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Kanteleen synty

Runosong type in the classification of SKVR, the Finnish Literature Society’s runosong corpus

In English: Birth of the kantele (a translation; the archive names the type in Finnish only)

Filed underKertovat runot (narrative songs) › Epiikka
Poems373
Verses26,207
Collection places61
Collected1700s to 1930s
CollectorsA. A. Borenius · D. E. D. Europaeus · Volmari Porkka · Elias Lönnrot · A. D. Neovius · A. Genetz · Kaarle Krohn · H. A. Reinholm · Forsberg (Alava), Vihtori · A. Berner

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The archive’s description

Written by the editors of the SKVR type index and quoted as it stands, in Finnish.

Tähän on yhdistetty kaikki Kanteleen synty -aiheisten runojen viitteet. Pohjoisilla runoalueilla pääasiassa vallitsee kalanluinen kannel -runotyyppi, mutta tätä tavataan vähän myös alueilta IV, V ja XIII. Eteläisiä runoalueita hallitsee hirvensarvinen ja oinonsarvinen kantele, joskin hirvensarvinen kannel esiintyy myös alueella VII ja oinonluista kannelta tavataan Savosta. Runojen kantele on valmistettu moninaisista aineksista ja usein niitä yhdistellen. Seuraavassa luettelo kanteleen kopan keskeisistä valmistustarpeista: hirvensarvet, hellonsarvet, poropeuran polviluut (VII: "Kauon kannel") oinonsarvet, lehmän luut, peuran luut, kalan luut (murut, ruodot, hauen leukaluut, kalan evät, lohen pyrstö), kokon luut (I4 2153), sorsan luut, sormiluut (I1 620>365, 622>120), 665>121), koivu (V1 145-146, 157, XII1 80, XIII1 303, 308, 315-316, 318, 320), kuusi (I1 617-617a, II 166), tammi (VII1 565), vaahtera (III1 307, 724-725, III2 2165), teräs (XIII2 4724).

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.

…and 1 more places

When it was collected

DecadePoems
1700s1
1760s1
1780s6
1800s2
1810s9
1820s8
1830s23
1840s49
1850s22
1860s1
1870s79
1880s77
1890s52
1900s19
1910s16
1920s5
1930s3

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.

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.

TypePoems in common
Kanteleen soitto297
Laivaretki162
Purren itku55
Veneenveisto46
Väinämöisen ammunta35
Sammon ryöstö25
Sammon taonta24
Olin orjana Virossa22
Maailmansyntyruno21
Vipusen virsi20
Kyynelten vierintä20
Hirvet tappelevat18

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.

  1. Hirvi ohrassa (Elk in the Barley)
  2. Sammon ryöstö (Theft of the Sampo)
  3. Sammon taonta (Forging of the Sampo)
  4. Taivaan taonta (Forging of the Sky)
  5. Maailmansyntyruno (World creation poem)
  6. Vipusen virsi (Song of Vipunen)
  7. Saaren neidot (The Island Maidens)
  8. Veneenveisto (Boat building)
  9. Väinämöisen ammunta (The shooting of Väinämöinen)
  10. Tule tänne Turkin Elli (Come here, Elli from Turku)
  11. Hirvet tappelevat (Elk in battle)
  12. Haittan' on hako vesillä, köyhät eellä rikkahalla (A snag hinders the waters, the poor before the rich)
  13. Sinon kylväjä (The Sower)
  14. Vieraalle maalle joutunut (Lost in foreign lands)
  15. Kilpalaulanta (Song competition)
  16. Kanteleen soitto (Playing the kantele)
  17. Purren itku (The boat's lament)
  18. Olin orjana Virossa (I was a serf in Estonia)
  19. Polvenhaava (Knee wound)
  20. Viron orja ja isäntä (The servant in Estonia and his master)

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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.