[ [61] ] This reminds us of the help given to Hiawatha by the woodpecker during his fight with Megissogwun; but the one incident can hardly be copied from the other. Hiawatha was published some years before the Kalevipoeg.
[ [62] ] This is the only passage in the Kalevipoeg in which one of the heroes of the Kalevala is personally introduced.
[ [63] ] Emptiness; probably the Contemptible One; a name often used for one of the principal demons.
[ [64] ] The rock is still shown, bearing the imprints of the hero's fingers, each cleft large enough to hold a man.
[ [65] ] This was the fate of Kullervo himself in the Kalevala. Orphans, for whom much sympathy is expressed, constantly appear in Esthonian tales. Compare [p. 236] of the present volume.
[ [66] ] We have a similar series of transformations (mouse, cat, dog, ass, buffalo) in the story of Noor Ed-Deen and Shes Ed-Deen in the Thousand and One Nights.
[ [67] ] We meet with this big ox elsewhere in the Kalevipoeg ( [Canto 19] ), as well as in the Kalevala, Runo 20.
[ [68] ] Old Hornie, the name of the ruler of Põrgu (Hell).
[ [69] ] The word used for lion is " lõwi, " undoubtedly derived from the German. The Finns generally call the lion " jalopeura, " which also denotes the lynx.
[ [70] ] Compare the story of the [Gold Spinners].