Kuldnaine
Runosong type in the classification of ERAB, the Estonian Folklore Archives’ runosong database
In English: The golden woman (a translation; the archive names the type in Estonian only)
| Filed under | Lüroeepilised laulud (lyric-epic songs) › Müütilised laulud |
|---|---|
| Poems | 132 |
| Verses | 6,081 |
| Collection places | 54 |
| Collected | 1870s to 1930s |
| Collectors | Julius Aleksander Rehberg (Reepärg) · Karl Viljak · Peeter Roose (Rose) · Hermann Länts · Gustav Vilberg (Vilbaste) · Jakob Jagomann · Margus (Markus) Kõeva · Jakob Ilves · Johann (Johan) Keerig · Linda Pärt (abielus Kaal) |
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The archive’s description
Written by the editors of the ERAB type index and quoted as it stands, in Estonian.
ERl I 3, KLT, Val. 89; VK III 185, VK IV 181, VK VI 40, VK XI 2, Lg. 350; ERLV IV 63-65, ERlA 7.
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.
- Kuusalu (17)
- Setumaa (12)
- Sangaste (7)
- Haljala (5)
- Karksi (5)
- Põlva (5)
- Väike-Maarja (5)
- Kolga-Jaani (4)
- Pöide (4)
- Viljandi (4)
- Ambla (3)
- Halliste (3)
- Muhu (3)
- Paistu (3)
- Räpina (3)
- Suure-Jaani (3)
- välismaa (3)
- Audru (2)
- Harju-Jaani (2)
- Kose (2)
- Kõpu (2)
- Lüganuse (2)
- Otepää (2)
- Palamuse (2)
- Rõuge (2)
- Tarvastu (2)
- Vaivara (2)
- Vastseliina (2)
- Viru-Jaagupi (2)
- Hageri (1)
- Harju-Madise (1)
- Helme (1)
- Häädemeeste (1)
- Juuru (1)
- Järva-Jaani (1)
- Jõelähtme (1)
- Karuse (1)
- Kihnu (1)
- Kodavere (1)
- Kursi (1)
- Laiuse (1)
- Pilistvere (1)
- Puhja (1)
- Pärnu l. (1)
- Pärnu-Jaagupi (1)
- Rannu (1)
- Risti (1)
- Rõngu (1)
- Simuna (1)
- Tori (1)
- Torma (1)
- Tõstamaa (1)
- Virumaa (1)
- Äksi (1)
When it was collected
| Decade | Poems |
|---|---|
| 1870s | 9 |
| 1880s | 24 |
| 1890s | 42 |
| 1900s | 9 |
| 1910s | 6 |
| 1920s | 8 |
| 1930s | 20 |
| year not recorded | 14 |
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.
- Sinikirja linnukane, AES, MT 141, 28/30 — Kuusalu
- Toomas õks torrõ, miis madalik, ERA II 117, 303/4 (10) — Setumaa
- Siin om poisi ilukõrgi EÜS V 89 (99) — Sangaste
- Mul on kolmi vennakesta, ERA I 6, 296/8 (109) — Haljala
- Veli ella vellekene! H II 23, 396/8 (8) — Karksi
- Tahtse iks puust naist tetä E 71521/3 (18) — Põlva
- Võtsin naese nabakese, H II 11, 252/3 (10) — Väike-Maarja
- Vennakene, hella venna, E 51424b (6) — Kolga-Jaani
- Oli minul üksi hella venda, E 43741 (6) — Pöide
- Tere seppa, mis sa seisad, EÜS IV 1836 (341) — Viljandi
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.
| Type | Poems in common |
|---|---|
| Loomine | 16 |
| Viru sepp | 15 |
| Naisetapja | 10 |
| Oleksin Olevi | 7 |
| Sepp | 6 |
| Arg kosilane | 4 |
| Tule mulle! | 4 |
| Humal | 3 |
| Humal hõikas | 3 |
| Kaevul kosija | 3 |
| Öösel üksi | 3 |
| Tooma laul | 3 |
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.
- Tooma laul (Thomas's song)
- Sepp (The blacksmith)
- Oleksin Olev (If only I were Olev)
- Võtaks naise, kardab last (He'd take a wife but fears a child)
- Puust naine (Woman of Wood)
- Viru sepp (Virumaa blacksmith)
- Sepal mustad lapsed (The blacksmith's black children)
- Naisetapja Toomas (Toomas the wife-killer)
- Vend sepaks (Brother becomes a smith)
- Kardab lapse sündimist (Fear of childbirth)
- Oleks Olevi (If only it were Olevi)
- 3 venda (Three brothers)
- Võtaks naise - kardab (Wants a wife but is afraid)
- Toomas naisetapja (Thomas the wife-killer)
- Võtaks, kardan kurja (I'd marry, but I fear evil)
- Kardab kätkit (Fears the cradle)
- Ei siidi (No silk)
- Viska sohu separiistad (Throw the Blacksmith's Tools into the Swamp)
- Külanaine (Village woman)
- Võtaks - kardan (I would marry, but I fear)
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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.