the old woman at the mouth of the cave
Role: old woman · First appears: Canto XVII · The Heroes and the Dwarf
In Canto XVII · The Heroes and the Dwarf, the old woman at the mouth of the cave gave cabbage soup to Kalevide, Alevide, Olevide and Sulevide, hungry travellers who asked for food. She warned them to watch the pot if a strange youth came to taste the broth, lest he “empty the pot and leave them nothing.”
Relationship record
Life events
- The old woman gave the heroes cabbage soup and warned them about a strange youth.(Canto XVII · The Heroes and the Dwarf)
Canto XVII · The Heroes and the Dwarf
- recipient: Alevide “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.”
- recipient: Sulevide “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.”
- recipient: Olevide “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.”
- recipient: Kalevide “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.