the old woman, mother of the two giants

Role: hostess · First appears: Canto XI · The Loss of the Sword

Life events

In the man's story, the old woman fed the lost man, sheltered him, and hid him from her sons.(Canto XI · The Loss of the Sword)
- With: the man
- “Presently I came to a footpath which led me to a poor hut, where I thought to find a night's lodging. I came into a great empty room, where an old woman was standing by the hearth preparing supper. She was cooking half a pig in a great pot with peas, and kindly gave me a cupful, but told me to eat my supper quick. As soon as I had finished, she told me to hide among the straw which she had laid under the table, and to lie as still as a mouse, for if I only moved a finger after her sons returned, they would be sure to kill me.”

recipient: the man “I came into a great empty room, where an old woman was standing by the hearth preparing supper. She was cooking half a pig in a great pot with peas, and kindly gave me a cupful, but told me to eat my supper quick.”

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