Son of Marjatta

Also known as: Floweret / Marjatta's son / Sluggard · Role: infant · First appears: Runo L · Marjatta · Part 2

Life events

Marjatta gave birth to a son in the stable.(Runo L · Marjatta · Part 2 · 📍 stable)
- With: Marjatta
- “Marjatta the hapless maiden, She, the holy little maiden, Bathed her in a bath sufficient, Till she had relieved her suffering, And a little boy was born her, And a sinless child was given, On the hay in horses' stable, On the hay in horses' manger.”
Marjatta's infant son vanished from her lap.(Runo L · Marjatta · Part 2)
- With: Marjatta
- “On her knees she laid the infant, On her lap she laid the infant, And began to brush his hair straight, And began to smooth his hair down, When from off her knees he vanished, From her lap the infant vanished.”
Marjatta found her hidden infant in the marshes and brought him home.(Runo L · Marjatta · Part 3 · 📍 the marshes)
- With: Marjatta
- “Marjatta the hapless maiden Sought her infant in the marshes, In the swamps her son discovered, And she brought him home in triumph.”
Marjatta's son grew into a youth, and she called him Floweret.(Runo L · Marjatta · Part 3)
- “Then the son of our Marjatta Grew into a youth most beauteous, But they knew not what to call him, Did not know what name to give him, But his mother called him Floweret, And the strangers called him Sluggard.”
Virokannas baptized Marjatta's son as king of Carelia.(Runo L · Marjatta · Part 3)
- “Then the old man quickly crossed him, Quick baptized the child with water, As the king of all Carelia, And the lord of all the mighty.”

parent: Marjatta “And a little boy was born her, And a sinless child was given,”

parent: Marjatta (The son is also called Floweret by his mother and Sluggard by the strangers.) “Then the son of our Marjatta Grew into a youth most beauteous,”

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