Kalevi (mythology)

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Kaleva or Kalevi and his sons are very important people or creatures in Finnish, Karelian and Estonian stories. However many things about them are forgotten. In Estonian stories sons of Kaleva are sons of King. In Finnish stories they are more often giants. People told that some things in nature, like big or weird stones, are made by Kalevas sons. Stories tells that while people became Christians, they started to hate Kalevas sons who remained pagans. Soon Kalevas sons had to go away. All the time Christian people took more land, Kalevas sons had to go further away. At one island they staid and did not want to leave. Priests came and they cursed Kalevas sons until they took a big stone and sailed with it away. They have not seen since that, but sometimes they come at night and hits crop or even forest down.

Almost the same thing happened to Hiisi people who resembles trolls. Christian humans made them to flee also.

The name of Estonian national Epos Kalevipoeg means "sons of Kalevi" and the name of Finnish national epos Kalevala means "Land of Kaleva".

Finnish people called Sirius Kalevantähti which means "Star of Kaleva". Belt of Orion was called Kalevas sword.