Mielikki

Family: Forest · Role: Mistress of the Forest · First appears: Runo XLVI · Väinämöinen and the Bear · Part 3

In Runo XLVI, Väinämöinen recounts that Mielikki fostered Otso in the honey-rich forest. Otso swore not to use his claws or teeth for mischief or evil, and Mielikki fitted him with them. Later in the account, Mielikki and Tellervo guide Väinämöinen to Otso’s dwelling, marking the way through the forest and over the mountains.

Relationship record

Life events

• In Väinämöinen's account, Mielikki fostered Otso.(Runo XLVI · Väinämöinen and the Bear · Part 3)
  • With: Otso
  • “Thus it was the bear was nurtured, And the furry beast was fostered, There beside a bush of honey, In a forest dripping honey.”
• In Väinämöinen's account, Otso swore not to do mischief or evil with his claws and teeth.(Runo XLVI · Väinämöinen and the Bear · Part 3)
  • With: Otso
  • “Then the bear by oath engaged him, Kneeling by the forest's Mistress, And in Jumala's high presence, 'Fore the face of Him Almighty, Never would he work a mischief, And would work no evil with them.”
• In Väinämöinen's account, Mielikki fitted Otso with claws and teeth.(Runo XLVI · Väinämöinen and the Bear · Part 3)
  • With: Otso
  • “With her hands she plucked the branches, And from these the claws constructed, Others fixed in Otso's jawbones, In his gums securely fixed them.”
• In Väinämöinen's account at the bear feast, Mielikki and Tellervo guide Väinämöinen to Otso's dwelling.(Runo XLVI · Väinämöinen and the Bear · Part 4)
  • With: Tellervo Väinämöinen
  • “Mielikki, the forest's Mistress, Tellervo, the maid of Tapio, Fair-haired damsel of the forest, Little damsel of the forest, Went along the path to guide me, And to raise the landmarks for me, By the roadside posts erected, And directed all my journey, And the trees she blazed before me, Marks she set upon the mountains, To the door of noble Otso, To the borders of his dwelling.”

Runo XLVI · Väinämöinen and the Bear · Part 3

• ward: Otso “Thus it was the bear was nurtured, And the furry beast was fostered, There beside a bush of honey, In a forest dripping honey.”
• protégé: Otso “On the heath there grew a pine-tree, On the hill there rose a fir-tree, And the pine had silver branches, And the fir-tree golden branches. With her hands she plucked the branches, And from these the claws constructed, Others fixed in Otso's jawbones, In his gums securely fixed them.”

Runo XLVI · Väinämöinen and the Bear · Part 4

• protégé: Väinämöinen “Mielikki, the forest's Mistress, Tellervo, the maid of Tapio, Fair-haired damsel of the forest, Little damsel of the forest, Went along the path to guide me, And to raise the landmarks for me, By the roadside posts erected, And directed all my journey, And the trees she blazed before me, Marks she set upon the mountains, To the door of noble Otso, To the borders of his dwelling.”

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