Kanteleen soitto
Runosong type in the classification of SKVR, the Finnish Literature Society’s runosong corpus
In English: Playing the kantele (a translation; the archive names the type in Finnish only)
| Filed under | Kertovat runot (narrative songs) › Epiikka |
|---|---|
| Poems | 413 |
| Verses | 27,687 |
| Collection places | 73 |
| Collected | 1700s to 1930s |
| Collectors | A. A. Borenius · Elias Lönnrot · D. E. D. Europaeus · Volmari Porkka · Kaarle Krohn · A. Genetz · A. D. Neovius · H. A. Reinholm · A. Berner · Hj. Basilier |
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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.
- Vuokkiniemi (47)
- Uhtua (30)
- Soikkola (24)
- Sakkola (23)
- Repola (22)
- Kontokki (19)
- Ilomantsi (18)
- Jyskyjärvi (16)
- Kiimaisjärvi (15)
- Suistamo (14)
- Suojärvi (13)
- Lempaala (11)
- Porajärvi (11)
- Toksova (11)
- Kaprio (10)
- Pohjois-Pohjanmaa (7)
- Vuole (7)
- Metsäpirtti (6)
- Kivijärvi (4)
- Korpiselkä (4)
- Narvusi (4)
- Nurmes (4)
- Pyhäjärvi Vpl. (4)
- Soanlahti (4)
- Sortavala (4)
- Suomussalmi (4)
- Kiuruvesi (3)
- Lapinlahti (3)
- Pistojärvi (3)
- Saarijärvi (3)
- Serepetta (3)
- Eno (2)
- Etelä-Savo (2)
- Grue Finnskog (2)
- Joroinen (2)
- Kemi (2)
- Kiihtelysvaara (2)
- Kitee (2)
- Koprina (2)
- Kupanitsa (2)
- Paatene (2)
- Rautu (2)
- Rovaniemi (2)
- Salmi (2)
- Sotkamo (2)
- Tyrö (2)
- Antrea (1)
- Hietamäki (1)
- Hiitola (1)
- Impilahti (1)
- Juva (1)
- Kainuu (1)
- Kestilä (1)
- Kittilä (1)
- Kivennapa (1)
- Markkova (1)
- Nilsiä (1)
- Paltamo (1)
- Pohjois-Karjala (1)
- Rantasalmi (1)
…and 13 more places
- Räisälä (1)
- Rääkkylä (1)
- Skuoritsa (1)
- Sonkajärvi (1)
- Säämäjärvi (1)
- Tuupovaara (1)
- Uusikirkko Vpl. (1)
- Valtimo (1)
- Varpaisjärvi (1)
- Venjoki (1)
- Veteli (1)
- Vieljärvi (1)
- Viitasaari (1)
When it was collected
| Decade | Poems |
|---|---|
| 1700s | 1 |
| 1760s | 1 |
| 1780s | 9 |
| 1800s | 2 |
| 1810s | 7 |
| 1820s | 15 |
| 1830s | 37 |
| 1840s | 54 |
| 1850s | 21 |
| 1860s | 1 |
| 1870s | 87 |
| 1880s | 95 |
| 1890s | 43 |
| 1900s | 23 |
| 1910s | 11 |
| 1920s | 4 |
| 1930s | 2 |
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.
- Lappalaini küüttä-künsi SKVR I1 78. — Vuokkiniemi
- Lappalainji on kyytösilmä, SKVR I1 102. — Uhtua
- Oute-Koute neitsykkäinen, SKVR III1 305. — Soikkola
- Olin orjanna Virossa, SKVR XIII1 304. — Sakkola
- Vaka vanha Väinämöine SKVR II 160. — Repola
- Lappalainen kyytösilmä SKVR I1 30. — Kontokki
- Soitti vanha Väinämöinen, SKVR VII1 607. — Ilomantsi
- Vaan se on vanha Väinämöinen SKVR I1 1. — Jyskyjärvi
- Tuopa vanha Väinämöinen SKVR I1 9. — Kiimaisjärvi
- Kaunoba tegi kanteletta, SKVR VII1 548. — Suistamo
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 |
|---|---|
| Kanteleen synty | 297 |
| Laivaretki | 182 |
| Purren itku | 62 |
| Veneenveisto | 48 |
| Väinämöisen ammunta | 39 |
| Sammon ryöstö | 31 |
| Sammon taonta | 29 |
| Kyynelten vierintä | 29 |
| Maailmansyntyruno | 25 |
| Vipusen virsi | 24 |
| Polvenhaava | 17 |
| Hirvet tappelevat | 17 |
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.
- Ammun aidaksella (I Shoot with a Fence Stake)
- Sammon ryöstö (Theft of the Sampo)
- Haittan' on hako vesillä, köyhät eellä rikkahalla (A snag hinders the waters, the poor before the rich)
- Ilmanimmen kosinta (Courtship at Ilmaniemi)
- Olin orjana Virossa (I was a serf in Estonia)
- Hirvi ohrassa (Elk in the Barley)
- Taivaan taonta (Forging of the Sky)
- Polvenhaava (Knee wound)
- Sammon taonta (Forging of the Sampo)
- Purren itku (The boat's lament)
- Saaren neidot (The Island Maidens)
- Hirvet tappelevat (Elk in battle)
- Veneenveisto (Boat building)
- Läksin linnaan likaksi (Gone to the castle as a servant)
- Väinämöisen ammunta (The shooting of Väinämöinen)
- Kanteleen synty (Birth of the kantele)
- Tule tänne Turkin Elli (Come here, Elli from Turku)
- Vipusen virsi (Song of Vipunen)
- Kilpalaulanta (Song competition)
- Luutaan lehosta (Broom from the Grove)
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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.