Kalevi (mythology)

For the village in Estonia, see Kalevi, Estonia.
For other uses, see Kalev (disambiguation).

Kaleva (also known as Kalevi or Kalev) and his sons are important heroic figures in Estonian, Finnish and Karelian mythology. They are typically described as giants who lived in an area before the arrival of humans, but they also appear as mythic heroes in runic songs.

In the Finnish epic the Kalevala, Kaleva is an ancient Finnish ruler. In Friedrich Reinhold Kreutzwald's epic poem Kalevipoeg, King Kalev was the father of King Kalevipoeg and the husband of Linda.

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