Hobuse otsija

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

In English: Horse seeker (a translation; the archive names the type in Estonian only)

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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 313. Hobuse otsija: sellisena haruldane. Geneetiline seos tüübiga 2140 — armastuslauluga (kus noormees otsib hobust, s. o. oma neidu).

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.

• Paistu (10)
• Muhu (8)
• Helme (6)
• Kolga-Jaani (5)
• Pöide (5)
• Setumaa (5)
• Urvaste (5)
• Sangaste (4)
• Audru (3)
• Karksi (3)
• Pilistvere (3)
• välismaa (3)
• Ambla (2)
• Harju-Jaani (2)
• Kadrina (2)
• Kanepi (2)
• Karula (2)
• Kuusalu (2)
• Maarja-Magdaleena (2)
• Puhja (2)
• Põltsamaa (2)
• Rõngu (2)
• Tarvastu (2)
• Tori (2)
• Tõstamaa (2)
• Võrumaa (2)
• Äksi (2)
• Halliste (1)
• Hanila (1)
• Iisaku (1)
• Kihnu (1)
• Kursi (1)
• Laiuse (1)
• Narva l. (1)
• Otepää (1)
• Palamuse (1)
• Ridala (1)
• Saarde (1)
• Saaremaa (1)
• Torma (1)
• Vaivara (1)
• Valga (1)
• Vastseliina (1)
• Vigala (1)
• Viljandi (1)
• Väike-Maarja (1)
• Vändra (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.

• Üle piiri pika poisi ERA II 206, 597 (14) — Paistu
• Lähme huosta otsimaie, H II 54, 497/9 (185) — Muhu
• Öö ma hõl´lu õitsienna EKmS 4° 3, 370/1 (7) — Helme
• Läksin hobust otsimaie, H II 56, 293/4 (5) — Kolga-Jaani
• Annekene neitsikene H I 3, 65 (3) — Pöide
• Üü iks pikk pimmeüisi H, Wiedemann 2, 211/2 (1) — Setumaa
• Öö mina hõl´lu päeva kal´lu; H II 32, 396/7 (5) — Urvaste
• Muu jooskva jutussele H II 31, 565/6 (19) — Sangaste
• Perenaene põrguline EKmS 8° 1, 435 (15) — Audru
• Vällä, vällä õitsilise, ERM 147, 165/7 — Karksi

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. Hobuse otsimine (Searching for the Horse)
2. Hobusemäng (Horse game)
3. Hobu kadunud (Lost horse)
4. Hobune kadunud (The Lost Horse)
5. Hobuse otsijad (Searching for the Horse)
6. Hobuseotsija mäng (Horse-seeking game)
7. Hobuse kaebus (Horse's complaint)
8. Leigotamine (Leigo Swinging)
9. Hobuse ostja (The Horse Buyer)
10. Hobuse ostjad (Horse Buyers)
11. Kari kadunud (The lost herd)
12. Leigutamine (Swinging game)
13. Pea piiramine (Head Encircling Charm)
14. Loomade püüdmine (Rounding Up the Animals)
15. Hobuste otsimine (Searching for horses)
16. Hirnub selgaistujaid (Neighing at the Back-Riders)
17. Neiu pääpiiramine (Garlanding the maiden's head)
18. Ehitud hobune (The decorated horse)
19. Karja kauplejad (Cattle traders)
20. Isa ei anna hobust talgule minna (Father Won't Lend the Horse for the Work Party)

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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.