# Tuonetar — The Kalevala character guide

> Tuonetar in The Kalevala by Elias Lönnrot.

**Role:** minor

**First appearance:** 0019-rune-xvi-wainamoinen-s-boat-building

## Who they are

Daughter of Tuoni, queen of the underworld.

## In the story

### [Rune XVI: Wainamoinen's Boat-Building](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_kalevala_se/chapters/rune-xvi-wainamoinen-s-boat-building)

The death-land hostess offers Wainamoinen poisoned beer and casts a sleep spell on him, but he resists and escapes.

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