the dwarf no larger than Kalev's thumb

Also known as: the dwarf · Role: dwarf · First appears: Canto VI · The Kalevide and the Sword-smiths

Life events

• The islander asked the dwarf to fell the oak; the dwarf agreed in exchange for release and a gold dish.(Canto VI · The Kalevide and the Sword-smiths)
  • With: the islander the islander's wife
  • “The islander asked the dwarf if he would fell the oak-tree, and he consented at once, on condition that he should be released from his captivity; he was also given a dish of pure gold.”
• The dwarf grew into a giant and felled the oak-tree.(Canto VI · The Kalevide and the Sword-smiths)
  • “Having thus become a giant, he began to hew at the tree, and he hewed at it for three days, till it fell, covering half the island and half the sea with its branches.”

Canto VI · The Kalevide and the Sword-smiths

• benefactor: the islander “The islander asked the dwarf if he would fell the oak-tree, and he consented at once, on condition that he should be released from his captivity; he was also given a dish of pure gold.”

Also listed in Other Figures — Minor Figures

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