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Äidin kuolo

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

In English: Mother's death (a translation; the archive names the type in Finnish only)

Filed underKertovat runot (narrative songs) › Epiikka
Poems176
Verses7,323
Collection places26
Collected1840s to 1930s
CollectorsVolmari Porkka · Forsberg (Alava), Vihtori · J. Fr. Ruotsalainen · D. E. D. Europaeus · A. D. Neovius · Eino Räikkönen · A. E. Ahlqvist · Jaako Länkelä · Väinö Salminen · Lauri Laiho

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The archive’s description

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

Ydinaihe: Emo (tai emolle) marjaan, sairastuminen ("tuosta tyytyi, tuosta täytyi", vrt. Marjavirsi), noidille Viroon. Veli veistää kuolleen kotia. Dialogi isän kanssa: isä lupaa tuoda uuden äidin. Vastaus tähän (erityisesti III, myös IV, XV): tuot itsellesi naisen, minulle tukan repijän (vrt. Ennen naidun naisen tappo; lyriikka: Emo kuollut, isä tuo uuden). V ja XIII-alueilla motiivi, jossa tyttö pahoittelee, ettei ollut läsnä äidin kuollessa. Kuolon sanomat -runon kanssa samankaltainen jakso, jossa kuvataan äidin valmistamista hautaan (pesen Saksan saippuoilla, ym.).

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.

When it was collected

DecadePoems
1840s13
1850s29
1860s4
1870s1
1880s38
1890s28
1900s29
1910s14
1930s19
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
Oma ja vieras emo12
Kuolon sanomat12
Äidin vaivojen palkinto9
Mari marjasta tulee - anna Mari marjoja8
Emon, ison haudalla7
Löi kahta kämmentänsä7
Haudan kuvaus6
Hirvi ohrassa5
Sairastava neito5
Emo teki viisi tyttölasta5
Haudasta nostaisin emoni4
Noidille Viroon4

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. Noidille Viroon (Against Estonian witches)
  2. Anteruksen runo (Anterus's Song)
  3. Myyty neito (Sold maiden)
  4. Piennä petti mun emoni (My mother betrayed me in childhood)
  5. Emo kuollut, isä tuo uuden (Mother dead, father brings a new one)
  6. Ennen naidun naisen tappo (Murder of a Previously Married Woman)
  7. Sinon kylväjä (The Sower)
  8. Lunastettava neito (The maiden to be redeemed)
  9. Emon, ison haudalla (At mother's and father's grave)
  10. Mari marjasta tulee - anna Mari marjoja (Mari comes from berrying - give us berries, Mari)
  11. Löi kahta kämmentänsä (He Clapped His Two Hands)
  12. Emo teki viisi tyttölasta (Mother had five daughters)
  13. Emon vaivat (Mother's troubles)
  14. Mansikka mäeltä huusi (Strawberry called from the hill)
  15. Emo kuollut kuusi vuotta (Mother Dead Six Years)
  16. Kasvatti emo kanoja (The Mother Raised Hens)
  17. Emo jätti kuin jänön pojan (Abandoned like a hare's young)
  18. Emo jätti kiuruksi kivelle (Mother left as a lark on the stone)
  19. Hirvi ohrassa (Elk in the Barley)
  20. Kolme kiirettä kesällä (Three Summer Rushes)

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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.