Kuningamäng

Runosong type in the classification of ERAB, the Estonian Folklore Archives’ runosong database

In English: King's game (a translation; the archive names the type in Estonian only)

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The archive’s description

Written by the editors of the ERAB type index and quoted as it stands, in Estonian.

ERlA 476

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.

• Muhu (9)
• Järva-Jaani (6)
• Peetri (6)
• Ambla (5)
• Harju-Jaani (5)
• Pöide (5)
• Kaarma (4)
• Kuusalu (4)
• Mustjala (4)
• Äksi (4)
• Haljala (3)
• Koeru (3)
• Kursi (3)
• Kärla (3)
• Märjamaa (3)
• Halliste (2)
• Hanila (2)
• Jüri (2)
• Kose (2)
• Lääne-Nigula (2)
• Püha (2)
• Rapla (2)
• Risti (2)
• Saarde (2)
• Suure-Jaani (2)
• Tori (2)
• Varbla (2)
• Audru (1)
• Harju-Madise (1)
• Järvamaa (1)
• Jõelähtme (1)
• Kadrina (1)
• Karja (1)
• Karksi (1)
• Karuse (1)
• Kolga-Jaani (1)
• Kuressaare l. (1)
• Palamuse (1)
• Pilistvere (1)
• Pärnu (1)
• Põltsamaa (1)
• Saaremaa (1)
• Setumaa (1)
• Torma (1)
• Vigala (1)
• Viljandi (1)
• Väike-Maarja (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.

• Kuningas, kuningakene, ERA II 9, 373/4 (5) — Muhu
• O kuning kuningukene EÜS VII 2415/6 (296) — Järva-Jaani
• Oo, kuning, kuningukene! E 7162/3 (22) — Peetri
• "O', kulles kuningukene, E 7703 (16) — Ambla
• Kuning kuning kuningukene ERA II 132, 401 (51) — Harju-Jaani
• Kullerkupu kuningas ERA II 107, 416/7 (17) — Pöide
• Kuning', kuule kulla kuke poisike: EÜS IV 695 (1565) — Kaarma
• Kuni, kuni, kunigukene, EÜS VIII 2108/9 (406) — Kuusalu
• Kuning, kuning kuke kuning ERA II 255, 245 (19) — Mustjala
• Oo kuning, kuningakene, ERA II 106, 222/3 (4) — Äksi

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. Miks ei mullu tulnud (Why didn't you come last year)
2. Miks mullu ei tulnud (Why Didn't You Come Last Year)
3. Miks ei mulu tulnud (Why It Didn't Come Last Year)
4. Helmete heitmine (Casting away the pearl necklace)
5. Miks ei mulle tulnud (Why didn't you come to me)
6. Imelik ait (Strange granary)
7. Miks ei mullu tulnud mulle (Why Did You Not Come Last Year)
8. Halval ajal sündinud (Born in bad times)
9. Nüüd künna välja peal (Now plow the field)
10. Pandi lunastamine (Redeeming the pledge)
11. Nüüd künnad väljal (Now plowing in the field)
12. Meeldivale mehele (For the pleasing husband)
13. Põlvist põdema (Ailing in the knees)
14. Tõbine naine (The sickly woman)
15. Mehed toovad vett (Men bring water)
16. Kulla kogumine (Gathering gold)
17. Kahetseb endist kosilast (Regretting the former suitor)
18. Nüüd kopita kodus (Now hobbling at home)
19. Miks ei mullu mulle tulnud (Why didn't you come last year)
20. Soo sild (The bog bridge)

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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.