Laulu (Laul)
#Tallinn #Nõmme #Kivimäe
#Song, singing, ditty, ballad. Thought to be thus named for being squished between the #Kandle, #Sulevi and #Ilmarise quadrangle, but #TT states it was originally named – prior to the latters’ existence and irrespective of all three – after #PaulineLaulu,
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#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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#Olevimägi). Part of a #Kalevipoeg street-name group. See also #Sulevi. There is another Kalevipoeg-themed street group in #Kalamaja, see #Kalevi or #Linda.
#A_Rambling_Dictionary_of_Tallinn_Street_Names
#NationalIcons #RahvuslikudIkoonid
#MythsAndLegends #MüüdidJaLegendid
#Literature #Kirjandus
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#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.
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