Kalev the Giant King

Estonian progenitor-giant and father of Kalevipoeg (demigod/giant tier). English 'Kalev the Giant King' leads; native Kalev in term. The name Kalev/Kaleva is shared with Finnish-Karelian tradition (Kaleva, sons of Kaleva); Toompea hill is folk-identified as Kalev's grave-mound.

Children

• Kalevipoeg the Hero

Domains

• kingship

Powers

• father the heroic line

Relations

• spouse: Queen LindaLinda, hatched from a grouse egg, wed Kalev; widowed, she heaped Toompea over his grave and her tears formed Lake Ulemiste.Kreutzwald, Kalevipoeg (1857-1861), Cantos I-II (primary)

Sources

• Kalev (Kaleva) is a benevolent giant of Estonian folklore and, in Kreutzwald's epic, the king and father of Kalevipoeg, husband of Linda; he is buried under the hill of Toompea (Tallinn), raised as his barrow by Linda.: F. R. Kreutzwald, Kalevipoeg, 1857–1861 (primary); Kalevi (mythology), Wikipedia (tertiary)