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Hirmus mõis

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

In English: Terrible manor (a translation; the archive names the type in Estonian only)

Filed underLaulud ühiskondlikest vahekordadest (songs about social relations) › Mõis
Poems180
Verses3,333
Collection places59
Collected1860s to 1940s
CollectorsKarl Voldemar Rosenstrauch · Karl Viljak · Jüri Välbe · Gustav Vilberg (Vilbaste) · Rudolf Tamm · Artur Martin · Peeter Penna · Mihkel Pehka · Tamberg, H. · Karp (Carp) Kuusik

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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 XI 164. Hirmus mõis: ERlA 1303; Põrgu mõis – VK III 372, VK IV 391, VK VIII 184, VK IX 139, ERlV V 154; Meil on kuri kubja põli – VK II 148; Kuri kupjapõli – VK VI 251; Kuri orjapõli – ERlV V 151–152. ERlA: ülemaaliselt tuntud. Sõnastuselt küllalt varieeruv. Väljakujunenud mot

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
1870s4
1880s37
1890s49
1900s15
1910s41
1920s5
1930s18
1940s1
year not recorded9

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
Põrgu mõis60
Põrgu mõisa40
Palve sakstele29
Kättemaks sakstele11
Palve kupjale4
Kubjas, lase lõunale!4
Mõisast pääsemine3
Suveks Soomemaale3
Oleks õlad õunapuust2
Mõisast pääsmine2
Härrad ilusad valla vaevast2
Halb mõis2

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. Kuri mõis (The Cruel Manor)
  2. Palve sakstele (Plea to the lords)
  3. Äramineja sajatab mõisat (The Departing One Curses the Manor)
  4. Äramineja sajatus (Curse on the one departing)
  5. Hirmus mõisa (The fearsome manor)
  6. Hea ja kuri mõis (The Good and Evil Manor)
  7. Äramineja vaatleb mõisat (The departing one looks at the manor)
  8. Hää ja kurja mõisa vald (Good and wicked manor parish)
  9. Kuri mõisa (The cruel manor)
  10. Äramineja mõisa sajatus (Departing serf's curse on the manor)
  11. Kuri kubjas (The cruel overseer)
  12. Mõisast pääs (Escape from the manor)
  13. Mõisast pääsmine (Escaping the manor)
  14. Vaene ja rikas vald (Poor and rich parish)
  15. Peenikene piht (Slender Waist)
  16. Kuri kupjapõli (The cruel bailiff's era)
  17. Kurat kupjaks (Devil as Serf Overseer)
  18. Hea ja kurja mõisa vallad (Parishes of good and wicked manors)
  19. Naised mõisale meelitust (Women bring gifts to appease the manor)
  20. Vaatab tagasi mõisa poole (Looking Back Toward the Manor)

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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.