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 under | Kertovat runot (narrative songs) › Epiikka |
|---|---|
| Poems | 176 |
| Verses | 7,323 |
| Collection places | 26 |
| Collected | 1840s to 1930s |
| Collectors | Volmari 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.
- Narvusi (47)
- Soikkola (20)
- Lempaala (19)
- Metsäpirtti (17)
- Vuole (12)
- Sakkola (10)
- Rautu (8)
- Liissilä (5)
- Venjoki (5)
- Hietamäki (4)
- Serepetta (4)
- Tyrö (4)
- Uusikirkko Vpl. (3)
- Kattila (2)
- Koprina (2)
- Moloskovitsa (2)
- Pyhäjärvi Vpl. (2)
- Skuoritsa (2)
- Etelä-Karjala (1)
- Inkere (1)
- Juva (1)
- Keski-Inkeri (1)
- Kivijärvi (1)
- Koivisto (1)
- Lavansaari (1)
- Toksova (1)
When it was collected
| Decade | Poems |
|---|---|
| 1840s | 13 |
| 1850s | 29 |
| 1860s | 4 |
| 1870s | 1 |
| 1880s | 38 |
| 1890s | 28 |
| 1900s | 29 |
| 1910s | 14 |
| 1930s | 19 |
| year not recorded | 1 |
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.
- Mäni marjaan emoni, SKVR III1 39. — Narvusi
- Mattu oli tyttö, maire tyttö, SKVR III1 221. — Soikkola
- Läksi marjahan emoni, SKVR V1 10. — Lempaala
- Mie en uoo emmoo nähty, SKVR XIII1 32. — Metsäpirtti
- Mäni miun marjahan emoni, SKVR V1 17. — Vuole
- Läksin puolaan polonen SKVR XIII1 50. — Sakkola
- Läksi marjahan emoni, SKVR XIII1 46. — Rautu
- Olpa miu emosellain, SKVR IV3 3263. — Liissilä
- Löysin ruoskan Ruotsin maalta, SKVR IV1 9. — Venjoki
- Oli miun emosellani, SKVR IV1 384. — Hietamäki
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.
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.
- Noidille Viroon (Against Estonian witches)
- Anteruksen runo (Anterus's Song)
- Myyty neito (Sold maiden)
- Piennä petti mun emoni (My mother betrayed me in childhood)
- Emo kuollut, isä tuo uuden (Mother dead, father brings a new one)
- Ennen naidun naisen tappo (Murder of a Previously Married Woman)
- Sinon kylväjä (The Sower)
- Lunastettava neito (The maiden to be redeemed)
- Emon, ison haudalla (At mother's and father's grave)
- Mari marjasta tulee - anna Mari marjoja (Mari comes from berrying - give us berries, Mari)
- Löi kahta kämmentänsä (He Clapped His Two Hands)
- Emo teki viisi tyttölasta (Mother had five daughters)
- Emon vaivat (Mother's troubles)
- Mansikka mäeltä huusi (Strawberry called from the hill)
- Emo kuollut kuusi vuotta (Mother Dead Six Years)
- Kasvatti emo kanoja (The Mother Raised Hens)
- Emo jätti kuin jänön pojan (Abandoned like a hare's young)
- Emo jätti kiuruksi kivelle (Mother left as a lark on the stone)
- Hirvi ohrassa (Elk in the Barley)
- 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.