Kalajõgi
Runosong type in the classification of ERAB, the Estonian Folklore Archives’ runosong database
In English: Fish river (a translation; the archive names the type in Estonian only)
| Filed under | Looduslaulud (nature songs) › Loomad ja linnud |
|---|---|
| Poems | 279 |
| Verses | 6,023 |
| Collection places | 79 |
| Collected | 1860s to 1940s |
| Collectors | Mihkel (Tori) Ostrov · Karl Viljak · Gustav Vilberg (Vilbaste) · Karl Voldemar Rosenstrauch · Peeter Ruubel-Kõrnitse · Oskar Philipp Kallas · Rudolf Tamm · Mihkel Pehka · Johan (Juhan) Kala · Helene Maasen-Varik |
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The archive’s description
Written by the editors of the ERAB type index and quoted as it stands, in Estonian.
Kalajõgi: VK III 296, VK IV 305, VK VI 54, VK IX 57, VK X*, VK XI 101, ERlA 281; Lähme kala püüdemaie – VK II 187: A, B.
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.
- Setumaa (16)
- Kadrina (14)
- Haljala (13)
- Urvaste (12)
- Viljandi (12)
- Helme (10)
- Tarvastu (10)
- Karksi (8)
- Audru (7)
- Halliste (7)
- Kodavere (7)
- Kuusalu (7)
- Maarja-Magdaleena (7)
- Viru-Nigula (7)
- Harju-Jaani (6)
- Palamuse (6)
- Pärnu-Jaagupi (6)
- Põltsamaa (6)
- Tõstamaa (6)
- Vaivara (6)
- Simuna (5)
- Viru-Jaagupi (5)
- Ambla (4)
- Karula (4)
- Kose (4)
- Laiuse (4)
- Rannu (4)
- Sangaste (4)
- Vändra (4)
- Äksi (4)
- Kambja (3)
- Muhu (3)
- Märjamaa (3)
- Paistu (3)
- Puhja (3)
- Pärnu (3)
- Rõuge (3)
- Torma (3)
- Vigala (3)
- Häädemeeste (2)
- Karuse (2)
- Koeru (2)
- Kolga-Jaani (2)
- Kullamaa (2)
- Pilistvere (2)
- Pärnumaa (2)
- Pöide (2)
- Saarde (2)
- Suure-Jaani (2)
- Tartu (2)
- Vastseliina (2)
- Väike-Maarja (2)
- Võnnu (2)
- Võrumaa (2)
- välismaa (2)
- Hanila (1)
- Hargla (1)
- Harju-Madise (1)
- Harjumaa (1)
- Järva-Jaani (1)
…and 19 more places
When it was collected
| Decade | Poems |
|---|---|
| 1860s | 2 |
| 1870s | 18 |
| 1880s | 74 |
| 1890s | 86 |
| 1900s | 19 |
| 1910s | 25 |
| 1920s | 16 |
| 1930s | 14 |
| 1940s | 1 |
| year not recorded | 24 |
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.
- Kõivõkõne, tammõkõnõ, E 44447/50 (1) — Setumaa
- Kuusk oli, kuusk oli, hellad vennad E 25923/4 (19) — Kadrina
- Ma laulan mered muruksi E 26149 (6) — Haljala
- Kon minä laulu lahutasi AES, Mt 64, 26 — Urvaste
- Teeme õhtale iluda E 25442/3 (5) — Viljandi
- Puud oli, puud oli ella velle E 14023/4 (16) — Helme
- Tamme all Tarvastu mäella, EKS 39, 19/21 (6) — Tarvastu
- Illus, illus neiu noore, ERM 147, 139 — Karksi
- Külaõed linnukesed E 12917 (11) — Audru
- Olin Kõpus kõndimas EÜS III 350/1 (48) — Halliste
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 |
|---|---|
| Laulust saar | 25 |
| Laulu võim | 22 |
| Õllest saar | 20 |
| Metsamurd | 15 |
| Õhtul ilus laulda | 15 |
| Oksad oravaid täis | 14 |
| Õhtu ilu | 11 |
| Kala kõneleb | 11 |
| Saar (laulust) | 8 |
| Võine mets | 8 |
| Saar | 6 |
| Mitu halba ilma peal | 6 |
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.
- Juured ühte - jõgi (Roots together, one river)
- Saar (Island)
- Keskelt kirst (The middle of the coffin)Filed on the same poems: Puud täis putukaid
- Laulust saar (The Island in the Song)
- Täid kaladeks (Lice into fish)
- Kalajärv (The fish lake)
- Kalad vees (Fish in the Water)
- Kalad (Fish)
- Saar, jõgi (Island and river)
- Saar (õllest) (Island of beer)
- Juured ühes (Roots together)
- Pruudi ja peigmehe mäng (Bride and groom game)
- Õllest saar (An ash tree from beer)
- Kalapüük (Fishing)
- Puu (Tree)
- Orav (The Squirrel)
- Kala (Fish)
- Oksad oravaid täis (Branches full of squirrels)
- Mees merimehe poeg (Man, son of a sailor)
- Õllest kalajõgi (River of Beer and Fish)
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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.