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Haned kadunud

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

In English: The lost geese (a translation; the archive names the type in Estonian only)

Filed underLüroeepilised laulud (lyric-epic songs) › Laulud argielust
Poems249
Verses12,720
Collection places73
Collected1840s to 1930s
CollectorsMihkel (Tori) Ostrov · Gustav Seen · Helene Maasen-Varik · Jakob Jagomann · Oskar Philipp Kallas · Peeter Penna · Karl Voldemar Rosenstrauch · Hans Siimer · Joosep Hurt · Karl Luud

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The archive’s description

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

Haned kadunud: ERlA 37. Haned kadunud: väga populaarne korduslaul, üle maa, eriti läänes ja kagus tuntud. Esineb mõnikord ka n.-ö. ühekordselt, ilma korduseta. Sissejuhatavas osas on ühiseid jooni lauluga „Kari kadunud“ (36), vrd. ka lauludega 38—40. Vt. ER II, 221—370; O. Kallas, Wiederholungslieder, 186—248; F. J. Oinas, Studies in Finnic-Slavic Folklore Relations. FFC 205.

VK III 26, VK IV 337, VK V 405, VK VI 60, VK VII 272, VK VIII 49, VK IX 14, VK XI 18, VK XII 20, VK XIII 15, VK XIII 26, Lg. 338, ERlV IV 104-105, ERlA 37; Hani kadunud – ER 17; Hane karjane – VK II 304; Kas tie' mino hanni näiet – VK I 147.

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.

…and 13 more places

When it was collected

DecadePoems
1840s1
1860s1
1870s23
1880s66
1890s87
1900s18
1910s10
1920s18
1930s13
year not recorded12

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
Suur tamm19
Haned kadund11
Tamm5
Aned kadunud5
Õllest saar3
Hollandi sulane2
Vara vaeslapseks2
Kari kadunud2
Kaua karjas käinud2

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. Venna otsija (Seeking a brother)
  2. Kari kadunud (The lost herd)
  3. Uppunud vend (The Drowned Brother)
  4. Hanekarjane (Goose Herder)
  5. Kari kadund (Lost herd)
  6. Vend kündmas (Brother plowing)
  7. Hobune kadunud (The Lost Horse)
  8. Põll põrmus (Apron in the dust)
  9. Tamm (The Oak)
  10. Neiu läheb marjule (Maiden goes berry picking)
  11. Hollandi sulane (The dairyman's farmhand)
  12. Venna otsimine (Searching for a brother)
  13. Haned kadunud /vend kadunud/ (Lost geese, lost brother)
  14. Ehted röövitud (Ornaments stolen)
  15. Ehted kadunud (Lost Jewelry)
  16. Koertetapja (Dog killer)
  17. Ehted riisutud (Ornaments stripped away)
  18. Härjad murtud (The slain oxen)
  19. Tulge kiigele, tooge mune! (Come to the swing, bring eggs!)
  20. Kulla kulutamine (Spending Gold)

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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.