Iso härkä
Runosong type in the classification of SKVR, the Finnish Literature Society’s runosong corpus
In English: The great ox (a translation; the archive names the type in Finnish only)
| Filed under | Kertovat runot (narrative songs) › Epiikka |
|---|---|
| Poems | 187 |
| Verses | 7,204 |
| Collection places | 67 |
| Collected | 1780s to 1930s |
| Collectors | Volmari Porkka · Kaarle Krohn · D. E. D. Europaeus · Forsberg (Alava), Vihtori · A. A. Borenius · Elias Lönnrot · Samuli Paulaharju · I. K. Inha · A. Berner · Uuno Karttunen |
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The archive’s description
Written by the editors of the SKVR type index and quoted as it stands, in Finnish.
Esiintyy myös Pakeneva-runon yhteydessä.
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.
- Soikkola (18)
- Repola (15)
- Narvusi (14)
- Kiimaisjärvi (10)
- Vuokkiniemi (9)
- Kaprio (7)
- Suomussalmi (7)
- Uhtua (5)
- Kittilä (4)
- Kontokki (4)
- Metsäpirtti (4)
- Piippola (4)
- Rautu (4)
- Sakkola (4)
- Juva (3)
- Kemijärvi (3)
- Lempaala (3)
- Moloskovitsa (3)
- Pielisjärvi (3)
- Pistojärvi (3)
- Suistamo (3)
- Hyrynsalmi (2)
- Kuolemajärvi (2)
- Lavansaari (2)
- Paanajärvi (2)
- Savitaipale (2)
- Sotkamo (2)
- Toksova (2)
- Tyrö (2)
- Vuole (2)
- Hailuoto (1)
- Haukipudas (1)
- Hirvensalmi (1)
- Ilomantsi (1)
- Impilahti (1)
- Inari (1)
- Jyskyjärvi (1)
- Kattila (1)
- Kemi (1)
- Kestilä (1)
- Kiestinki (1)
- Kiuruvesi (1)
- Kivennapa (1)
- Kuhmo (1)
- Kuusamo (1)
- Laihia (1)
- Lapinlahti (1)
- Maaninka (1)
- Muhos (1)
- Nilsiä (1)
- Oulujoki (1)
- Pielavesi (1)
- Pohjois-Pohjanmaa (1)
- Pudasjärvi (1)
- Pyhäjärvi Vpl. (1)
- Pyhäntä (1)
- Ristijärvi (1)
- Rovaniemi (1)
- Serepetta (1)
- Simo (1)
…and 7 more places
When it was collected
| Decade | Poems |
|---|---|
| 1780s | 3 |
| 1810s | 3 |
| 1830s | 8 |
| 1840s | 17 |
| 1850s | 16 |
| 1860s | 2 |
| 1870s | 19 |
| 1880s | 37 |
| 1890s | 31 |
| 1900s | 15 |
| 1910s | 12 |
| 1920s | 12 |
| 1930s | 11 |
| 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.
- Menin minä metsään kesolla, SKVR III1 346. — Soikkola
- vanha Väinämöinen, SKVR II 33. — Repola
- Hiisi hiutti kirvestään, SKVR III1 72. — Narvusi
- Se oli Päivöilän emändä SKVR I2 704. — Kiimaisjärvi
- Hämehessä härkä synty, SKVR I2 892. — Vuokkiniemi
- Hämöilässä härkä kasvoi, SKVR IV2 1794. — Kaprio
- Sauan laulan, lapsi kaksi, SKVR XII1 115. — Suomussalmi
- "Kūlin minä kum̄empia, SKVR I2 898. — Uhtua
- Riihimies mulle jüviä annoit, SKVR XII1 119. — Kittilä
- Savu saarella palaa, SKVR I2 754. — Kontokki
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 |
|---|---|
| Pakeneva | 27 |
| Hämeen ihmeet | 23 |
| Pentin linna | 19 |
| Iso sika | 18 |
| Lemminkäisen virsi | 14 |
| Veneenveisto | 12 |
| Laivaretki | 10 |
| Kilpalaulanta | 5 |
| Purren itku | 5 |
| Venepuun etsintä | 4 |
| Veljen kuolema | 4 |
| Voiteen synty | 4 |
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.
- Ihmemaa (Wonderland)
- Ihmetupa (House of wonders)
- Kanavan rakennus (Building the canal)
- Hämeen ihmeet (Wonders of Häme)
- Suomeen pako (Flight to Finland)
- Lehmä teki valkean vasikan (The cow bore a white calf)
- Saaren neidot (The Island Maidens)
- Aita on tehty neitoloista (A fence made of maidens)
- Lemminkäisen surma (Death of Lemminkäinen)
- Souda laiva Suomeen (Row the Ship to Finland)
- Purren itku (The boat's lament)
- Oluen uhkaus (The Ale's Threat)
- Veneenveisto (Boat building)
- Iso sika (Big pig)
- Laivaretki (Ship voyage)
- Näin lauloi Larin Paraske (Thus Sang Larin Paraske)
- Hevonen varastetaan oluenjuojalta (Horse stolen from the beer-drinker)
- Ihmehevonen (The wonder horse)
- Tietäjän apuri (The wise one's helper)
- Venepuun etsintä (Search for boat timber)
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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.