Ema ja armud

Runosong type in the classification of ERAB, the Estonian Folklore Archives’ runosong database

In English: Mother and her love (a translation; the archive names the type in Estonian only)

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The archive’s description

Written by the editors of the ERAB type index and quoted as it stands, in Estonian.

ERlA 1593, levinud ülemaaliselt. Suurem esinemissagedus Lõuna-Eestis. Esineb ka liitunult mitmete teiste laulutüüpidega nagu vaeslapselauludega 1601 («Ema haual»), 1603 («Kaks vaeslast»), 1591 («Vara vaeslapseks»), 1619 («Tuule arm»), 1632 («Käseb tules magada»), 1608 («Haud pole kul

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.

• Sangaste (7)
• Põlva (5)
• Rõuge (5)
• Urvaste (5)
• Haljala (4)
• Hargla (4)
• Karula (4)
• Kihnu (4)
• Puhja (4)
• Räpina (4)
• Setumaa (4)
• Halliste (3)
• Helme (3)
• Kanepi (3)
• Paistu (3)
• Vastseliina (3)
• Vigala (3)
• Väike-Maarja (3)
• Järva-Jaani (2)
• Käina (2)
• Märjamaa (2)
• Otepää (2)
• Palamuse (2)
• Risti (2)
• Simuna (2)
• Tarvastu (2)
• Valga (2)
• Viljandi (2)
• Viljandi l. (2)
• Hanila (1)
• Harju-Madise (1)
• Häädemeeste (1)
• Juuru (1)
• Jõelähtme (1)
• Jõhvi (1)
• Jüri (1)
• Karksi (1)
• Karuse (1)
• Kodavere (1)
• Koeru (1)
• Kursi (1)
• Kuusalu (1)
• Kärla (1)
• Kõpu (1)
• Laiuse (1)
• Lääne-Nigula (1)
• Läänemaa (1)
• Maarja-Magdaleena (1)
• Pilistvere (1)
• Pärnu l. (1)
• Põltsamaa (1)
• Rannu (1)
• Saarde (1)
• Suure-Jaani (1)
• Tartu (1)
• Tori (1)
• Torma (1)
• Tõstamaa (1)
• Türi (1)
• Viru-Jaagupi (1)

When it was collected

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.

• Ärä kooli emäkene, EÜS IV 387 (788) — Sangaste
• Eme viidi läve poole, E 7017/8 — Põlva
• Mina lätsi uibu manu ERA II 56, 92/3 (3) — Rõuge
• Emä viidi lävest vällä ERA II 11, 780 (12) — Urvaste
• Oh sina surma suuri meesi, ERA II 153, 116 (20) — Haljala
• Maha ma jäie marjakõnõ ERA II 132, 37/40 (10) — Hargla
• Olõ tal immä elle'en EÜS VII 1017 (64) — Karula
• Memme viidi tiidä müüda EÜS II 389/91 (119) — Kihnu
• Emakene memmekene, AES, MT 34, 1/3 — Puhja
• Ema viiäs värjist vällä, ERA II 63, 635/6 (54) — Räpina

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.

1. Mis ma kaiba (What shall I lament)
2. Vara vaeseks (Orphaned Young)
3. Vara vaeslapseks (Too soon an orphan)
4. Võõrasema kodu ootamas (Stepmother waiting at home)
5. Võõrasema peksab vitsaga (Stepmother Beats with a Rod)
6. Surma noomimine (Scolding death)
7. Ema haual (At mother's grave)
8. Ju on surnud suuri tammi (Already the Great Oak Has Died)
9. Suur tamm surnud (The great oak has died)
10. Kuri mehekodu (Evil husband's home)
11. Surma sajatus (Death Curse)
12. Kaks vaeslast (Two Orphans)
13. Oksad oigama (Branches groaning)
14. Oksad oigamas (Branches groaning)
15. Vanemate surm (Parents' death)
16. Ei itke ehteid (Not Weeping for Ornaments)
17. Kuhu istun - tiigike (Where I sit — the little pond)
18. Ema virkuse ja puhtuse õpetus (Mother's teaching on diligence and cleanliness)
19. Avatud haud (The open grave)
20. Avanenud hauad (Opening graves)

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Sources: the type’s name, filing and description come from the type index of ERAB, the Estonian Folklore Archives’ runosong database; the counts, places, decades and collectors are counted from the poems on RunoVerse.