Ilpotar's waiting-maiden

Family: Pohjola · Role: servant · First appears: Runo XXVII · The Duel at Pohjola · Part 1

Life events

Ilpotar ordered her waiting-maiden to serve Lemminkainen dinner and ale.(Runo XXVII · The Duel at Pohjola · Part 1)
- With: Louhi Lemminkainen
- “Ilpotar, the noble Mistress, Uttered then the words which follow: ‘O my little waiting-maiden, O my ever-ready servant, Put into the pot some dinner, Bring some ale to give the stranger.’”
Ilpotar's waiting-maiden served Lemminkainen foul food and ale containing serpents.(Runo XXVII · The Duel at Pohjola · Part 1)
- With: Lemminkainen
- “Then the girl, the child so wretched, Washed the worst of all the dishes, And the spoons she then was wiping, And the ladles she was scouring, Then into the pot put dinner, Bones of meat, and heads of fishes, Very ancient stalks of turnips, Crusts of bread of stony hardness, And a pint of ale she brought him, And a can of filthy victuals, Gave it lively Lemminkainen That he should drink out the refuse, And she spoke the words which follow: ‘If you are indeed a hero, Can you drink the ale I bring you, Nor upset the can that holds it?’”

employer: Louhi “Ilpotar, the noble Mistress, Uttered then the words which follow: ‘O my little waiting-maiden, O my ever-ready servant, Put into the pot some dinner, Bring some ale to give the stranger.’”

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