Old crone at the wedding's sister-in-law

Role: wife · First appears: Runo XXIII · The Instructing of the Bride · Part 5

Life events

In the old crone's tale of her own life, her brother's wife mocks her and brings her cabbage-stalks instead of food.(Runo XXIII · The Instructing of the Bride · Part 5)
- With: Old crone at the wedding
- “But with mocking eyes she brought me Cabbage-stalks from out the kitchen, Whence the whelp the fat had eaten, And the dog had licked the salt from, And the black dog had his meal of.”
In the old crone's tale of her own life, her brother's wife brings her only water instead of ale.(Runo XXIII · The Instructing of the Bride · Part 5)
- With: Old crone at the wedding
- “But with mocking eyes she carried Water only for the stranger, But, instead of drinking water, Water she had washed her face in, And her sister washed her hands in.”

married with Old crone at the wedding's brother “To his wife then said my brother, And he whispered to his darling,”
with Old crone at the wedding (in-law) “To his wife then said my brother, And he whispered to his darling, 'Bring some food to give my sister!'”

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