His mother now warns him his foes will pursue him and advises him to go to the Isle of Refuge, situated in the centre of the Tenth Ocean, and abide there for three years, pledging himself not to fight again for sixty summers.
_Rune XXIX._ We now have a description of the Isle of Refuge, where Lemminkainen tarries three whole years with the sea-maidens, who bid him a tender farewell when he sails away again.

He has, however, proved neglectful toward one of them, a spinster, who curses him, vowing he will suffer many things in return for his neglect.

True to her prediction, he encounters many dangers on the homeward journey, and finds his house reduced to ashes and his parents gone! But, although he mourns for them as dead, he soon discovers them hiding in the forest, to escape the fury of the Lapps.
_Rune XXX._ To punish these foes Lemminkainen now sets out for the north, taking with him Tiera, hero of the broadsword, who is to help him.

Aware of his coming, Louhi bids her son Frost stop them by holding their vessel fast in the ice, but Lemminkainen trudges over the ice, hurls the Frost-God into the fire, and, somewhat discouraged, returns home.
_Runes XXXI, XXXII, and XXXIII._ During this time a slave, Kullerwoinen, the son of Evil, has been sold to Ilmarinen to serve as his shepherd.

The Rainbow Maiden therefore sends him forth with her cattle, giving him a loaf of bread as sole sustenance.