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Ähky

Runosong type in the classification of SKVR, the Finnish Literature Society’s runosong corpus

In English: Colic charm (a translation; the archive names the type in Finnish only)

Filed underLoitsut (incantations) › Tautiloitsut
Poems307
Verses3,945
Collection places128
Collected1700s to 1930s
CollectorsKaarle Krohn · K. A. Gottlund · Christfrid Ganander · A. I. Arwidsson · S. Korpela · S. Pirilä · E. F. Rautell · M. Nurmio · V. J. Kallio · T. Pohjankanervo

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The archive’s description

Written by the editors of the SKVR type index and quoted as it stands, in Finnish.

Ähkyn loitsujen tyypillisiä aineksia ovat ähkyn puhuttelut, lyhyet syntyaihelmat sekä erilaiset tietäjän kerskaukset (esim. Kokolta koprat) ja karkotussanat. Läntisillä alueilla (VIII, IX, X, XIV) ähkyn loitsu on itäisiä ja pohjoisia lyhyempi, puhutteluista, lyhyistä karkotussanoista koostuva tai numeraali- tai dialogikaavalle rakentuva. Samaa loitsua on voitu käyttää sekä ihmisen että eläimen ähkyyn.

Where it was collected

Collection places of the poems, with the number of poems of this type from each. A place may be where the song was written down or where the singer came from.

…and 68 more places

When it was collected

DecadePoems
1700s6
1780s7
1790s1
1800s2
1810s11
1820s7
1830s4
1840s6
1850s14
1860s2
1870s4
1880s100
1890s54
1900s19
1910s30
1920s5
1930s34
year not recorded1

Example poems

The opening verse of one poem from each of the ten places with the most poems of this type: the first such poem in the archive’s order. Each links to the whole poem. A poem can be filed under several types, so its opening verse may belong to another song.

Other types the same poems are filed under

The archive can file one poem under several types. These are the types most often given to poems of this type, with the number of poems they share.

TypePoems in common
Ähkyn synty119
Ähky eläimessä6
Pistos4
Pistoksen synty2
Kohtaus2
Niukahdus2
Niukahduksen historiola2

Content-based similar types

Several methods each rank the song types whose poems resemble this type's poems; the combined ranking merges their lists. The first 20 are listed here.

  1. Ähky eläimessä (Colic Charm for Animals)
  2. Ähkyn synty (Origin of colic)
  3. Kohtaus (Sudden attack charm)
  4. Päänsärky (Headache charm)
  5. Tautien synty (Origin of Diseases)
  6. Vatsatauti (Stomach Ailment Charm)
  7. Kohelma (One's fate)
  8. Pistos (Stabbing pain charm)
  9. Ammus (Hunter's Charm)
  10. Kerskaukset ja varaukset (Boasts and Precautions)
  11. Tietäjän apurin synty (Origin Charm of the Shaman's Helper)
  12. Karkotussanoja (Banishment charms)
  13. Kohtauksen synty (Origin of seizure)
  14. Pistoksen synty (Origin of the Sharp Pain)
  15. Kohtauksen historiola (Encounter origin narrative)
  16. Lennos (In Flight)
  17. Riiden synty (Origin of rickets (riisi))
  18. Häkämyrkytys (Smoke poisoning charm)
  19. Riisi (Rickets charm)
  20. Raanin synty (Origin of raani affliction)

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Sources: the type’s name, filing and description come from the SKVR type index of the Finnish Literature Society (SKS); the counts, places, decades and collectors are counted from the poems on RunoVerse.