Kyllikki

Kyllikki rejects Lemminkainen's wooing. She says she would rather sit with her mother in her father's house. Later, while she is with other maidens at a dance, Lemminkainen follows her and snatches her. He seats her in his sledge, covers her and drives away at speed. She had refused his wooing, then he snatched her from the dance; she did not leave with him willingly.

Kyllikki asks to be let go so she can return to her grieving father and weeping mother. She warns that she will curse Lemminkainen if he will not give her freedom. She says her family waits for her return. After she has already been taken, Kyllikki asks whether Lemminkainen will take her as his life-companion and husband, and asks him to swear not to go to battle when he wants gold or silver. He answers that he will swear, and says he will not go to battle for wealth. The oath follows the taking and her demand for freedom; it does not change the fact that she had first refused his wooing and was then snatched away.