Konnusta kosinta
Runosong type in the classification of SKVR, the Finnish Literature Society’s runosong corpus
In English: Wooing a bride from Konnu (a translation; the archive names the type in Finnish only)
| Filed under | Kertovat runot (narrative songs) › Epiikka |
|---|---|
| Poems | 224 |
| Verses | 10,701 |
| Collection places | 42 |
| Collected | 1810s to 1930s |
| Collectors | Volmari Porkka · D. E. D. Europaeus · Forsberg (Alava), Vihtori · A. D. Neovius · Fanny M. Pajula · Fr. A. Saxbäck · H. A. Reinholm · Eino Räikkönen · Kaarlo Slöör · A. A. Borenius |
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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.
- Vuole (28)
- Lempaala (27)
- Narvusi (18)
- Toksova (18)
- Soikkola (16)
- Kaprio (12)
- Sakkola (9)
- Koprina (8)
- Metsäpirtti (8)
- Rautu (8)
- Tyrö (7)
- Juva (6)
- Serepetta (6)
- Uusikirkko Vpl. (5)
- Venjoki (5)
- Moloskovitsa (4)
- Kurkijoki (3)
- Liissilä (3)
- Parikkala (3)
- Hietamäki (2)
- Keltto (2)
- Kupanitsa (2)
- Miikkulainen (2)
- Rantasalmi (2)
- Skuoritsa (2)
- Suistamo (2)
- Antrea (1)
- Etelä-Savo (1)
- Heinjoki (1)
- Hiitola (1)
- Ilomantsi (1)
- Joroinen (1)
- Kattila (1)
- Keski-Inkeri (1)
- Kesälahti (1)
- Nyskoga (1)
- Pyhäjärvi Vpl. (1)
- Räisälä (1)
- Spankkova (1)
- Taipalsaari (1)
- Tuutari (1)
- Viipuri mlk (1)
When it was collected
| Decade | Poems |
|---|---|
| 1810s | 4 |
| 1820s | 1 |
| 1840s | 29 |
| 1850s | 34 |
| 1860s | 4 |
| 1870s | 2 |
| 1880s | 60 |
| 1890s | 48 |
| 1900s | 23 |
| 1910s | 14 |
| 1920s | 1 |
| 1930s | 4 |
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.
- Läksin Konnuun kosille, SKVR V1 249. — Vuole
- Iivana Kojosen poika SKVR V1 228. — Lempaala
- Turo tuima poisikkainen, SKVR III1 75. — Narvusi
- Iivana Kojosen poika, SKVR V1 210. — Toksova
- Ignetta Kojoisen poika, SKVR III1 343. — Soikkola
- Ylemeis on yle hyvä SKVR IV1 1427. — Kaprio
- Iivana Kojosen poika, SKVR XIII1 405. — Sakkola
- Mänin piennä kyntämää, SKVR IV3 3319. — Koprina
- Iivana Kojosen poika SKVR XIII1 7. — Metsäpirtti
- Iivana Kojosen poika, SKVR XIII1 398. — Rautu
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.
- Tuonelta kosinta (Wooing a bride from the underworld)
- Valjasti iso tulisen ruunan (Father harnessed the fiery gelding)
- Torajoelle riitelemään (To Torajoki to Quarrel)
- Sadan hevosen satulointi (Saddling a Hundred Horses)
- Kolme torvea (Three Horns)
- Taivaanvalojen kosinta (The heavenly bodies come wooing)
- Veri tippui vempeleestä (Blood Dripped from the Staff)
- Kullervoinen mies kuningas (The Kullervo man-king)
- Päätään pesemätön tyttö (The Girl Who Didn't Wash Her Hair)
- Anni tuolta annettiin (Anni was given away)
- Nurmen neito (Meadow maiden)
- Isä oron osti naidakseni (Father bought a stallion for my wedding)
- Miehentappajaneito (The man-killing maiden)
- Anteruksen runo (Anterus's Song)
- Katrina kotikananen (Katrina the little house hen)
- Ei jaksa hepo vetää (The horse cannot pull)
- Kultaneito (Golden maiden)
- Läksin piennä paimeneen (I went as a young shepherd)
- Koskelta kosinta (Courting at the rapids)
- Hevosen pilaus kosiomatkalla (Horse ruined on a courting trip)
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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.