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Erilaisia parannusloitsuja

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

In English: Various healing charms (a translation; the archive names the type in Finnish only)

Filed underLoitsut (incantations) › Parannusloitsut
Poems154
Verses6,790
Collection places60
Collected1700s to 1930s
CollectorsKaarle Krohn · D. E. D. Europaeus · Elias Lönnrot · R. Polén · Väinö Salminen · Iivo Härkönen · Samuli Paulaharju · J. H. Hakulinen · Eino Kemppainen · Castrén, J. W.

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The archive’s description

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

Tähän ryhmään on kerätty tautiloitsujen toistuvia aihelmia yhdisteleviä, pitkähköjä loitsuja, joille ei mainita spesifiä käyttötarkoitusta. Tyypillisiä aineksia ovat taudin alkuperän tiedustelut, parantajan kerskaukset, valtuutukset, avunpyynnöt, apurin kuvaukset, taudin karkotussanat, syntysanat, kipusanat, voiteiden sanat jne. Jos joku näistä aihelmista dominoi selvästi, on loitsu sijoitettu omaan ryhmäänsä (ks. vertailuotsikot).

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
1700s1
1780s1
1800s1
1810s5
1820s5
1830s15
1840s24
1850s8
1860s2
1870s2
1880s36
1890s18
1900s17
1910s15
1920s3
1930s1

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
Tautien synty15
Luonnon nostatus13
Pistoksen synty7
Pistos6
Avunpyyntö4
Kipusanoja4
Nimettömät taudit3
Voiteen synty3
Kateita ja noitia vastaan3
Kerskaukset ja varaukset3
Laulajan lopetussanoja3
Haudan kuvaus2

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. Karkotussanoja (Banishment charms)
  2. Kylvetyssanoja (Sauna bathing charms)
  3. Taudin alkuperän tiedustelu (Inquiring the origin of disease)
  4. Riiden synty (Origin of rickets (riisi))
  5. Lapsen päästäminen kiroista (Freeing a Child from Curses)
  6. Raani (Skin Affliction Charm)
  7. Löylyn synty (Origin of Sauna Steam)
  8. Kalmasta tarttuu (Ailment caught from the grave)
  9. Kirot (Curses)
  10. Vatsatauti (Stomach Ailment Charm)
  11. Riisi (Rickets charm)
  12. Lasta kylvetettäessä (Bathing the child)
  13. Hammastauti (Toothache charm)
  14. Lapsen itkettäjä (Child crying charm)
  15. Raanin synty (Origin of raani affliction)
  16. Voiteen luku (Salve incantation)
  17. Avunpyyntö (Appeal for help)
  18. Päänsärky (Headache charm)
  19. Kipusanoja (Pain charms)
  20. Ähky (Colic charm)

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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.