Karske neiu

Runosong type in the classification of ERAB, the Estonian Folklore Archives’ runosong database

In English: The chaste maiden (a translation; the archive names the type in Estonian only)

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The archive’s description

Written by the editors of the ERAB type index and quoted as it stands, in Estonian.

ERlA 2043. Karske neiu

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 (19)
• Tarvastu (15)
• Karksi (10)
• Kolga-Jaani (9)
• Paistu (9)
• Viljandi (9)
• Helme (7)
• Puhja (7)
• Pärnu (7)
• Saarde (7)
• Halliste (6)
• Kadrina (6)
• Kuusalu (6)
• Põltsamaa (6)
• Pärnu-Jaagupi (5)
• Räpina (5)
• Sangaste (5)
• Vigala (5)
• Audru (4)
• Karula (4)
• Kodavere (4)
• Koeru (4)
• Kõpu (4)
• Laiuse (4)
• Pilistvere (4)
• Pöide (4)
• Tori (4)
• Urvaste (4)
• Vändra (4)
• Muhu (3)
• Mustjala (3)
• Suure-Jaani (3)
• Torma (3)
• Tõstamaa (3)
• Türi (3)
• Hanila (2)
• Hargla (2)
• Häädemeeste (2)
• Järva-Madise (2)
• Kihnu (2)
• Kose (2)
• Palamuse (2)
• Rakvere (2)
• Rannu (2)
• Tartu (2)
• Viljandimaa (2)
• Emmaste (1)
• Haljala (1)
• Iisaku (1)
• Jõhvi (1)
• Jüri (1)
• Kihelkonna (1)
• Kursi (1)
• Läänemaa (1)
• Martna (1)
• Mihkli (1)
• Märjamaa (1)
• Nõo (1)
• Paide l. (1)
• Peetri (1)

When it was collected

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.

• Tulli üles hummogulla E, StK 32, 18/9 (12) — Setumaa
• Lähme lähme, käime käime, E 61783/4 — Tarvastu
• Heidam' morgest me magame E 45965/6 (31) — Karksi
• Illut illut tasa tasa E 51463 (69) — Kolga-Jaani
• Käime käime lääme lääme E 51304/5 (15) — Paistu
• Lääme, lääme, käime, käime, ERA II 124, 445 (7) — Viljandi
• Lääme, lääme, käime, käime, H I 7, 489 (15) — Helme
• Esä õppes eladena, EÜS V 1226/7 (13) — Puhja
• Neiukene, noorukene E 13397/8 (3) — Pärnu
• Lähme õitsele, õetsed, ERA II 3, 660/1 (35) — Saarde

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.

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. Löö poisil pool pead! (Strike the boy on the head!)
2. Poisi ja neiu matus (Boy and maiden's funeral)
3. Karskuse õpetus (Teaching of temperance)
4. Neiu ja poisi matus (Funeral of maiden and boy)
5. Ema karskuse õpetus (Mother's temperance lesson)
6. Poiss neiu tulel (Boy at the maiden's fire)
7. Vanemate õpetus (Parents' teaching)
8. Neiu ja poisi kohus (Maiden's and boy's duties)
9. Poiss tulel (Boy at the Fire)Filed on the same poems: Tuba tuule peale
10. Poiss neiude tulel (Boy at the Maidens' Fire)
11. Neiu ja poisi matmine (Burial of maiden and boy)
12. Peiu surm - neiu surm (Groom's death - maiden's death)
13. Suisa suud (Mouth to Mouth)
14. Vanemate karskuse õpetus (Parents' Lesson on Temperance)
15. Luuda minek (The broom's journey)
16. Õitsilaul (Night-herding song)
17. Ema õpetus au hoidmisest (Mother's teaching on keeping honor)
18. Karskuse õpetus neiule (Lesson in chastity for the maiden)
19. Neiu matus - peiu matus (Maiden's funeral - groom's funeral)
20. Lehisele (Going for leafy branches)

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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.