Sulevide

Also known as: son of Sulev / the Sulevide / the son of Sulev · Family: Esthonians · Role: companion · First appears: Canto XV · The Marriage of the Sisters

In Canto XV · The Marriage of the Sisters, the Kalevide gave the three sisters to Alevide’s charge, and Sulevide married the eldest sister. He and Alevide went in search of the second sister after the famous sorcerer carried her away; they crossed the lake, slew the sorcerer, and freed her.

In Canto XVI · The Voyage of the Kalevide, Sulevide volunteered to land alone on the Island of Fire. He reached the volcano’s mouth, where his coat caught fire and his hair and eyebrows were singed, then returned scorched to the ship. In Canto XVII · The Heroes and the Dwarf, he founded a fortified city and took the third watch, but the dwarf emptied the pot again. An old woman at the cave mouth gave the travelling heroes cabbage soup and warned them about the strange youth.

In Canto XIX · The Last Feast of the Heroes, Sulevide and Olevide loudly protested when the Kalevide gave Varrak the chained book. In Canto XX · Armageddon, Sulevide joined the Kalevide and Alevide in burying treasure at dead of night, then fell severely wounded in battle. The soothsayer tried spells and herbs to stop the bleeding, but it continued to flow.