Lempo

First appears: Runo VIII · Väinämöinen's Wound · Part 2

In Runo VIII, Hiisi and Lempo turn Väinämöinen’s axe against him, wounding his knee and causing his blood to flow freely. The poem says, “In the flesh did Lempo drive it,” while Hiisi guides the blade to the veins.

Relationship record

Life events

• Hiisi and Lempo turn Väinämöinen's axe against him, wounding his knee and causing severe bleeding.(Runo VIII · Väinämöinen's Wound · Part 2)
  • With: Väinämöinen Hiisi
  • “But at length, upon the third day, Hiisi turned aside the axe-shaft, Lempo turned the edge against him, And an evil stroke delivered. On the rocks the axe-blade glinted, On the hill the blade rang loudly, From the rock the axe rebounded, In the flesh the steel was buried, In the victim's knee 'twas buried, In the toes of Väinämöinen, In the flesh did Lempo drive it, To the veins did Hiisi guide it, From the wound the blood flowed freely, Bursting forth in streaming torrents.”

Runo VIII · Väinämöinen's Wound · Part 2

• enemies with Väinämöinen “In the flesh did Lempo drive it,”

Runo XVII · Väinämöinen and Antero Vipunen · Part 4

• enemies with Väinämöinen (Lempo fled from Väinämöinen.) “Once did Lempo's self flee from me, When he wandered from his mother, When was aid from Jumala granted, Gave his aid, the Great Creator.”

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