Pohjola's great Master

Also known as: Lord of Pohja / Pohja's Master · Family: Pohjola · Role: lord · First appears: Runo XVIII · Väinämöinen and Ilmarinen Travel to Pohjola · Part 3

In Runo XVIII, at Pohja, Pohjola's great Master orders Maid of Pohja to investigate the barking dog, but she refuses, explaining that she has work to do. He then sends his son to look around; his son also refuses, listing the tasks awaiting him. In Runo XXVII, Pohjola's great Master becomes angry with Lemminkainen and sings a pond onto the floor before him, saying, “Here's a river you may drink of, Here's a pond that you may splash in.” Lemminkainen strikes off Pohjola's great Master’s head with his sword.

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Life events

The Lord of Pohja orders his daughter to investigate the barking, but she refuses.(Runo XVIII · Väinämöinen and Ilmarinen Travel to Pohjola · Part 3 · 📍 Pohja)
- With: Maid of Pohja
- “Then exclaimed the Lord of Pohja, ‘Go, my daughter, to discover Why the grey-brown dog is barking, And the long-eared dog is baying.’ But the daughter made him answer: ‘I have not the time, my father, I must clean the largest cowshed, Tend our herd of many cattle, Grind the corn between the millstones, Through the sieve must sift the flour, Grind the corn to finest flour, And the grinder is but feeble.’”
The Lord of Pohja sends his son to look around, but his son refuses.(Runo XVIII · Väinämöinen and Ilmarinen Travel to Pohjola · Part 3 · 📍 Pohja)
- With: Son of the Lord of Pohja
- “Thereupon said Pohja's Master: ‘Women they are always hurried, And the maidens always busy, When before the stove they roast them, When they in their beds are lying; Son, go you, and look around you.’ Thereupon the son made answer: ‘I've no time to look about me; I must grind the blunted hatchet, Chop a log of wood to pieces, Chop to bits the largest wood-pile, And to faggots small reduce it. Large the pile, and small the faggots, And the workman of the weakest.’”
Pohjola's great Master sang a pond onto the floor in front of Lemminkainen.(Runo XXVII · The Duel at Pohjola · Part 1)
- With: Lemminkainen
- “Then did Pohjola's great Master, Angry grow and greatly furious, Very furious and indignant, Sang a pond upon the flooring, In the front of Lemminkainen, And he said the words which follow: ‘Here's a river you may drink of, Here's a pond that you may splash in.’”
Lemminkainen struck off the head of Pohjola's great Master with his sword.(Runo XXVII · The Duel at Pohjola · Part 2 · 📍 Pohjola)
- With: Lemminkainen
- “Full and fair he struck the hero, Struck his head from off his shoulders, And the skull from neck he severed, As from off the stalk a turnip, Or an ear of corn is severed, From a fish a fin divided.”

Runo XVIII · Väinämöinen and Ilmarinen Travel to Pohjola · Part 3

child: Maid of Pohja “Then exclaimed the Lord of Pohja, ‘Go, my daughter, to discover Why the grey-brown dog is barking, And the long-eared dog is baying.’”
child: Son of the Lord of Pohja “Thereupon said Pohja's Master: ‘Women they are always hurried, And the maidens always busy, When before the stove they roast them, When they in their beds are lying; Son, go you, and look around you.’”

Runo XXII · The Tormenting of the Bride · Part 3

child: Maid of Pohja “Woe, my father and my mother, Woe, alas, my aged parents!”

Runo XXIV · The Departure of the Bride and Bridegroom · Part 2

child: Maid of Pohja “Thanks to thee, my dearest father, For my former life so joyful, For the food of days passed over, For the best of all the dainties”

Runo XXVII · The Duel at Pohjola · Part 1

enemies with Lemminkainen “Then did Pohjola's great Master, Angry grow and greatly furious, Very furious and indignant, Sang a pond upon the flooring, In the front of Lemminkainen, And he said the words which follow: ‘Here's a river you may drink of, Here's a pond that you may splash in.’”

Runo XXVII · The Duel at Pohjola · Part 2

enemies with Lemminkainen “Full and fair he struck the hero, Struck his head from off his shoulders, And the skull from neck he severed, As from off the stalk a turnip, Or an ear of corn is severed, From a fish a fin divided.”

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