Kultalangan katkeaminen

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

In English: Breaking of the golden thread (a translation; the archive names the type in Finnish only)

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The archive’s description

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

Tavallisin ketju, johon motiivi liittyy, on seuraava: vaihteleva johdantojakso, >Tuuterin tytöt kutovat, Kultalangan katkeaminen, Kyynelten vierintä, Kolme käkeä. Myös runoissa >Mikä tuolla näkyy? ja Neljän neidon runo.

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.

• Narvusi (35)
• Soikkola (21)
• Lempaala (14)
• Sakkola (9)
• Toksova (6)
• Tytärsaari (6)
• Vuole (5)
• Kaprio (3)
• Serepetta (3)
• Suistamo (3)
• Venjoki (3)
• Kattila (2)
• Keltto (2)
• Kuolemajärvi (2)
• Metsäpirtti (2)
• Tyrö (2)
• Uusikirkko Vpl. (2)
• Heinjoki (1)
• Ilomantsi (1)
• Juva (1)
• Markkova (1)
• Pyhäjärvi Vpl. (1)

When it was collected

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 koista kulkemahan, SKVR III1 2. — Narvusi
• Tullit vellot vierahisse, SKVR III1 564. — Soikkola
• Mikä tuoalla näkyvi? SKVR V1 31 a. — Lempaala
• Läksin soille sotkullein, SKVR XIII1 493. — Sakkola
• Mitä neitonen tekevi? SKVR V1 343. — Toksova
• Poro poro poutaa, SKVR XIII4 10389. — Tytärsaari
• Läksin suolle sotkuillein, SKVR V1 40. — Vuole
• Meroi meijen ikkunalla. SKVR IV2 2231. — Kaprio
• Mikä tualt näkkyy? SKVR IV2 1573. — Serepetta
• Mitpä nuo merellä uivat? SKVR VII1 248. — Suistamo

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.

1. Mikä tuolla näkyy? (What can be seen there?)
2. Emon pään karsiminen (Combing the mother's hair)
3. Oma ja vieras emo (Own mother and stepmother)
4. Nuorena sotaan viety veli (Brother taken to war young)
5. Hanhi kadonnut (The lost goose)
6. Kullan kutsut (The darling's invitation)
7. Kolme käkeä (Three Cuckoos)
8. Kouluun kotoa (From Home to School)
9. Kyynelten vierintä (Rolling tears)
10. Kukon tappo (Killing of the rooster)
11. Varas vie koristeet (Thief takes the ornaments)
12. Löysin kultaisen omenan - kukon tappo (Found a Golden Apple — Killing the Rooster)
13. Menin kukkana kujalle (I Went as a Flower to the Lane)
14. Neljän neidon runo (Song of four maidens)
15. Katriina vastaksessa (Katriina Face to Face)
16. Jalka kiveen (Foot into Stone)
17. Käski isä vuuen leinaella - iän kaiken itken (Father commanded mourning — I weep forever)
18. Läksin suolle sotkuilleni, kolkutin kodan ovea (I set out to the bog on my errands, knocked at the hut's door)
19. Läksin piennä paimeneen (I went as a young shepherd)
20. Isä kirjailee kirvesvartta, äiti kutoo, sisko kerii (Father carves the axe-haft, mother weaves, sister winds yarn)

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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.