Ihmehevonen
Runosong type in the classification of SKVR, the Finnish Literature Society’s runosong corpus
In English: The wonder horse (a translation; the archive names the type in Finnish only)
| Filed under | Kertovat runot (narrative songs) › Epiikka |
|---|---|
| Poems | 125 |
| Verses | 5,319 |
| Collection places | 59 |
| Collected | 1700s to 1930s |
| Collectors | Kaarle Krohn · A. A. Borenius · D. E. D. Europaeus · Fr. A. Saxbäck · K. A. Gottlund · Elias Lönnrot · Volmari Porkka · Oskar Groundström · A. E. Ahlqvist · A. D. Neovius |
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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: Hevosella lampi lautasilla, josta noidat vettä lakkivat, syö kaurat räystäältä, juo veden pilvistä. - Pohjoisessa esiintyy usein Kilpalaulanta-runossa, myös Päivän päästö -runossa, eteläisillä alueilla mm. runoissa Hevonen varastetaan oluenjuojalta, Kyntäjä ja pedot. Loitsuissa Kateen sanoissa. Häärunoissa: Sulhasen hevosen ylistys.
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.
- Lempaala (9)
- Vuole (9)
- Juva (7)
- Kontokki (6)
- Kaprio (5)
- Kiimaisjärvi (5)
- Narvusi (4)
- Suistamo (4)
- Tyrö (4)
- Vuokkiniemi (4)
- Ilomantsi (3)
- Joroinen (3)
- Toksova (3)
- Etelä-Savo (2)
- Haukivuori (2)
- Hyrynsalmi (2)
- Impilahti (2)
- Kestilä (2)
- Nilsiä (2)
- Paltamo (2)
- Repola (2)
- Sakkola (2)
- Soikkola (2)
- Sotkamo (2)
- Viena (2)
- Akaa (1)
- Antrea (1)
- Eno (1)
- Hailuoto (1)
- Häme (1)
- Iisalmi (1)
- Jäppilä (1)
- Kangasniemi (1)
- Kattila (1)
- Kesälahti (1)
- Kivijärvi (1)
- Kuopio (1)
- Kärsämäki (1)
- Lappajärvi (1)
- Miikkulainen (1)
- Moloskovitsa (1)
- Mäntyharju (1)
- Peräpohjola (1)
- Pieksämäki (1)
- Pohjois-Pohjanmaa (1)
- Pyhäjoki (1)
- Pyhäjärvi Vpl. (1)
- Rantasalmi (1)
- Rautalampi (1)
- Rautu (1)
- Reisjärvi (1)
- Simo (1)
- Sodankylä (1)
- Sortavala (1)
- Suomussalmi (1)
- Tuupovaara (1)
- Uhtua (1)
- Uusikirkko Vpl. (1)
- Viipuri mlk (1)
When it was collected
| Decade | Poems |
|---|---|
| 1700s | 1 |
| 1780s | 1 |
| 1800s | 1 |
| 1810s | 5 |
| 1820s | 2 |
| 1830s | 7 |
| 1840s | 12 |
| 1850s | 19 |
| 1860s | 4 |
| 1870s | 13 |
| 1880s | 31 |
| 1890s | 16 |
| 1900s | 7 |
| 1910s | 3 |
| 1920s | 1 |
| 1930s | 1 |
| year not recorded | 1 |
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.
- Nukuin, nurmelle hyvälle, SKVR V1 72. — Lempaala
- Mistäs mie isoist kiitän, SKVR V1 47. — Vuole
- Kokkoseni lintuseini, SKVR VI1 17. — Juva
- Tuo oli vanha Väinämöinen, SKVR I1 158. — Kontokki
- Peikalal jalan sijoja. SKVR IV1 1352. — Kaprio
- Jonk' on lampi lautasella, SKVR I1 155. — Kiimaisjärvi
- Annikka Turuisen tyttö, SKVR III1 851. — Narvusi
- Kesät kengitin hevoista, SKVR VII1 450. — Suistamo
- Läksin miä soille sotkemaa, SKVR IV2 1867. — Tyrö
- Vaka vanha Väinämöińi SKVR I1 58 a). — Vuokkiniemi
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.
- Lehmä teki valkean vasikan (The cow bore a white calf)
- Ajoin heikoksi hevosen - itkien kotiin (Rode the horse to exhaustion, came home crying)
- Kyntäjä ja pedot (The Plowman and the Wild Beasts)
- Varas vie koristeet (Thief takes the ornaments)
- Hämähäkin sanat (Spider charm)
- Hevonen varastetaan oluenjuojalta (Horse stolen from the beer-drinker)
- Hämeen ihmeet (Wonders of Häme)
- Taivaan taonta (Forging of the Sky)
- Sammon taonta (Forging of the Sampo)
- Iso härkä (The great ox)
- Kävin pilven piirtä myöten (Walking along the cloud's edge)
- Ajoin Kunnolan kujaan (I Rode into Kunnola's Lane)
- Ei ole joka orolla (Not Every Stallion Has)
- Nai punaposkinen tyttö (The Rosy-Cheeked Girl)
- Jumala on pesemättä puhtukainen (God is pure without washing)
- Hyvä mieleni tulee hevosen hyvän reessä (Good spirits from riding a fine horse's sleigh)
- Pohjat kengistä kuluu mieron tiellä (Shoe soles wear out on the beggar's road)
- Tiirin liirin tengan löysin (Tiirin liirin, I found a coin)
- Hyvä mies, hyvä hevonen (Good man, good horse)
- Lammasnavetan päästö pilauksesta (Freeing the sheep barn from defilement)
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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.