the second sister

Role: polisher · First appears: Canto XIII · The Kalevide's First Journey to Hades

In Canto XIII · The Kalevide's First Journey to Hades, the second sister polished the gold, silver, and copper ware. In Canto XIV · The Palace of Sarvik, she and her sisters told Kalevide they had been carried away as children from a distant country and forced to work. At Põrgu, she secured the wishing-rod to help him, and he freed the sisters from captivity.

In Canto XV · The Marriage of the Sisters, the eldest and youngest sisters married, while the second sister found no lover and wept apart. A famous sorcerer carried her away; on the third evening, Alevide and Sulevide slew him and freed her. Then Olevide, the son of Olev, took her to wife.

Relationship record

Life events

• The sisters tell the Kalevide that they were carried away as children from a country a thousand versts distant.(Canto XIV · The Palace of Sarvik · Part 1)
  • With: the eldest sister the youngest sister Kalevide
  • “We, poor creatures, were carried away as children from a country a thousand versts distant, and have had to do the hardest work early and late.”
• The sisters switched Sarvik’s magic glasses and secured the wishing-rod to aid the Kalevide.(Canto XIV · The Palace of Sarvik · Part 2 · 📍 Põrgu)
  • With: the eldest sister Kalevide Sarvik
  • “The eldest sister hastened to change these glasses, while the second secured the wishing-rod.”
• The Kalevide freed the three sisters from their long captivity.(Canto XIV · The Palace of Sarvik · Part 2 · 📍 Põrgu)
  • With: Kalevide the eldest sister the youngest sister
  • “but his present care was to release the sisters from their long captivity.”
• The Kalevide gave the three sisters to the charge of Alevide alone. Alevide married the youngest sister; Sulevide married the eldest.(Canto XV · The Marriage of the Sisters)
  • With: Kalevide Alevide Sulevide the youngest sister the eldest sister
  • “When the Kalevide learned that he had lost seven weeks in a magic sleep, he gave the three sisters to the charge of the son of Alev, who married the youngest. The son of Sulev married the eldest, but the second sister found no lover, and while the others were talking together of their wedded happiness she stole apart weeping;”
• A sorcerer carries away the second sister, and her brothers-in-law set out to find her.(Canto XV · The Marriage of the Sisters)
  • With: the famous sorcerer Alevide Sulevide
  • “and at length she was carried away by a famous sorcerer, and her strong brothers-in-law went in search of her.”
• The brothers-in-law cross the sorcerer's lake, slay him, and free the second sister.(Canto XV · The Marriage of the Sisters)
  • With: Alevide Sulevide the famous sorcerer
  • “They rushed across, broke the locks, and burst open the doors, slew the sorcerer, released the captive, and then sent the red cock on the roof.”
• The son of Olev marries the second sister.(Canto XV · The Marriage of the Sisters)
  • With: Olevide
  • “Then the son of Olev took the second sister to wife;”

Canto XIII · The Kalevide's First Journey to Hades

• siblings with the eldest sister (The passage calls the maiden's companions her sisters.) “The young giantess took back the hat, and wished to resume her former stature, which accordingly befell. The Kalevide then said to the maiden that he would willingly remain a little boy that day for her sake, but he was now anxious to keep the hat, that he might at once resume his own stature and strength in case of any sudden and unexpected danger. They sang and danced and sported to their heart's content, and the maiden called her second sister, whose duty it was to polish the gold, silver, and copper ware; and her third sister, who tended the geese on the common; and the sisters locked and bolted the kitchen door, for fear the old woman should hear the noise and come to disturb their merriment.”

Canto XIV · The Palace of Sarvik · Part 1

• siblings with the eldest sister “The sisters were sorry to see the dawn of day, though they were no longer obliged to spin and weave, for the old woman was locked up in the kitchen, and could not interfere with them.”
• siblings with the youngest sister “The sisters were sorry to see the dawn of day, though they were no longer obliged to spin and weave, for the old woman was locked up in the kitchen, and could not interfere with them.”

Canto XIV · The Palace of Sarvik · Part 2

• benefactor: Kalevide “So he seized and girded on the sword, took a load of old treasures, and many bags full of gold coins, and barrels full of silver money. All this he took on his shoulders and mounted the three sisters on the top.”
• recipient: Kalevide “The eldest sister hastened to change these glasses, while the second secured the wishing-rod.”

Canto XV · The Marriage of the Sisters

• married with Olevide “Then the son of Olev took the second sister to wife; and thus all the three sisters whom the Kalevide had released from the regions of Sarvik were happily married, and many great tribes derived their origin from them.”

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Extracted from the original text of The Kalevipoeg. Made with Rho MD.