationship record

Life events

• During a drinking-bout, Kalevide revealed the island maiden's drowning, fought the smith's eldest son, and struck off his head.(Canto VI · The Kalevide and the Sword-smiths)
  • With: Kalevide
  • “The Kalevide had lost his senses like the rest, and told the whole story of his adventure on the island and the drowning of the maiden. Upon this, the eldest son of the smith, his father's pride and joy, sprang forward, denouncing him for his aspersions on the maiden's honour. The Kalevide defied him, maintaining the truth of the story, and from words they soon came to blows; and, before any one could comprehend what was going on or interfere, the Kalevide drew the sword from its sheath and struck off the head of his adversary before the face of his father, mother, and brothers, the hero thus loading himself with a second great crime.”

Canto VI · The Kalevide and the Sword-smiths

• enemies with Kalevide “The Kalevide defied him, maintaining the truth of the story, and from words they soon came to blows; and, before any one could comprehend what was going on or interfere, the Kalevide drew the sword from its sheath and struck off the head of his adversary before the face of his father, mother, and brothers, the hero thus loading himself with a second great crime.”
• parent: the old smith “Upon this, the eldest son of the smith, his father's pride and joy, sprang forward, denouncing him for his aspersions on the maiden's honour.”

Canto VII · The Return of the Kalevide

• enemies with Kalevide “He had no remembrance of having slain the smith's son; but he got up half-dazed, and walked on without stopping till he reached the seashore on the third day afterwards.”

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