Hirttäytynyt neito

Runosong type in the classification of SKVR, the Finnish Literature Society’s runosong corpus

In English: The maiden who hanged herself (a translation; the archive names the type in Finnish only)

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The archive’s description

Written by the editors of the SKVR type index and quoted as it stands, in Finnish.

Ydinaihe: Neito (Anni, Katri) kammoksuu kosijaansa (Osmotar, Kalevatar, Orkonen, Kosken uroinen, Riion poika, Kalervikko, Ivaana, Alermo Ylermän yrkkä tms.) tai neidolta riistetään korut, äiti neuvoo aittaan pukeutumaan, neito hirttäytyy aitassa. - Erilaisia jatkoja: äidin itku, kyynelten vierintä (I, II; ks. Kyynelten vierintä), Kolme käkeä; Eläimet sanansaattajina, kosija syöksyy miekkaansa, menee mereen kuultuaan neidon kuolemasta.

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.

• Uhtua (18)
• Vuokkiniemi (18)
• Repola (11)
• Kontokki (8)
• Narvusi (8)
• Porajärvi (7)
• Tuupovaara (7)
• Ilomantsi (4)
• Suojärvi (3)
• Kaavi (2)
• Kaprio (2)
• Kiimaisjärvi (2)
• Rukajärvi (2)
• Suistamo (2)
• Alatornio (1)
• Hietamäki (1)
• Jyskyjärvi (1)
• Lempaala (1)
• Moloskovitsa (1)
• Myrskylä (1)
• Piippola (1)
• Ristijärvi (1)
• Seiskari (1)
• Soanlahti (1)
• Säämäjärvi (1)
• Venjoki (1)

When it was collected

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.

• Anni tytti, Aino neiti SKVR I1 229. — Uhtua
• Oli nuori Joukahaini, SKVR I1 183. — Vuokkiniemi
• Ańńikki, aino neito, SKVR II 39. — Repola
• Anni tytti, aino neiti SKVR I1 210. — Kontokki
• Ivaana pojut Kalervo, SKVR III1 657. — Narvusi
• Sano, sano, jänöi, SKVR II 50. — Porajärvi
• Taiton vastan taatolleni SKVR VII1 207. — Tuupovaara
• Kattri kaunis, neiti nuori SKVR VII1 215. — Ilomantsi
• Ańnukka neido, Aino neido SKVR VII1 206. — Suojärvi
• Mitäs itket, tyttöseni, SKVR VII2 3129. — Kaavi

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.

1. Varas vie koristeet (Thief takes the ornaments)
2. Kirkkoon kukaksi (Turned into a flower at church)
3. Kävin pilven piirtä myöten (Walking along the cloud's edge)
4. Kuuttaret kutojina (Moon Maidens as Weavers)
5. Kun mokoman saisin, sylissäni syöttelisin (If I had such a one, I'd feed it in my lap)
6. Sormus kadonnut (The Lost Ring)
7. Mitä sie sika minusta (What do you want from me, pig?)
8. Kukon tappo (Killing of the rooster)
9. Kolme käkeä (Three Cuckoos)
10. Aittaan mäelle pukeutumaan (Dressing at the Hilltop Storehouse)
11. Kenen neito, kenen morsian (Whose maiden, whose bride?)
12. Hekon runo (Heko's poem)
13. Vastaksessa (Facing each other)
14. Hiiret söivät hiukset päästä - itkien kotiin (Mice ate her hair – crying home)
15. Luutaan lehosta (Broom from the Grove)
16. Matkan tiedustelu (Inquiring about the journey)
17. Menin kukkana kujalle (I Went as a Flower to the Lane)
18. Vesitiellä viipynyt (Lingering on the Waterway)
19. Kyynelten vierintä (Rolling tears)
20. Iso tammi (The great oak)

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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.