Hobune varastatud
Runosong type in the classification of ERAB, the Estonian Folklore Archives’ runosong database
In English: The stolen horse (a translation; the archive names the type in Estonian only)
| Filed under | Lüroeepilised laulud (lyric-epic songs) › Laulud argielust |
|---|---|
| Poems | 200 |
| Verses | 6,561 |
| Collection places | 64 |
| Collected | 1820s to 1930s |
| Collectors | Mihkel (Tori) Ostrov · Oskar Philipp Kallas · Karl Viljak · Gustav Vilberg (Vilbaste) · Karl Voldemar Rosenstrauch · Richard Viidalepp (Viidebaum) · August Sildnik · Gustav Seen · Rudolf Tamm · Edgar Eisenschmidt |
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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 III 27, VK IV 333, VK V 406, VK VI 41, VK VII*, VK VIII 44, VK X 26, VK XI 16, ERlV IV 100-101, ERlA 39; Hobuze kahju – VK I 105.
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.
- Kuusalu (16)
- Setumaa (10)
- Jõhvi (8)
- Räpina (8)
- Sangaste (7)
- Vastseliina (7)
- Viru-Nigula (7)
- Võnnu (7)
- Haljala (6)
- Kanepi (6)
- Väike-Maarja (6)
- välismaa (6)
- Järva-Jaani (5)
- Karuse (5)
- Rõuge (5)
- Tartu (5)
- Urvaste (5)
- Ambla (4)
- Kolga-Jaani (4)
- Puhja (4)
- Pöide (4)
- Tartu-Maarja (4)
- Hanila (3)
- Harju-Jaani (3)
- Kambja (3)
- Karksi (3)
- Karula (3)
- Kodavere (3)
- Kose (3)
- Pärnu-Jaagupi (3)
- Põlva (3)
- Simuna (3)
- Tõstamaa (3)
- Viljandi (3)
- Iisaku (2)
- Narva l. (2)
- Otepää (2)
- Pilistvere (2)
- Pärnu (2)
- Rõngu (2)
- Torma (2)
- Varbla (2)
- Vändra (2)
- Võru l. (2)
- Audru (1)
- Halliste (1)
- Järva-Madise (1)
- Kadrina (1)
- Kihnu (1)
- Lihula (1)
- Lüganuse (1)
- Mustjala (1)
- Paistu (1)
- Rakvere (1)
- Rannu (1)
- Rapla (1)
- Risti (1)
- Saarde (1)
- Tallinn (1)
- Tapa l. (1)
…and 4 more places
- Vaivara (1)
- Viljandimaa (1)
- Võrumaa (1)
- Äksi (1)
When it was collected
| Decade | Poems |
|---|---|
| 1820s | 1 |
| 1850s | 2 |
| 1860s | 2 |
| 1870s | 13 |
| 1880s | 47 |
| 1890s | 54 |
| 1900s | 13 |
| 1910s | 21 |
| 1920s | 18 |
| 1930s | 20 |
| 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.
- Läksin metsä kõndimaie, E 51746/8 (3) — Kuusalu
- Üüze pessi mõiza riihe, ARS 2, 97/9 (22) — Setumaa
- Läksin metsa hulkumaie E, StK 26, 14 (17) — Jõhvi
- Ööse pessi mõisa rihe, E, StK 36, 82/3 (23) — Räpina
- Olin ma väike mehikene, E 64036 — Sangaste
- Tulli ma õks üles humokulda E 18426/7 (3) — Vastseliina
- Oli mul Arus oraksed EÜS X 2335/40 (17) — Viru-Nigula
- Olli mina veike meheke E 23591/2 — Võnnu
- Saks ei sallind mulle naista, EÜS X 1617/8 (179) — Haljala
- Olin mina väikene teoline, E 56391 (19) — Kanepi
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.
| Type | Poems in common |
|---|---|
| Tilluke teomees | 16 |
| Oleks see mees minu! | 7 |
| Tilluke teopoiss | 7 |
| Hobune varastet | 6 |
| Soome sild | 5 |
| Oleks | 4 |
| Hobu varastatud | 4 |
| Oleks see mees minul | 3 |
| Hobuse otsija | 3 |
| Tore sõit | 2 |
| Nutust järv | 2 |
| Varastatud hobune | 2 |
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.
- Rõngu sild (Rõngu Bridge)
- Tilluke teomees (The little corvée worker)
- Rehepeksja laul (Thresher's song)
- Hobune kadunud (The Lost Horse)
- Tilluke teopoiss (The Tiny Serf Boy)
- Tiik (The Pond)
- Ehted varastatud (Stolen ornaments)
- Tillukene teomees (Tiny serf laborer)
- Teng - hobu (Coin for a Horse)
- Kus istun - seal itken (Where I sit, there I weep)
- Mõdu varastatud (Stolen mead)
- Kuri kabjas (Evil in the hooves)
- Mets mett täis (Forest full of honey)Filed on the same poems: Metsad mett täis
- Teopoiss (Serf boy)
- Hobuse otsimine (Searching for the Horse)
- Nutust järv (Lake of tears)
- Ting-hobu-naine (Horse-trading woman)
- Kus istun - iken (Where I Must Always Sit)
- Hevonen varastetaan oluenjuojalta (Horse stolen from the beer-drinker)SKVR type
- Varas vie koristeet (Thief takes the ornaments)SKVR type
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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.