the Finnish sorcerer
Role: wind-sorcerer from Finland who carried off Linda · First appears: Canto II · The Death of Kalev
In Canto II · The Death of Kalev, the wind-sorcerer from Finland called himself Kalev’s cousin and sought Linda as a wife. She refused him, and he vowed revenge; later, he advised his friends not to seek wives in Kalev’s house.
In Canto III · The Fate of Linda, he seized Linda and dragged her to his boat. As he was about to push off, Äike struck him senseless with a bolt, and Linda fled. In Canto V · The Kalevide and the Finnish Sorcerer, he conjured an armed host that Kalevide defeated, but the Kalevide ignored his words and smashed his head with a club.
Relationship record
Life events
- Linda refused the mighty wind-sorcerer from Finland, who called himself Kalev's cousin.(Canto II · The Death of Kalev · 📍 Kalev's house)
- With: Linda
- “Last of all came a mighty wind-sorcerer from Finland, calling himself Kalev's cousin; and when she refused him also, he vowed revenge.”
- The rejected wind-sorcerer from Finland vowed revenge against Linda.(Canto II · The Death of Kalev)
- With: Linda
- “Last of all came a mighty wind-sorcerer from Finland, calling himself Kalev's cousin; and when she refused him also, he vowed revenge.”
- The wind-sorcerer whom Linda had discarded advised his friends not to seek wives in Kalev's house.(Canto II · The Death of Kalev · 📍 Kalev's house)
- “Linda was no longer tormented by suitors, but the magician whom she had discarded recommended all his friends not to seek a wife in Kalev's house”
- Pikker struck the Finnish sorcerer senseless as he was abducting Linda, and Linda fled.(Canto III · The Fate of Linda)
- With: Linda Äike
- “Just as the sorcerer was about to push off from the shore, Pikker darted a bolt from the clouds. His chariot thundered over the iron bridges of the sky, scattering flames around it, and the sorcerer was struck down senseless. Linda fled; but the gods spared her further sorrow and outrage by transforming her into a rock on Mount Iru.”
- Kalevide found signs at the beach and concluded that the Finnish sorcerer had carried Linda off.(Canto III · The Fate of Linda)
- The sorcerer conjured an armed host, which Kalevide defeated in battle.(Canto V · The Kalevide and the Finnish Sorcerer)
- With: Kalevide
- “He hurriedly took a handful of feathers from his bosom, and blew them from him with a few magic words, and lo! they became an armed host of warriors,—thousands of them, both on foot and on horseback. They rushed upon the son of Kalev like a swarm of gnats or bees; but he laid about him with his club as if he was threshing, and beat them down, horse and man together, on all sides, like drops of hail or rain.”
- Kalevide smashed the sorcerer's head with his club.(Canto V · The Kalevide and the Finnish Sorcerer)
- With: Kalevide
- “But the Kalevide paid no attention to his speech, and, after a few angry words, he smashed his head with his club.”
Canto II · The Death of Kalev
- admired: Linda “Last of all came a mighty wind-sorcerer from Finland, calling himself Kalev's cousin; and when she refused him also, he vowed revenge.”
Canto III · The Fate of Linda
- enemies with Linda “Linda was just boiling soup over the fire when he rushed in, and, without saying a word, seized her by the girdle and dragged her away to his boat.”
- enemies with Äike “Just as the sorcerer was about to push off from the shore, Pikker darted a bolt from the clouds.”
Canto V · The Kalevide and the Finnish Sorcerer
- enemies with Kalevide “But the Kalevide paid no attention to his speech, and, after a few angry words, he smashed his head with his club.”
- enemies with Linda “The sorcerer, whose magic troops had never failed him before, was now at his wit's end, and prayed for mercy, giving a long account of how he had endeavoured to carry off Linda, and had been struck down by the enraged Thunder-God.”
- enemies with Äike “The sorcerer, whose magic troops had never failed him before, was now at his wit's end, and prayed for mercy, giving a long account of how he had endeavoured to carry off Linda, and had been struck down by the enraged Thunder-God.”
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Extracted from the original text of The Kalevipoeg. Made with Rho MD.