#Veeriku (Veerik)
#Tallinn #Pirita #Kose
1) Roller, something that rolls; 2) Edging, binding of a (traditional) skirt; or 3) if you believe #Kreutzwald, a blood blister (from #vere, blood) that #Kalevipoeg got between the toes from dancing too much.
#A_Rambling_Dictionary_of_Tallinn_Street_Names
#Sulevi (Sulev)
#Tallinn #Nõmme #Kivimäe
Short for #Sulevipoeg, Sulev’s son. According to #Kreutzwald, one of the 3 cousins and fighting companions of the epic hero #Kalevipoeg (along with #Alevi and #Olevi, see #Kalevipoja) or possibly a rhyming variant of #Kalev’s name. Note: if Kalev can
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#Olevi (Olev)
#Tallinn #Nõmme #Kivimäe
Short for #Olevipoeg, Olev’s son. According to #Kreutzwald F.R., cousin and fighting companion of the epic hero #Kalevipoeg (Kalev’s son, see #Kalevipoja), or, possibly, rhyming variant of #Kalev’s name (but see #Oleviste and
#Mythology #Mütoloogia
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Tallinn streetsign displaying the name Köleri.
View along Köleri, Tallinn, in the direction of Poska.
Rear or side view of an old wooden house in Köleri, Tallinn.
Elegant ironword of a front-door porch in Köleri, Tallinn.
#Köleri J. (Johann Köler, 1826-1899)
#Tallinn #Kesklinn #Kadriorg
Painter, aka Ivan Petrovich #Köler-Viliandi, worked mainly in #StPetersburg. Portraitist to the #Russian imperial family, noted for his 1864 "Fr. R. Kreutzwaldi portree" (or Friedrich Reinhold #Kreutzwald reading “The #Kalevipoeg”
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Tallinn streetsign displaying the name Lembitu.
View along Lembitu, Tallinn, with cars driving towards Liivalaia.
Modern building in Lembitu, Tallinn,
Capital of a pseudo-classic column on a mid-20th-century building in Lembitu, Tallinn.
#Lembitu (Lembit[u])
#Tallinn #Kesklinn #Sibulaküla
Lembit of #Lehola: Estonian leader in fight against #German #Brethren_of_the_Sword, died during Battle of St. Matthew’s Day, September, 1217. Poem written by #Kreutzwald. The modern man’s name is without the ‘u’ in the nominative.
#History #Ajalugu
#Olevi (Olev)
Short for Olevipoeg, Olev’s son. According to #Kreutzwald F.R., cousin and fighting companion of the epic hero #Kalevipoeg, Kalev’s son, or, possibly, rhyming variant of Kalev’s name (but see #Oleviste and #Olevimägi). Part of a Kalevipoeg street-name group. See also #Sulevi.
#Tallinn
