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Hiie noormees

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

In English: The sacred grove's young man (a translation; the archive names the type in Estonian only)

Filed underLüroeepilised laulud (lyric-epic songs) › Kosjafantaasiad ja pereelu
Poems121
Verses3,794
Collection places47
Collected1860s to 1930s
CollectorsKarl Voldemar Rosenstrauch · Mihkel (Tori) Ostrov · Peeter Tatz (Avarsoo) · Gustav Vilberg (Vilbaste) · Karl Viljak · Jaak Kivisäk · Artur Martin · Tõnu Wiedemann (Võimula) · Jüri Välbe · Jüri Orgusaar

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The archive’s description

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

ERlA 13. HIIE NOORMEES.

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
1860s1
1870s9
1880s32
1890s29
1900s9
1910s13
1920s8
1930s7
year not recorded13

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
Hiie noorem poeg87
Pilves veepisarad11
Tulge öömajale!10
Kulla põlemine9
Öömajale kutse9
Hiielaul8
Riia rikkumine8
Kuld põleb6
Tule mulle!5
Pilves pisar5
Lehmad lüpsmata4
Õllest saar3

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. Hiiumaa isanda tütar (Hiiumaa master's daughter)
  2. Laske kiigelt maha (Let me down from the swing)
  3. Neiu tahab kiigelt maha (Maiden wants off the swing)
  4. Pilves pisar (A Tear in the Cloud)
  5. Neiu kiigel, lehmad lüpsmata (The maiden on the swing, the cows unmilked)
  6. Kulla põlemine (Burning of gold)
  7. Laidetud mees (Man who is blamed)
  8. Pilves veepisarad (Raindrops in the cloud)
  9. Kuld põleb (Gold Burns)
  10. Ema käskis kodus magada (Mother Told Me to Sleep at Home)
  11. Neiu kiigel - lepp lüpsku lehmad (Maiden on the swing, milking cows by the alder)
  12. Pilve pisar (Cloud's Teardrop)
  13. Laske maha kiigelt (Let down from the swing)
  14. Hiis (Sacred grove)
  15. Riia rikkumisest (On the destruction of Riga)
  16. Lehmad lüpsmata (Cows Left Unmilked)
  17. Hobuse valjastamine (Harnessing the Horse)
  18. Kiigelt maha (Down from the swing)
  19. Neiud öösel käimas (Maidens walking at night)
  20. Kolm aita (Three Barns)

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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.