Iku-Turso
Role: son of Äijö · First appears: Runo XLII · The Capture of the Sampo · Part 2
In Runo XLII, Väinämöinen captures Iku-Turso, son of Äijö, who reveals that he intends to ruin Kaleva’s people and carry the Sampo to Pohjola. Väinämöinen casts him back into the lake and forbids him to appear before people again: “Nevermore from lake arising, / Or ascending from the lake-waves, / Venture forth where men can see thee”.
Relationship record
Life events
- Väinämöinen captures Iku-Turso, who reveals his plan to ruin Kaleva's race and carry the Sampo to Pohjola.(Runo XLII · The Capture of the Sampo · Part 3)
- With: Väinämöinen Äijö
- “Iku-Turso, son of Äijö, When for the third time he asked him, Answered in the words which follow: “Therefore from the lake I raise me, Therefore rise above the billows, For that in my mind I purpose Kaleva's great race to ruin, Bear to Pohjola the Sampo.”
- Väinämöinen casts Iku-Turso back into the lake and forbids him ever to appear before people again.(Runo XLII · The Capture of the Sampo · Part 3)
- With: Väinämöinen Äijö
- “Then the aged Väinämöinen Cast the wretch into the billows, And he said the words which follow: ‘Iku-Turso, son of Äijö, Nevermore from lake arising, Or ascending from the lake-waves, Venture forth where men can see thee, From this very day henceforward.’”
Runo XLII · The Capture of the Sampo · Part 2
- parent: Äijö “Iku-Turso, son of Äijö, Lift thy head from out the water, Raise thy head above the billows,”
Runo XLII · The Capture of the Sampo · Part 3
- parent: Äijö “Iku-Turso, son of Äijö,”
- enemies with Väinämöinen “Therefore from the lake I raise me, Therefore rise above the billows, For that in my mind I purpose Kaleva's great race to ruin, Bear to Pohjola the Sampo. In the waves if you will send me, And my wretched life concede me, Not another time ascending, In the sight of men I'll venture.”
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Extracted from the original text of Kalevala. Made with Rho MD.