Pohjola's waiting-maiden

Also known as: little village maiden / little waiting-maiden / servant hired for money / village maid · Family: Pohjola · Role: waiting-maiden · First appears: Runo XXI · The Wedding Feast at Pohjola · Part 2

Life events

• Pohjola's old Mistress hired Pohjola's waiting-maiden as a village maid.(Runo XXI · The Wedding Feast at Pohjola · Part 2)
  • With: 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.”

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.”

Also listed in Pohjola — Minor Figures

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