Härjad murtud
Runosong type in the classification of ERAB, the Estonian Folklore Archives’ runosong database
In English: The slain oxen (a translation; the archive names the type in Estonian only)
| Filed under | Lüroeepilised laulud (lyric-epic songs) › Laulud argielust |
|---|---|
| Poems | 201 |
| Verses | 6,445 |
| Collection places | 68 |
| Collected | 1860s to 1940s |
| Collectors | Karl Voldemar Rosenstrauch · Karl Viljak · Peeter Penna · Mihkel (Tori) Ostrov · Gustav Vilberg (Vilbaste) · Anton Suurkask · Jüri Välbe · Hindrek Böckler (Pöckler) · Hans Lohk · Jakob Valk |
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The archive’s description
Written by the editors of the ERAB type index and quoted as it stands, in Estonian.
VK IV 338, VK VI 42, VK VIII 45, VK IX 15, VK XI 17, ER 18, Lg. 341, ERlV IV 102-103, ERlA 38 ja 722; Härgade kahju – VK I 104, VK II 306
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.
- Tarvastu (14)
- Torma (10)
- Haljala (9)
- Jõhvi (8)
- Kolga-Jaani (8)
- Kuusalu (8)
- Simuna (8)
- Laiuse (7)
- Maarja-Magdaleena (7)
- Väike-Maarja (7)
- Räpina (6)
- Äksi (6)
- Kadrina (5)
- Kodavere (5)
- Põltsamaa (5)
- Viljandi (5)
- Viru-Jaagupi (5)
- Viru-Nigula (5)
- Helme (4)
- Hargla (3)
- Harju-Jaani (3)
- Jõelähtme (3)
- Kose (3)
- Lüganuse (3)
- Märjamaa (3)
- Paistu (3)
- Põlva (3)
- Vigala (3)
- Viljandi l. (3)
- Vändra (3)
- Jaani (2)
- Koeru (2)
- Kursi (2)
- Nõo (2)
- Otepää (2)
- Palamuse (2)
- Pöide (2)
- Rõngu (2)
- Setumaa (2)
- Tartu-Maarja (2)
- Türi (2)
- Vaivara (2)
- Vastseliina (2)
- välismaa (2)
- Ambla (1)
- Hageri (1)
- Halliste (1)
- Hanila (1)
- Harjumaa (1)
- Häädemeeste (1)
- Järva-Jaani (1)
- Järva-Madise (1)
- Jüri (1)
- Kanepi (1)
- Karula (1)
- Kullamaa (1)
- Mustjala (1)
- Peetri (1)
- Pilistvere (1)
- Rakvere (1)
…and 8 more places
When it was collected
| Decade | Poems |
|---|---|
| 1860s | 2 |
| 1870s | 6 |
| 1880s | 46 |
| 1890s | 73 |
| 1900s | 17 |
| 1910s | 23 |
| 1920s | 11 |
| 1930s | 13 |
| 1940s | 1 |
| year not recorded | 9 |
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.
- Hiiu-tiiu tenga löusi E 11310/1 (1) — Tarvastu
- Läksin mõisa kündemaie E 24411 (10) — Torma
- Püha pääv mina püütsin juua E 14424 (2) — Haljala
- Eile kündsin ärra väila EÜS VI 953 (75) — Jõhvi
- Aasin härjad aavikusse ERA II 141, 452/4 (11) — Kolga-Jaani
- Läksin tilluke tiule, EÜS IX 761/3 (96) — Kuusalu
- Kui mina hakkan luulemaie EÜS II 704/6 (198) — Simuna
- Läksin ma tilluke teole, ERA II 274, 432 (11) — Laiuse
- Läksin tilluke teole, EÜS V 1067 (23) — Maarja-Magdaleena
- Olin väike lapsukene EÜS VII 1943/4 (151) — Väike-Maarja
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.
- Kubjas mõõtis suure tüki (The Overseer Measured a Large Plot)
- Kubjas pani sood kündma (The overseer made them plow the swamp)
- Kubjas mõõtis märja tüki (Overseer measured a wet plot)
- Hästi kündsin härra väljad (I plowed the lord's fields well)
- Kubjas möödab maad (The overseer passes through the land)
- Kubjas mõõtis halva maa (Overseer measured out bad land)
- Kubjas mõõdab maad (The Overseer Measures the Land)
- Kupja peksja (Beating the Overseer)
- Karjane hundile (Herdsman to the Wolf)
- Kubjas ja teomees (The Overseer and the Serf)
- Kubjas mõõdab märga maad (The overseer measures wet land)
- Hobune murtud (The injured horse)
- Kubjas pani sohu kündma (Overseer sent to plow the bog)
- Külmaga kündma (Plowing in the cold)
- Hobu ja härg murtud (Horse and Ox Broken Down)Filed on the same poems: Kits küla lüpsta
- Kiro kadunud (The Curse Has Vanished)
- Taadi karjas (Old Man's Herd)
- Hiire seljas teole (Riding the Mouse to Work)
- Hundi hurjutamine (Driving away the wolf)
- Kündja halval maal (Plowman on poor land)
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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.