Kalamiehen vala
Runosong type in the classification of SKVR, the Finnish Literature Society’s runosong corpus
In English: The fisherman's oath (a translation; the archive names the type in Finnish only)
| Filed under | Loitsut (incantations) › Kalastusloitsut |
|---|---|
| Poems | 121 |
| Verses | 227 |
| Collection places | 76 |
| Collected | 1870s to 1930s |
| Collectors | Eemeli Vihervaara · V. J. Kallio · Niilo Kallio · Vilho Saariluoma · Aukusti Salo · Martti Mattila · Samuli Paulaharju · Antti Valve · T. V. Laine · Mimmi Hakalehto |
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The archive’s description
Written by the editors of the SKVR type index and quoted as it stands, in Finnish.
Kalamies (usein onkija tai uistaja) lupautuu pirulle saadakseen hyvän kalasaaliin: Kala minulle, minä pirulle. Onkijan sanoina käytetty Kalamiehen vala varioi ideaa: mato toivotetaan kalalle, kala minulle, minä tai osa kalasta pirulle/saatanalle.
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.
- Vihti (7)
- Uskela (6)
- Mouhijärvi (5)
- Tyrvää (5)
- Hämeenkyrö (4)
- Hattula (3)
- Pertteli (3)
- Sammatti (3)
- Tammela (3)
- Viljakkala (3)
- Virrat (3)
- Halikko (2)
- Harjavalta (2)
- Jokioinen (2)
- Kisko (2)
- Perniö (2)
- Renko (2)
- Somerniemi (2)
- Sääksmäki (2)
- Tottijärvi (2)
- Tyrnävä (2)
- Yläne (2)
- Alastaro (1)
- Angelniemi (1)
- Anjala (1)
- Eura (1)
- Hailuoto (1)
- Hauho (1)
- Heinävesi (1)
- Helsinki (1)
- Hyvinkää (1)
- Häme (1)
- Hämeenlinna (1)
- Ii (1)
- Inkoo (1)
- Kajaani (1)
- Kalvola (1)
- Kankaanpää (1)
- Karvia (1)
- Kihniö (1)
- Kiikala (1)
- Korpilahti (1)
- Koski Hl (1)
- Koski Tl. (1)
- Kymi (1)
- Laitila (1)
- Lappee (1)
- Lokalahti (1)
- Loppi (1)
- Merimasku (1)
- Muurla (1)
- Noormarkku (1)
- Nurmes (1)
- Orivesi (1)
- Oulainen (1)
- Paimio (1)
- Paltamo (1)
- Pielavesi (1)
- Pirkkala (1)
- Puolanka (1)
…and 16 more places
- Pyhäjärvi Ul (1)
- Pyhäranta (1)
- Pälkäne (1)
- Rauma (1)
- Sauvo (1)
- Simo (1)
- Somero (1)
- Suonenjoki (1)
- Sysmä (1)
- Tampere (1)
- Tuulos (1)
- Tuusula (1)
- Tyrväntö (1)
- Uusikirkko Vpl. (1)
- Vahto (1)
- Ylikiiminki (1)
When it was collected
| Decade | Poems |
|---|---|
| 1870s | 1 |
| 1880s | 10 |
| 1890s | 14 |
| 1900s | 17 |
| 1910s | 59 |
| 1920s | 2 |
| 1930s | 18 |
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.
- Mato kalal, kalat minul, SKVR XIV 2494. — Vihti
- Mato kalalle! SKVR VIII 414. — Uskela
- Kala minun, minä pirun! SKVR X2 4000. — Mouhijärvi
- kalat minulle, minä pirulle, ja SKVR X2 3993. — Tyrvää
- Ahven armas onkikala, SKVR X2 4007. — Hämeenkyrö
- "Minä pirun, kala minun." SKVR IX3 988. — Hattula
- Mato kalal, kala minul SKVR VIII 424. — Pertteli
- Kala minul, mato pirul! SKVR XIV 2503. — Sammatti
- "Kala minun, SKVR IX3 986. — Tammela
- Mato kalalle, kala minulle, SKVR X2 4013. — Viljakkala
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 |
|---|---|
| Onkijan lukuja | 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.
- Onkijan lukuja (Angler's charms)
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- Karjan päästäminen metsänpeitosta (Freeing cattle from the forest's cover)
- Leskelle joutunut (Fallen into Widowhood)
- Paholaisen saaminen avuksi (Summoning the devil as helper)
- Matti (Matias, Mattias) (Matti (Matthew) and name variants)
- Raudan nostatus (Iron Raising Charm)
- Voionnen hankkiminen (Securing butter luck)
- Lindu püssil püüetakse (Bird caught with a gun)ERAB type
- Nika ninkeri (Nika-ninkeri (nonsense rhyme))
- Öötöö tulu tondile (Night labor's profit to the ghost)ERAB type
- Laina pada (The borrowed pot)ERAB type
- Ori küsib hobust kiriku sõita (Serf Begs a Horse for Church)ERAB type
- Mõisast tuleja sajatab (One returning from the manor curses)ERAB type
- Rannarahvas (Shore People)ERAB type
- Läheks mehele (Would take a husband)ERAB type
- Ära paista rannale (Don't shine on the shore)ERAB type
- Kala kaunis keitetään matalassakin majassa (Fine Fish Cooked Even in a Low Cottage)
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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.