Hiiden sepän kahlinta
Runosong type in the classification of SKVR, the Finnish Literature Society’s runosong corpus
In English: Binding of Hiisi's blacksmith (a translation; the archive names the type in Finnish only)
| Filed under | Kertovat runot (narrative songs) › Epiikka |
|---|---|
| Poems | 131 |
| Verses | 10,075 |
| Collection places | 29 |
| Collected | 1780s to 1930s |
| Collectors | D. E. D. Europaeus · Kaarle Krohn · Volmari Porkka · Forsberg (Alava), Vihtori · A. A. Borenius · Hj. Basilier · Iivo Härkönen · Elias Lönnrot · Väinö Salminen · Jaako Länkelä |
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The archive’s description
Written by the editors of the SKVR type index and quoted as it stands, in Finnish.
Kuuluu Luojan virsi -runosikermään: Marjavirsi, Saunanhakuvirsi, Lapsenetsintävirsi, Ylösnousemusvirsi ja Hiiden sepän kahlinta.
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.
- Suojärvi (19)
- Suistamo (17)
- Vuokkiniemi (17)
- Soikkola (14)
- Repola (11)
- Kaprio (9)
- Korpiselkä (7)
- Uhtua (6)
- Kontokki (3)
- Narvusi (3)
- Impilahti (2)
- Moloskovitsa (2)
- Serepetta (2)
- Tulemajärvi (2)
- Tyrö (2)
- Haukivuori (1)
- Hyrynsalmi (1)
- Ilomantsi (1)
- Jaakkima (1)
- Kaavi (1)
- Kemi (1)
- Lempaala (1)
- Pistojärvi (1)
- Porajärvi (1)
- Pyhäjärvi Ol. (1)
- Rääkkylä (1)
- Soanlahti (1)
- Sotkamo (1)
- Viena (1)
When it was collected
| Decade | Poems |
|---|---|
| 1780s | 1 |
| 1820s | 2 |
| 1830s | 13 |
| 1840s | 13 |
| 1850s | 9 |
| 1860s | 3 |
| 1870s | 9 |
| 1880s | 35 |
| 1890s | 17 |
| 1900s | 15 |
| 1910s | 11 |
| 1920s | 2 |
| 1930s | 1 |
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.
- Kuin minä muinoin muistelin, SKVR VII2 1092. — Suojärvi
- Virkkoibo Jiesus noin sanoiksi: SKVR VII2 1064. — Suistamo
- Aina muita muistellahan. SKVR I2 1105. — Vuokkiniemi
- Mitä laulan kulla ajalla? SKVR III1 352. — Soikkola
- Maaria on matala neito, SKVR II 320. — Repola
- Jumala jaloille nousi, SKVR IV1 584. — Kaprio
- Luoja maaha hauattih, SKVR VII2 1084. — Korpiselkä
- "Mitäpä hirnuit, Hiijen ruuna, SKVR I2 1124. — Uhtua
- Jo on portto poika! saanut, SKVR I2 1096. — Kontokki
- Maaria pyhäine vaimo, SKVR III3 3373. — Narvusi
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.
- Saunanhakuvirsi (Sauna Fetching Song)
- Niukahduksen historiola (Sprain charm historiola)
- Niukahdus (Sprain charm)
- Marjavirsi (Berry song)
- Ylösnousemusvirsi (The resurrection song)
- Päivän päästö (Release of the sun)
- Iro-neito (Iro the maiden)
- Taivaan taonta (Forging of the Sky)
- Silta ja kirkko (Bridge and Church)
- Kultaneito (Golden maiden)
- Maa kiven kovaksi laati (The earth made hard as stone)
- Ilmarisen takominen (Ilmarinen's Forging)
- Kilpalaulanta (Song competition)
- Tapanin virsi (St. Stephen's Day Song)
- Sammon taonta (Forging of the Sampo)
- Mansikka mäeltä huusi (Strawberry called from the hill)
- Verensulku (Blood stopping charm)
- Sammon ryöstö (Theft of the Sampo)
- Hiidestä kosinta (Wooing a bride from Hiisi's realm)
- Minä laulan uutta virttä (I Sing a New Song)
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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.