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Kättemaks sakstele

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

In English: Revenge against the lords (a translation; the archive names the type in Estonian only)

Filed underLaulud ühiskondlikest vahekordadest (songs about social relations) › Mõis
Poems555
Verses7,379
Collection places107
Collected1820s to 1940s
CollectorsKarl Voldemar Rosenstrauch · Richard Viidalepp (Viidebaum) · Jüri Välbe · Karl Viljak · Mihkel (Tori) Ostrov · Paul Ariste (Berg) · Enda Ennist · Peeter Penna · Julius Aleksander Rehberg (Reepärg)

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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 1335 väga arvukate üleskirjutustega esindatud, ülemaaliselt tuntud laulutüüp. Esineb kahes redaktsioonis: A. Oleks minu olemine, paneksin härrad härgadeks — üleskirjutuste hulgalt arvukas, levikutihedus suurem Ida-Eestis, põhjarannikult lõunapiirini välja; B. Oleks minu olemine, paneksin saksad tööle — tuntud eelkõige Lääne- ja Edela-Eestis. Viimane redaktsioon seisab tõenäoliselt ühenduses lõuna-eestilise päritoluga sakste sajatuslauluga «Saagu saksad santima» (1336). Sageli tuleb ette ka mõlema redaktsiooni segunemisi (Lääne- ja Edela-Eestis ning Tartumaal).

Esineb liitumisi mitmete teiste mõisavastaste lauludega (eriti 1333 «Palve sakstele», 1312 «Mõisast pääsemine», 1434 «Kubjas põrgu!»), samuti laulude tsüklilist koondumist.

Omapärased on liitumised teiste fantaasiarikast mõttelendu osutavate nn. «oleks»-lauludega (näit. «Tall taeva all» — 702 ja 1889; mitmesugused «tehtud» hobused 298, 804; motiivi «Tuule tuba» — tav

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 47 more places

When it was collected

DecadePoems
1820s1
1840s1
1860s1
1870s17
1880s117
1890s134
1900s38
1910s55
1920s72
1930s85
1940s3
year not recorded31

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
Palve sakstele28
Kättemaksmine sakstele16
Sillad soodele13
Hirmus mõis11
Sillad soile11
Tuule tuba9
Neiu linn9
Imelik maja9
Kättemaks8
Kubjas, lase lõunale!7
Palve kupjale6
Sundija sulane6

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. Tall taeva all (Stable under the sky)
  2. Oleks minu olemine (If only my lot were different)
  3. Tall (The stable)
  4. Sillad soodele (Bridges over the bogs)
  5. Tuule tuba (Room of the Wind)
  6. Imelik maja (The strange house)
  7. Hobu (Horse Song)
  8. Neiu linn (Maiden's town)
  9. Kurva kodu (Sorrowful home)
  10. Sadul (The Saddle)
  11. Sillad soile (Bridges to the Swamp)
  12. Soov (A wish)
  13. Saksad santima (Lords going begging)
  14. Endine heal (Former voice)
  15. Sillad soole (Bridges to the Swamp)
  16. Sõidaksin Sõõrumäele (I would ride to Sõõrumägi)
  17. Oleks mul raha (If Only I Had Money)
  18. Tinakirik (Tin church)
  19. Heinast hobu (Horse Made of Hay)
  20. Saagu saksad santima (Let the gentry go begging)

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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.