Olevide

Also known as: Olev / the son of Olev · Family: Esthonians · Role: master-builder · First appears: Canto XV · The Marriage of the Sisters

In Canto XV · The Marriage of the Sisters, Olevide married the second sister whom the Kalevide had freed from Sarvik’s regions. In Canto XVI · The Voyage of the Kalevide, the Kalevide directed him to fell the great oak and make vessels from its wood. By Canto XVII · The Heroes and the Dwarf, Olevide had built Lindanisa around Kalev’s burial-mound, and joined the Kalevide, Alevide and Sulevide in defeating the enemy forces on the plains of Esthonia.

In Canto XVII · The Heroes and the Dwarf, an old woman at the cave gave the heroes cabbage soup and warned them about a strange youth. The dwarf with the gold bell reappeared and emptied the pot while Olevide and Sulevide took their watches. In Canto XIX · The Last Feast of the Heroes, Olevide protested with Sulevide when the Kalevide gave Varrak the chained book; in Canto XX · Armageddon, the Kalevide abdicated the kingdom in Olevide’s favour and retired to the pine-forests.

Relationship record

Life events

• The son of Olev marries the second sister.(Canto XV · The Marriage of the Sisters)
  • With: the second sister
  • “Then the son of Olev took the second sister to wife;”
• Kalevide orders Olevide to fell the great oak and build vessels from its wood.(Canto XVI · The Voyage of the Kalevide)
  • With: Kalevide
  • “So he directed Olev to fell the great oak-tree which their father and mother had planted, and which neither sun, moon, stars, nor rain, could penetrate, and to make the strongest sailing vessels for exploring voyages from the trunk, warships from the crown, merchantmen from the large branches, slave-ships from the smaller ones, children's boats from the splinters, and maiden's boats from the chips.”
• Olevide built a city around Kalev’s burial-mound, and Kalevide named it Lindanisa.(Canto XVII · The Heroes and the Dwarf · 📍 Lindanisa)
  • With: Kalevide
  • “Olev had now built a magnificent city, fortified with towers and ditches, around the burial-mound of Kalev. Large numbers of people flocked to it, and the Kalevide named it Lindanisa, in memory of his mother.”
• The Kalevide and his three friends fought and defeated the enemy forces.(Canto XVII · The Heroes and the Dwarf · 📍 the plains of Esthonia)
  • With: Kalevide Alevide Sulevide
  • “The Kalevide and his three friends fought a pitched battle with the countless forces of the enemy on the plains of Esthonia.”
• The old woman gave the heroes cabbage soup and warned them about a strange youth.(Canto XVII · The Heroes and the Dwarf)
  • With: Kalevide Alevide Sulevide the old woman at the mouth of the cave
  • “The old woman consented, but warned them, if a strange youth asked to be allowed to taste the broth, to take good care that he did not empty the pot and leave them nothing.”
• The dwarf reappeared and emptied the pot again in the second watch, Olevide's, and in the third, Sulevide's.(Canto XVII · The Heroes and the Dwarf)
  • With: Sulevide the dwarf with the gold bell
  • “But presently the dwarf reappeared, and neither the Olevide nor the Sulevide, who took the third watch, fared any better than their companion.”
• Kalevide gave Varrak the chained book as his promised reward, despite the loud protests of Sulevide and Olevide.(Canto XIX · The Last Feast of the Heroes)
  • With: Kalevide Varrak Sulevide
  • “The Kalevide could not read the book, which nevertheless contained all the priceless wisdom which his father had recorded; and he willingly gave it to Varrak, notwithstanding the loud protests of the sons of Sulev and Olev.”
• Kalevide abdicated the kingdom in favour of Olevide and retired to the pine-forests.(Canto XX · Armageddon)
  • With: Kalevide
  • “The Kalevide was so overcome with grief at this last misfortune that he abandoned his kingdom, abdicating in favour of Olev, and retired to the pine-forests on the banks of the river Koiva, where he built a cottage and thought to dwell in peace and retirement.”

Canto XV · The Marriage of the Sisters

• married with the second sister “Then the son of Olev took the second sister to wife; and thus all the three sisters whom the Kalevide had released from the regions of Sarvik were happily married, and many great tribes derived their origin from them.”

Canto XVII · The Heroes and the Dwarf

• enemies with the dwarf with the gold bell (The dwarf again empties the pot while Olevide is on watch.) “But presently the dwarf reappeared, and neither the Olevide nor the Sulevide, who took the third watch, fared any better than their companion.”
• friends with Kalevide “The Kalevide and his three friends fought a pitched battle with the countless forces of the enemy on the plains of Esthonia.”
• benefactor: the old woman at the mouth of the cave “The Alevide asked what she was cooking, and she answered, ‘Cabbage for my sons and for myself.’ Then the son of Sulev said they were hungry travellers, and asked her to give them some, and to take a rest while they finished the cookery. The old woman consented, but warned them, if a strange youth asked to be allowed to taste the broth, to take good care that he did not empty the pot and leave them nothing.”

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