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Ilmarinen

[ eel-mah-ree-nuhn ]

noun

, Finnish Legend.
  1. one of the heroes of the Kalevala.


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Example Sentences

The bride, the bridegroom and their company are received at the home of Ilmarinen (1-382).

The Mistress of Pohjola promises and betroths her daughter to Ilmarinen (345-498).

It was on that account that Zeneida Ilmarinen, the church singer, was so great a favorite of the Czar.

Ilmarinen forges the Sampo, but the maiden declines to marry him at present, and he returns home disconsolate.

He replies that he cannot do so himself, but will send his brother Ilmarinen, so Louhi gives him a sledge in which to return home.

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