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Kohtaus

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

In English: Sudden attack charm (a translation; the archive names the type in Finnish only)

Filed underLoitsut (incantations) › Tautiloitsut
Poems155
Verses1,566
Collection places70
Collected1810s to 1930s
CollectorsL. Kaukamaa · Kaarle Krohn · Samuli Paulaharju · Viljo Alanen · Anna-Kaarina Salava · A. Liimatainen · J. W. Lehto · T. Pohjankanervo · Lauri Kettunen · P. A. Paldani

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The archive’s description

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

Kohtaukseksi nimitetään sekä omaa tautiaan että eri tautien äkkinäisiä puhkeamisia ja nimeämättömiä kipuja, kopristuksia jne. Kohtauksen loitsuiksi on tässä kerätty ne tekstit, joissa ei ole mainittu, minkä taudin kohtauksesta on kyse. Pelästys on kateen, vihan ja kalman ohella kohtauksen yleisin syy. Loitsun keskeisintä aiheistoa ovat erilaiset parannussanat, tietäjän sanat (Otan kokolta koprat) ja tietäjän avustajien kuvaukset. Pistoksen uhkauksen kaltainen numeraaliformula on myös yleinen.

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 10 more places

When it was collected

DecadePoems
1810s2
1820s1
1830s2
1840s4
1850s10
1870s2
1880s27
1890s29
1900s9
1910s7
1920s18
1930s44

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
Kohtauksen historiola45
Kohtauksen synty14
Iso kokko2
Vatsatauti2
Ähky2
Lapista, Turjan maalta, lintu, yksi siipi vettä viisti2

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. Vatsatauti (Stomach Ailment Charm)
  2. Lennos (In Flight)
  3. Ähky (Colic charm)
  4. Päänsärky (Headache charm)
  5. Ammus (Hunter's Charm)
  6. Kerskaukset ja varaukset (Boasts and Precautions)
  7. Ähkyn synty (Origin of colic)
  8. Lento (Flight)
  9. Rohtuma (Festering wound charm)
  10. Lapista, Turjan maalta, lintu, yksi siipi vettä viisti (From Lapland, from Turja — a bird, one wing skimming the water)
  11. Pelästys (Fright charm)
  12. Karkotussanoja (Banishment charms)
  13. Kirot (Curses)
  14. Koi (Gnawing-disease charm)
  15. Pistos (Stabbing pain charm)
  16. Erilaisia parannusloitsuja (Various healing charms)
  17. Häkämyrkytys (Smoke poisoning charm)
  18. Hä'än synty (Origin of stove fumes (häkä))
  19. Kohelma (One's fate)
  20. Nikka (Hiccup charm)

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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.