the hideous sorcerer

Role: sorcerer · First appears: Canto XI · The Loss of the Sword

In Canto XI · The Loss of the Sword, the hideous sorcerer blew a tremendous storm against Kalevide as he crossed Lake Peipus, then used magic herbs to steal his sword. He lost it in the brook Käpä, where it sank in the mud. Kalevide charged the sword to cut off the feet of the man who had brought it there, meaning the sorcerer, though he expressed himself ambiguously.

In Canto XII · The Fight with the Sorcerer's Sons, the sorcerer used spells and herbs to put Kalevide into a deep sleep lasting days and nights. In Canto XIII · The Kalevide's First Journey to Hades, Kalevide learned that the sorcerer had kept him asleep for seven weeks. The old witch he encountered there was a relative of the sorcerer.

Relationship record

Life events

The hideous sorcerer blew a tremendous storm against Kalevide as he crossed the lake.(Canto XI · The Loss of the Sword · 📍 Lake Peipus)
- With: Kalevide
- “But to-day he was in a bad humour, and blew a tremendous storm against the son of Kalev.”
The hideous sorcerer stole Kalevide’s sword and lost it in the brook Käpä.(Canto XI · The Loss of the Sword · 📍 Lake Peipus)
- With: Kalevide
- “So he scattered rowan-leaves, thyme, fern, and other magic herbs over the sword, and at last it inclined towards the sorcerer, and he took it in his arms. The huge weapon weighed him to the ground, and he was only able to struggle along painfully under its weight, step by step, with the sweat pouring from his face; but still he would not relinquish his booty. Presently he came to the brook Käpä, and jumped over it; but the sword slipped from his arm, and sank in the mud in the deepest place.”
The Kalevide charged his sword: a hero as brave and strong as he should be joined by it, but the man who had brought it there should have both his feet cut off by it — he meant the sorcerer, but he expressed himself ambiguously.(Canto XI · The Loss of the Sword)
- With: Kalevide
- “but if the man himself who had brought the sword there should come that way, then the sword was to cut off both his feet. By this he meant the sorcerer, but he expressed himself ambiguously.”
The sorcerer uses spells and magic herbs to put the Kalevide into a deep sleep lasting days and nights.(Canto XII · The Fight with the Sorcerer's Sons)
- With: Kalevide
- “While he was asleep, the sorcerer himself crept to his side, and by his spells and incantations, and the use of magic herbs, threw him into a deep slumber, which lasted for days and nights.”
Kalevide learned that the sorcerer had kept him in a magic sleep for seven weeks.(Canto XIII · The Kalevide's First Journey to Hades)
- With: Kalevide
- “When he awoke in the morning, a magpie informed him for the first time that the sorcerer had kept him in a magic sleep for seven weeks, and he quickened his pace.”

Canto XI · The Loss of the Sword

enemies with Kalevide “The sorcerer now stole from his hiding-place, and advanced towards the sleeping giant with catlike steps; but he tried in vain to steal the good sword from its master's side by his incantations.”

Canto XII · The Fight with the Sorcerer's Sons

enemies with Kalevide “While he was asleep, the sorcerer himself crept to his side, and by his spells and incantations, and the use of magic herbs, threw him into a deep slumber, which lasted for days and nights.”

Canto XIII · The Kalevide's First Journey to Hades

with the old witch (They are described as relatives.) “Presently he encountered an old witch, a relative of the sorcerer who had done him so much harm already, sitting among the bushes and singing magic songs.”

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