The Kalevipoeg

Ukko

Family: Gods · Role: god · First appears: Canto II · The Death of Kalev

Life events

  • Ukko and Rõugutaja helped Linda prepare for childbirth, and Kalev's posthumous son was born.(Canto II · The Death of Kalev · 📍 the bathroom)
    • With: Linda Rõugutaja Kalevide
    • “After this, Linda felt her time approaching, and she retired to the bathroom, and called upon the gods to aid her. Ukko and Rõugutaja both attended at her call, and one brought a bundle of straw, and the other pillows, and they made her up a soft bed; nor was it long before Kalev's posthumous son saw the light.”
  • Kalevide recognizes that the old man speaking with him is Ukko.(Canto IX · Rumours of War)
    • With: Kalevide
    • “The old man assured him that nothing could prosper without the aid of the gods; and now the Kalevide recognised that Ukko himself spoke with him.”
  • Kalevide prays to Ukko to send fish to replace the ground he destroyed.(Canto XVI · The Voyage of the Kalevide)
    • With: Kalevide
    • “The wisest man of the country expostulated with him, and he repented of his violence, and prayed to Ukko to send fish to the country to replace the good ground which he had destroyed in his fury.”

Canto II · The Death of Kalev

  • recipient: Linda “Ukko and Rõugutaja both attended at her call, and one brought a bundle of straw, and the other pillows, and they made her up a soft bed;”

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