the Kalevide's eldest brother

Also known as: the first · Family: Kalev's House · Role: eldest brother · First appears: Canto III · The Fate of Linda

In Canto III · The Fate of Linda, the eldest brother of the Kalevide and the Kalevide's second brother, and son of Kalev and Linda, sang beneath a tree in the King’s Wood. His song made the forest bloom, and the daughter of the king of Kungla wept with rapture.

In Canto VII · The Return of the Kalevide, he welcomed the Kalevide home with his brother, then proposed a trial to determine which of them would rule. In Canto VIII · The Contest and Parting of the Brothers, after the Kalevide’s stone reached the far shore, the eldest brother declared that the gods had chosen his youngest brother as heir. The two elder brothers bathed and adorned the Kalevide as king, then took leave of him and departed.

Relationship record

Life events

• The eldest brother sang, causing the forest to bloom and the daughter of the king of Kungla to weep with rapture.(Canto III · The Fate of Linda)
  • “As they passed through the pine forest which was called the King's Wood, the eldest brother sat down under a tree and began to sing a song. He sang till the leaves on the trees shone brighter than ever, and the needles on the fir-trees turned to silken tassels, and the fir-cones gleamed purple in the sunshine. Acorns sprouted on the oaks, tender catkins on the birch-trees, and other trees were covered with sweet-scented snow-white flowers, which shone in the sunshine and glimmered in the moonlight, while the woods re-echoed with his singing, and the tones were heard far over the heaths and meadows, and the daughter of the king of Kungla wept tears of rapture.”
• The Kalevide returned home, and his brothers, who had mourned him as dead, welcomed him.(Canto VII · The Return of the Kalevide)
  • With: Kalevide the Kalevide's second brother
  • “He hastened on, and when he reached home his brothers, who had long mourned him as dead, received him with open arms.”
• The eldest brother proposed a trial to decide which brother should rule as king, and the second brother agreed.(Canto VII · The Return of the Kalevide)
  • With: the Kalevide's second brother Kalevide
  • “Then the eldest brother remarked that they knew not what had become of their mother, but their parents were no more, and they must shift for themselves, so he proposed a trial to decide which of the three should rule as king in the land. The second brother agreed, and the third proposed that the trial should take place next day, and be decided according to the will of Taara.”
• The brothers tested their strength to decide who would inherit their father's kingdom.(Canto VIII · The Contest and Parting of the Brothers)
  • With: Kalevide the Kalevide's second brother
  • “It was arranged that whoever should cast his stone across the lake to the firm ground opposite should be adjudged his father's heir, and the other two should wander forth to seek their fortunes in other lands.”
• After Kalevide's stone reached firm ground, his brothers declared him heir and bathed and adorned him as king.(Canto VIII · The Contest and Parting of the Brothers)
  • With: Kalevide the Kalevide's second brother
  • “Then the eldest brother declared that the gods had plainly assigned the kingdom to the youngest, and that the others must now bathe him and adorn him as king.”
• The two elder brothers took leave of Kalevide and departed.(Canto VIII · The Contest and Parting of the Brothers)
  • With: Kalevide the Kalevide's second brother
  • “After this the three brothers took an affectionate leave of each other, and the two elder ones wandered cheerfully away.”

Canto III · The Fate of Linda

• parent: Kalev “Another day, the three sons of Kalev went hunting in the forest with their three dogs.”
• parent: Linda “Again and again they shouted to their mother, but there was no answer save the echo.”
• siblings with Kalevide “Another day, the three sons of Kalev went hunting in the forest with their three dogs.”
• siblings with the Kalevide's second brother “Another day, the three sons of Kalev went hunting in the forest with their three dogs.”

Canto VII · The Return of the Kalevide

• siblings with Kalevide “He hastened on, and when he reached home his brothers, who had long mourned him as dead, received him with open arms.”
• siblings with the Kalevide's second brother “Then the eldest brother remarked that they knew not what had become of their mother, but their parents were no more, and they must shift for themselves, so he proposed a trial to decide which of the three should rule as king in the land.”

Canto VIII · The Contest and Parting of the Brothers

• parent: Kalev “On the following morning the three sons of Kalev set out before sunrise towards the south; but they rested under the trees and took some refreshment during the heat of the day.”
• siblings with Kalevide “After this the three brothers took an affectionate leave of each other, and the two elder ones wandered cheerfully away.”
• siblings with the Kalevide's second brother “After this the three brothers took an affectionate leave of each other, and the two elder ones wandered cheerfully away.”

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