Moon

Also known as: the moon · Role: wooed Kyllikki for his son · First appears: Runo XI · Lemminkainen and Kyllikki · Part 1

Life events

• The Moon woos Kyllikki for his son, but she refuses to go to Moonland.(Runo XI · Lemminkainen and Kyllikki · Part 1 · 📍 Moonland)
  • With: Kyllikki
  • “For his son, the Moon had wooed her, But she would not go to Moonland,”
• Louhi captured the sun and moon and brought them to her home.(Runo XLVII · The Robbery of the Sun and Moon · Part 1 · 📍 Pohja)
  • With: Louhi Sun
  • “Louhi, Pohjola's old Mistress, Old and gap-toothed dame of Pohja, Set to work the sun to capture, In her hands the moon seized likewise. From the birch the moon she captured, And the sun from fir-tree's summit; Straightway to her home she brought them, To the gloomy land of Pohja.”
• Louhi hid the moon in rocks and the sun in a mountain, declaring they would remain imprisoned until she released them.(Runo XLVII · The Robbery of the Sun and Moon · Part 1 · 📍 Pohjola)
  • With: Louhi Sun
  • “Then she hid the moon from shining, In the mottled rocks she hid him, Sang the sun to shine no longer, Hidden in a steel-hard mountain; And she spoke the words which follow: ‘Never more again in freedom Shall the moon arise for shining, Nor the sun be free for shining, If I come not to release them, If I do not go to fetch them, When I bring nine stallions with me, Which a single mare has littered.’”

Runo XI · Lemminkainen and Kyllikki · Part 1

• admired: Kyllikki “For his son, the Moon had wooed her,”

Runo L · Marjatta · Part 2

• with Ukko (interaction) “Moon, whom Jumala created, Know you nothing of my infant,”

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