Pohjola — Minor Figures

10 figures from Kalevala who appear only briefly. Each keeps their own page; this one gathers them so they can be read together.

a dwarf

dwarf · first appears Runo XII · Lemminkainen's First Expedition to Pohjola · Part 3

• Runo XII · Lemminkainen's First Expedition to Pohjola · Part 3 · protégé: Lemminkainen “In the cloud a dwarf was standing, And he quickly loosed the chest-bands, And the shafts he then let downward.”

Maid of Pohja's brother

brother · first appears Runo XXII · The Tormenting of the Bride · Part 3

• Runo XXII · The Tormenting of the Bride · Part 3 · siblings with Maid of Pohja “And thou find'st thy rosy brother Fallen in the porch before it, In the courtyard helpless fallen.”

Maid of Pohja's sister

sister · first appears Runo XXII · The Tormenting of the Bride · Part 3

• Runo XXII · The Tormenting of the Bride · Part 3 · siblings with Maid of Pohja “And thou find'st thy gentle sister Fallen down upon the pathway, And beneath her arm a mallet.”

Ilpotar's waiting-maiden

servant · first appears Runo XXVII · The Duel at Pohjola · Part 1

• Runo XXVII · The Duel at Pohjola · Part 1 · employer: Louhi “Ilpotar, the noble Mistress, Uttered then the words which follow: ‘O my little waiting-maiden, O my ever-ready servant, Put into the pot some dinner, Bring some ale to give the stranger.’”

Pohjola's hired man

servant · first appears Runo XXI · The Wedding Feast at Pohjola · Part 1

• Runo XXI · The Wedding Feast at Pohjola · Part 1 · employer: Louhi “O my man, whom I have hired, Best among the village servants,”

Pohjola's maid

maid · first appears Runo XX · The Great Ox, and the Brewing of the Ale · Part 3

• Runo XX · The Great Ox, and the Brewing of the Ale · Part 3 · employer: Louhi “Then the maid, of all the smallest, She the handmaid hired for money, Bid the guests from six directions, And in eight the news she carried;”

Pohjola's waiting-maiden

waiting-maiden · first appears Runo XXI · The Wedding Feast at Pohjola · Part 2

• Runo XXI · The Wedding Feast at Pohjola · Part 2 · employer: Louhi “O my little waiting-maiden, Thou the village maid I hired, Bring a piece of lighted birchbark, To a tarry torch apply it, That I may behold the bridegroom, And the bridegroom's eyes examine, Whether they are blue or reddish; Whether they are white as linen.”

a child in Pohjola

singer · first appears Runo XIX · The Exploits and Betrothal of Ilmarinen · Part 3

• Runo XIX · The Exploits and Betrothal of Ilmarinen · Part 3 · guardian: Louhi “Therefore did your darling know it, And your fostling learned to know it.”

Son of the Lord of Pohja

son · first appears Runo XVIII · Väinämöinen and Ilmarinen Travel to Pohjola · Part 3

• Runo XVIII · Väinämöinen and Ilmarinen Travel to Pohjola · Part 3 · parent: Pohjola's great Master “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.’”

a baby in Louhi's house

baby · first appears Runo XXXVIII · Ilmarinen's New Bride from Pohjola · Part 1

• Runo XXXVIII · Ilmarinen's New Bride from Pohjola · Part 1 · siblings with Louhi's second daughter “Maiden, O my dearest sister, O rejoice not in this lover, Neither in his mouth so subtle,”

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