Lemminkäinen

[ lem-in-kai-nen ]

noun

1. (in the Kalevala ) a young, jovial hero who has many adventures in which he is sometimes helped by his mother.

Example Sentences

Lemminkainen goes to seek a wife among the noble maidens of Saari (1-110).

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Every one is invited, except Lemminkainen, who is passed over as too quarrelsome and ill-mannered.

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Lemminkainen then relates how he perished in the river of Tuonela, and returns home with his mother (555-650).

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Lemminkainen drives home, and mother rejoices in her young daughter-in-law (315-402).

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Lemminkainen invokes the forest deities, and at length succeeds in capturing the elk, and brings it to Pohjola (1-270).

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