J.R.R. Tolkien - The Story of Kullervo

T HE H OBBIT

L EAF BY N IGGLE

O N F AIRY- S TORIES

F ARMER G ILES OF H AM

T HE H OMECOMING OF B EORHTNOTH

T HE L ORD OF THE R INGS

T HE A DVENTURES OF T OM B OMBADIL

T HE R OAD G OES E VER O N ( WITH D ONALD S WANN )

S MITH OF W OOTTON M AJOR

Works published posthumously

S IR G AWAIN AND THE G REEN K NIGHT, P EARL AND S IR O RFEO*

T HE F ATHER C HRISTMAS L ETTERS

T HE S ILMARILLION*

P ICTURES BY J.R.R. T OLKIEN*

U NFINISHED T ALES*

T HE L ETTERS OF J.R.R. T OLKIEN*

F INN AND H ENGEST

M R B LISS

T HE M ONSTERS AND THE C RITICS & O THER E SSAYS*

R OVERANDOM

T HE C HILDREN OF H RIN*

T HE L EGEND OF S IGURD AND G UDRN*

T HE F ALL OF A RTHUR*

B EOWULF: A T RANSLATION AND C OMMENTARY*

The History of Middle-earth by Christopher Tolkien

I T HE B OOK OF L OST T ALES, P ART O NE

II T HE B OOK OF L OST T ALES, P ART T WO

III T HE L AYS OF B ELERIAND

IV T HE S HAPING OF M IDDLE-EARTH

V T HE L OST R OAD AND O THER W RITINGS

VI T HE R ETURN OF THE S HADOW

VII T HE T REASON OF I SENGARD

VIII T HE W AR OF THE R ING

IX S AURON D EFEATED

X M ORGOTHS R ING

XI T HE W AR OF THE J EWELS

XII T HE P EOPLES OF M IDDLE-EARTH

* Edited by Christopher Tolkien

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In the days {of magic long ago} { the Evil, and a fell sorcerer and man of power did he become.

And Kalervo dwelt beside the rivers of fish and had thence much sport and good meat, and to him had his wife . And in those days did Kalervos lands border on the confines of the dismal realm of his mighty brother Untamo; who coveted his pleasant river lands and its plentiful fish.

So coming he set nets in Kalervos fish waters and robbed Kalervo of his angling and brought him great grief. And bitterness arose between the brothers, first that and at last open war. After a fight upon the river banks in which neither might overcome the other, Untamo returned to his grim homestead and sat in evil brooding, weaving (in his fingers) a design of wrath and vengeance.

He caused his mighty cattle to break into Kalervos pastures and drive his sheep away and devour their fodder. Then Kalervo let forth his to devour them. Untamo then in ire mustered his men and gave them weapons; armed his henchmen and slave lads with axe and sword and marched to battle, even to ill strife against his very brother.

And the wife of Kalervoinen sitting nigh to the window of the homestead descried a scurry arising of the smoke army in the distance, and she spake to Kalervo saying, Husband, lo, an ill reek ariseth yonder: come hither to me. Is it smoke I see or but a thick[?] gloomy cloud that passeth swift: but now hovers on the borders of the cornfields just yonder by the new-made pathway?

Then said Kalervo in heavy mood, Yonder, wife, is no reek of autumn smoke nor any passing gloom, but I fear me a cloud that goeth nowise swiftly nor before it has harmed my house and folk in evil storm. Then there came into the view of both Untamos assemblage and ahead could they see the numbers and their strength and their gay scarlet raiment. Steel shimmered there and at their belts were their swords hanging and in their hands their stout axes gleaming and neath their caps their ill faces lowering: for ever did Untamoinen gather to him .