Youth of the Stars

Also known as: Starry youth / the Star / the eldest son of the Pole Star · Role: suitor · First appears: Canto I · The Marriages of Salme and Linda · Part 1

In Canto I · The Marriages of Salme and Linda · Part 1, the eldest son of Pole Star sought Salme’s hand, and she accepted him as her suitor and agreed to marry him, saying, “Give the Star my hand in marriage”. In Canto I · The Marriages of Salme and Linda · Part 2, the Youth of the Stars and Salme celebrated their wedding; she then departed with him, leaving her foster-mother, the widow, behind.

Relationship record

Life events

• Salme accepted the Youth of the Stars as her suitor and agreed to marry him.(Canto I · The Marriages of Salme and Linda · Part 1)
  • With: Salme
  • “Him I will accept as lover, Give the Star my hand in marriage, And will prove his faithful consort.”
• The Youth of the Stars and Salme celebrated their wedding.(Canto I · The Marriages of Salme and Linda · Part 2)
  • With: Salme
  • “Starry youth and maiden Salme, Thus their nuptials held in rapture.”
• Salme departed with the Youth of the Stars, leaving her foster-mother behind.(Canto I · The Marriages of Salme and Linda · Part 2)
  • With: Salme the widow
  • “But now the Youth of the Stars could delay no longer, and Salme took an affecting farewell of her foster-mother and all her kith and kin, declaring that she would now be hidden behind the clouds, or wandering through the heavens transformed into a star. Then she mounted her sledge, and again bade her foster-mother a last and eternal farewell.”

Canto I · The Marriages of Salme and Linda · Part 1

• parent: Pole Star “not merely mortal lovers, but even the Moon, the Sun, and the eldest son of the Pole Star sought her hand in marriage.”
• admired: Salme “not merely mortal lovers, but even the Moon, the Sun, and the eldest son of the Pole Star sought her hand in marriage.”
• engaged with Salme “Him I will accept as lover, Give the Star my hand in marriage, And will prove his faithful consort. Gently shine his eyes of starlight, And his temper alters nothing. Never can he thwart the sowing, Never will destroy the harvest.”

Canto I · The Marriages of Salme and Linda · Part 2

• admired: Salme “Starry youth and maiden Salme, Thus their nuptials held in rapture.”
• married with Salme “Starry youth and maiden Salme, Thus their nuptials held in rapture.”

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