Samuelis (Elijas’s elder son)¶

Summary¶

Samuelis is the elder son of Elijas, the Karaim captain of the Trakai guards, and the older, wiser brother of Zacharijas. He leads the family’s prayers and answers his brother’s complaint about the dying hearths with a question: where did your father sit?

Samuelis (Elijas’s elder son, Karaim)


Type	character
Years	?–?
Status	The saga’s invention
Note	Leads the family’s prayers; Zacharijas’s older, wiser brother (Book V ch. 4).

Record vs saga¶

[The saga’s invention]: All of it. The Karaims at Trakai are historical; this family is not.

Appearances¶

Book V: ch. 4 (Užgesusios Krosnys).

Relations

Child of: Elijas, son of Mošė (Karaim guard captain)

Sibling: Zacharijas (Elijas’s younger son, Karaim)

Connections¶

graph LR
  elijas["Elijas, son of Mošė (Karaim guard captain)"]
  samuelis["Samuelis (Elijas's elder son, Karaim)"]
  zacharijas["Zacharijas (Elijas's younger son, Karaim)"]
  samuelis -->|Sibling| zacharijas
  elijas -->|Parent of| samuelis
  style samuelis stroke-width:3px