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Koi

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

In English: Gnawing-disease charm (a translation; the archive names the type in Finnish only)

Filed underLoitsut (incantations) › Tautiloitsut
Poems306
Verses2,887
Collection places114
Collected1650s to 1930s
CollectorsHerman Brandt · M. Nurmio · Kaarle Krohn · Forsberg (Alava), Vihtori · Kyllikki Helomaa · Juho Kotkanen · E. E. Takala · Viljo Alanen · P. A. Paldani · L. Kaukamaa

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The archive’s description

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

Koin sanat rakentuvat Jeesuksen tai muun pyhän toimijan ja personifioidun koin väliselle dialogille. Jeesus manaa koin pois, usein karkotussanoilla (ks. koin historiola). Toisinaan dialogi käydään itse loitsijan ja koin välillä (III, IV, VI, IX, X, XI, XII, XIII, XIV). Pohjois-Hämeessä dialogi korvautuu erilaisten koi-tyyppien luettelolla. Vain Vienassa koin sanat - ja ilmeisesti taudinkuva - poikkeavat jyrkästi pääryhmästä: koi tai syöjä voi esim. syödä lasta (vrt. Riisi). Eri alueilla myös muita tauteja on voitu nimittää koiksi tai koin toisintonimenä on käytetty muuta tautia (ks. vertailuotsikot). Länsi-Inkerissä ja Savossa koin/kuisman lukua on voitu lukea myös paiseelle.

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 54 more places

When it was collected

DecadePoems
1650s1
1690s1
1700s3
1780s5
1810s1
1820s1
1840s3
1850s13
1870s1
1880s97
1890s63
1900s39
1910s29
1920s12
1930s36
year not recorded1

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
Koin historiola179
Koin synty9
Paise3
Ihmetupa3
Paiseen synty2
Hammastauti2
Tautien ja vammojen historioloita2

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. Leini (Rheumatism charm (leini))
  2. Leinin historiola (Leini's Charm Narrative)
  3. Tautien ja vammojen historioloita (Narratives of Diseases and Wounds)
  4. Leini lehmän utareissa (Leini in the cow's udders)
  5. Niukahduksen historiola (Sprain charm historiola)
  6. Niukahdus (Sprain charm)
  7. Metsän lukitsemissanat (Forest locking charm)
  8. Hammastauti (Toothache charm)
  9. Hammastaudin synty (Origin of toothache)
  10. Lennos (In Flight)
  11. Pirtti (The Farmhouse Hall)
  12. Sampaat (Hemp sandals)
  13. Hiiri metsähän menevi (Mouse goes to the forest)
  14. Koin historiola (Moth Origin Charm)
  15. Kohtaus (Sudden attack charm)
  16. Kohtauksen historiola (Encounter origin narrative)
  17. Kalmasta tarttuu (Ailment caught from the grave)
  18. Sormen särky (Finger pain charm)
  19. Riisi (Rickets charm)
  20. Haava (Wound)

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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.