Ilmarinen’s Connections

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Allied with

• Lemminkäinen,Väinämöinen

  Väinämöinen, Ilmarinen, and Lemminkäinen together sailed to Pohjola to steal the Sampo from Louhi. Their combined skills — Väinämöinen's songs, Ilmarinen's craft, and Lemminkäinen's boldness — made the quest possible.

• Lemminkäinen
• Väinämöinen

  Ilmarinen and Väinämöinen quest together throughout the Kalevala, notably forging and pursuing the Sampo.

Enemy of

• Louhi

Rules over

• Kullervo

  Kullervo worked as a slave in the household of Ilmarinen, the eternal smith, in the Kalevala.

Member of

• Kalevala

  Kalevala is the mythical homeland of the three great heroes of Finnish mythology: Väinämöinen the sage, Ilmarinen the smith, and Lemminkäinen the warrior.

Associated with

• Väinämöinen

  Väinämöinen persuaded Ilmarinen to travel to Pohjola and forge the Sampo for Louhi. This act, born from Väinämöinen's promise to secure his own release, set the central plot of the Kalevala in motion.