Hällilaul
Runosong type in the classification of ERAB, the Estonian Folklore Archives’ runosong database
In English: Cradle song (a translation; the archive names the type in Estonian only)
| Filed under | Lastelaulud (children's songs) › Hällilaulud |
|---|---|
| Poems | 388 |
| Verses | 3,159 |
| Collection places | 96 |
| Collected | 1860s to 1940s |
| Collectors | Armas Otto Väisänen · Richard Viidalepp (Viidebaum) · Karl Voldemar Rosenstrauch · Tamberg, H. · Gustav Vilberg (Vilbaste) · Karl Viljak · Ruuben Kõhelik · Artur Martin · Jüri Välbe · Eduard Viidakas |
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The archive’s description
Written by the editors of the ERAB type index and quoted as it stands, in Estonian.
Täpsemalt kontrollimata motiividega hällilaulud
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.
- Setumaa (57)
- välismaa (12)
- Haljala (11)
- Kuusalu (11)
- Tarvastu (11)
- Ambla (9)
- Suure-Jaani (9)
- Järva-Jaani (8)
- Räpina (8)
- Torma (8)
- Vigala (8)
- Kadrina (7)
- Kambja (7)
- Põlva (7)
- Tõstamaa (7)
- Võnnu (7)
- Juuru (6)
- Jõelähtme (6)
- Koeru (6)
- Mustjala (6)
- Puhja (6)
- Tartu (6)
- Türi (6)
- Vändra (6)
- Halliste (5)
- Harju-Jaani (5)
- Helme (5)
- Kose (5)
- Märjamaa (5)
- Paistu (5)
- Rapla (5)
- Rõngu (5)
- Simuna (5)
- Viljandi (5)
- Viru-Nigula (5)
- Hargla (4)
- Järva-Madise (4)
- Kullamaa (4)
- Muhu (4)
- Rakvere (4)
- Sangaste (4)
- Tori (4)
- Urvaste (4)
- Varbla (4)
- Viru-Jaagupi (4)
- Jõhvi (3)
- Jüri (3)
- Kaarma (3)
- Kanepi (3)
- Kolga-Jaani (3)
- Laiuse (3)
- Maarja-Magdaleena (3)
- Palamuse (3)
- Pöide (3)
- Rõuge (3)
- Vastseliina (3)
- Audru (2)
- Hanila (2)
- Häädemeeste (2)
- Jämaja (2)
…and 36 more places
- Karuse (2)
- Keila (2)
- Kodavere (2)
- Käina (2)
- Kärla (2)
- Martna (2)
- Nõo (2)
- Otepää (2)
- Peetri (2)
- Pilistvere (2)
- Pärnu-Jaagupi (2)
- Põltsamaa (2)
- Ridala (2)
- Saaremaa (2)
- Tallinn (2)
- Viljandi l. (2)
- Haapsalu (1)
- Iisaku (1)
- Järvamaa (1)
- Kihnu (1)
- Kursi (1)
- Lihula (1)
- Lääne-Nigula (1)
- Lüganuse (1)
- Nissi (1)
- Noarootsi (1)
- Paide (1)
- Paide l. (1)
- Püha (1)
- Pühalepa (1)
- Reigi (1)
- Risti (1)
- Saarde (1)
- Tartumaa (1)
- Väike-Maarja (1)
- Äksi (1)
When it was collected
| Decade | Poems |
|---|---|
| 1860s | 2 |
| 1870s | 6 |
| 1880s | 31 |
| 1890s | 64 |
| 1900s | 25 |
| 1910s | 95 |
| 1920s | 16 |
| 1930s | 124 |
| 1940s | 1 |
| year not recorded | 24 |
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.
- Esi ma istõ leso pääle, ERA II 144, 413/5 (5) — Setumaa
- Kusso, kusso, lapsekene E 4025 (4) — välismaa
- Uni, tule uksest sisse, E 77450/1 (12) — Haljala
- Tule taati Tallelinnast, ERA II 110, 119 (72) — Kuusalu
- Äiu, äiu hääda lasta, EÜS V 585 (64) — Tarvastu
- Äiu, äiu; kussu, kussu, ERA II 131, 11 (1) — Ambla
- Kiigu kiigu kindad kätte E 37795 — Suure-Jaani
- Tudu, tudu, tuikene EÜS IX 79/80 (71) — Järva-Jaani
- Hää lats hällö, ERA II 162, 590 (14) — Räpina
- Pata-pota Paadenurme ERA II 203, 73 (2) — Torma
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.
- Tule, uni, uksest sisse! (Come, sleep, in through the door!)
- Tule, uni! (Come, sleep! (lullaby))
- Kasumise sõnad (Growth charm)
- Suisu suuremaks! (Grow Bigger!)
- Lapse unelaul (Child's lullaby)
- Uni lapse silma (Sleep charm for a child)
- Tule koju (Come home)
- Kasva tööle! (Grow up to work!)
- Une tulek (Coming of Sleep)
- Tule koju, too saia! (Come home, bring white bread!)
- Uni tuleb uksest (Sleep Comes Through the Door)
- Uni (Sleep)
- Lase kiik käia! (Let the swing fly!)
- Nimede irvitus (Mockery of Names)
- Mann läks metsast marju tooma (Manni went to fetch forest berries)
- Äiu, äiu, kussu, kussu! (Äiu, äiu, kussu, kussu! (lullaby refrain))
- Ema kodu ootes (Waiting for mother's home)
- Kurg ja vares (The Crane and the Crow)
- Mis lapsest kasvab (What grows from a child)
- Tule tuutuhun unonen (Come, little sleep, to the cradle)SKVR type
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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.