Imed
Runosong type in the classification of ERAB, the Estonian Folklore Archives’ runosong database
In English: Wonders (a translation; the archive names the type in Estonian only)
| Filed under | Laulud meelelahutamiseks (songs for entertainment) › Naljalaulud |
|---|---|
| Poems | 433 |
| Verses | 6,300 |
| Collection places | 95 |
| Collected | 1840s to 1940s |
| Collectors | Karl Voldemar Rosenstrauch · Peeter Penna · Karl Viljak · Richard Viidalepp (Viidebaum) · Tamberg, H. · Gustav Vilberg (Vilbaste) · Jüri Välbe · Mihkel (Tori) Ostrov · Hans Leoke |
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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 1065 väga populaarne, üle Eesti tuntud laul. Fantaasialt ja sisult ligidane eelmisele laulule, kuid käsitluslaad on teine, jämekoomiline, groteskne. On seotud teiste võimatut või eriskummalist kujutavate lauludega (eriti 269 «Loomad tööl»). Siin esineb kolm arendust (mis enamasti kõi
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.
- Haljala (16)
- Laiuse (14)
- Ambla (13)
- Vigala (13)
- Viljandi (13)
- Kadrina (11)
- Kuusalu (11)
- Tõstamaa (11)
- Viru-Jaagupi (11)
- Väike-Maarja (11)
- Simuna (10)
- Järva-Madise (9)
- Koeru (9)
- Kolga-Jaani (9)
- Kose (9)
- Halliste (8)
- Harju-Jaani (8)
- Põltsamaa (8)
- Setumaa (8)
- Järva-Jaani (7)
- Jõhvi (7)
- Jüri (7)
- Märjamaa (7)
- Peetri (7)
- Suure-Jaani (7)
- Türi (7)
- Vändra (7)
- välismaa (7)
- Kullamaa (6)
- Mustjala (6)
- Otepää (6)
- Pärnu-Jaagupi (6)
- Tarvastu (6)
- Torma (6)
- Viru-Nigula (6)
- Helme (5)
- Kodavere (5)
- Maarja-Magdaleena (5)
- Mihkli (5)
- Paistu (5)
- Põlva (5)
- Pöide (5)
- Risti (5)
- Rõuge (5)
- Sangaste (5)
- Urvaste (5)
- Vaivara (5)
- Lüganuse (4)
- Palamuse (4)
- Rõngu (4)
- Äksi (4)
- Kursi (3)
- Muhu (3)
- Narva l. (3)
- Paide (3)
- Pilistvere (3)
- Puhja (3)
- Pärnu l. (3)
- Rakvere (3)
- Rannu (3)
…and 35 more places
- Rapla (3)
- Ridala (3)
- Saarde (3)
- Audru (2)
- Hageri (2)
- Häädemeeste (2)
- Jõelähtme (2)
- Kanepi (2)
- Karksi (2)
- Karula (2)
- Kihelkonna (2)
- Kihnu (2)
- Lääne-Nigula (2)
- Nissi (2)
- Pühalepa (2)
- Rakvere l. (2)
- Räpina (2)
- Tallinn (2)
- Tartu (2)
- Tori (2)
- Viljandi l. (2)
- Viljandimaa (2)
- Anna (1)
- Anseküla (1)
- Hargla (1)
- Iisaku (1)
- Keila (1)
- Kõpu (1)
- Martna (1)
- Nõo (1)
- Paide l. (1)
- Pärnu (1)
- Püha (1)
- Tartu-Maarja (1)
- Võnnu (1)
When it was collected
| Decade | Poems |
|---|---|
| 1840s | 1 |
| 1850s | 1 |
| 1860s | 5 |
| 1870s | 25 |
| 1880s | 66 |
| 1890s | 103 |
| 1900s | 33 |
| 1910s | 64 |
| 1920s | 48 |
| 1930s | 52 |
| 1940s | 1 |
| year not recorded | 34 |
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.
- Hunt on hullu, mõõk on vööla EÜS IX 1148 (123) — Haljala
- Linnukene mäe peal ERA II 253, 401/2 (45) — Laiuse
- Sõitsin sõitsin vennakene E A 682 (2) — Ambla
- Või-või, või-või võiberpassi, ERA II 3, 109 (25) — Vigala
- Olen mina mitmes mõisas käinud, E 27346 (9) — Viljandi
- Või imeta, mis imeta EÜS X 2243/4 (18) — Kadrina
- Käisin ma Käbikülassa EÜS II 606/7 (105) — Kuusalu
- Olen käinud ja olen näinud E 10505 (2) — Tõstamaa
- Oi imeta, siis imeta EÜS VII 1921 (115) — Viru-Jaagupi
- Või imeta, oi imeta EÜS VII 1847 (32) — Väike-Maarja
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 |
|---|---|
| Põdratapja | 6 |
| Neiud kaklevad | 5 |
| Naiste taplus | 5 |
| Imemaa | 4 |
| Kättemaks sakstele | 4 |
| Joodik | 4 |
| Joodiku laul | 4 |
| Soome sild | 3 |
| Hollandi sulane | 3 |
| Loomad tööl | 3 |
| Laisad neiud | 2 |
| Lindude õlu | 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.
- Nõo küla (Nõo village)
- Naiste taplus (Women's brawl)
- Naiste tüli (Women's quarrel)
- Naiste taplemine (Women's brawl)
- Neiu külas (Maiden in the Village)
- Mis neidudel peas (What's in maidens' heads)
- Loomad tööl (Animals at work)
- Neiu küla (Maiden's village)
- Neiud kaklevad (The quarreling maidens)
- Rauta hobu! (Shoe the horse!)
- Taevas tantsis (The Sky Danced)
- Olin noor mees (I was a young man)
- Vend kosjas (Brother goes wooing)
- Imemaa (Wonderland)
- Müristamine (Thundering)
- Haraka habe aeti (The Magpie's Beard Was Shaved)
- Hämeen ihmeet (Wonders of Häme)SKVR type
- Vanapoissi vaevati (Old Bachelor Tormented)
- Neli laiska neidu (Four lazy maidens)
- Laisad peretütred (Lazy Household Daughters)
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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.