Tellervo
Family: Forest · Role: maid of Tapio · First appears: Runo XXXII · Kullervo and the Wife of Ilmarinen · Part 1
In Runo XXXII, Tellervo is described as “the maid of Tapio.” In Runo XLVI, she is called “the wife of Tapio”; in Väinämöinen’s account at the bear feast, she and Mielikki guide Väinämöinen along the path to Otso’s dwelling, marking the way through the forest.
Relationship record
Life events
- In Väinämöinen's account at the bear feast, Mielikki and Tellervo guide Väinämöinen to Otso's dwelling.(Runo XLVI · Väinämöinen and the Bear · Part 4)
- With: Mielikki Väinämöinen
- “Mielikki, the forest's Mistress, Tellervo, the maid of Tapio, Fair-haired damsel of the forest, Little damsel of the forest, Went along the path to guide me, And to raise the landmarks for me, By the roadside posts erected, And directed all my journey, And the trees she blazed before me, Marks she set upon the mountains, To the door of noble Otso, To the borders of his dwelling.”
Runo XXXII · Kullervo and the Wife of Ilmarinen · Part 1
- parent: Tapio “Tellervo, the maid of Tapio,”
Runo XXXII · Kullervo and the Wife of Ilmarinen · Part 2
- parent: Tapio (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,”
Runo XLVI · Väinämöinen and the Bear · Part 1
- married with Tapio “Tellervo, the wife of Tapio,”
Runo XLVI · Väinämöinen and the Bear · Part 4
- protégé: Väinämöinen “Mielikki, the forest's Mistress, Tellervo, the maid of Tapio, Fair-haired damsel of the forest, Little damsel of the forest, Went along the path to guide me, And to raise the landmarks for me, By the roadside posts erected, And directed all my journey, And the trees she blazed before me, Marks she set upon the mountains, To the door of noble Otso, To the borders of his dwelling.”
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Extracted from the original text of Kalevala. Made with Rho MD.