Kuri kodu
Runosong type in the classification of ERAB, the Estonian Folklore Archives’ runosong database
In English: A harsh home (a translation; the archive names the type in Estonian only)
| Filed under | Laulud kodust ja lapsepõlvest (songs of home and childhood) › Kodu |
|---|---|
| Poems | 170 |
| Verses | 3,211 |
| Collection places | 71 |
| Collected | 1860s to 1930s |
| Collectors | Karl Voldemar Rosenstrauch · Gustav Seen · Jüri Välbe · Artur Martin · Karl Viljak · Jaan Sossi · Alfred Mõttus · Elmar Daniel Päss · Richard Viidalepp (Viidebaum) · Gustav Vilberg (Vilbaste) |
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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 1803, tuntud üle maa (välja arvatud saared), sõnastuselt hajuv, ühendavaks motiiviks on «kodus kurjad sõnad, halvad haugutused». Ligidane laulule 676 («Karjasel kuri kodu»), eriredaktsioonid. Esineb ühe poolena laulus «Sinu ja minu kodu». Liitub puhuti lauludele 158 («Vihm, üle va
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.
- Sangaste (14)
- Tarvastu (10)
- Urvaste (8)
- Karksi (6)
- Vigala (6)
- Järva-Jaani (5)
- Jõhvi (5)
- Setumaa (5)
- Väike-Maarja (5)
- Ambla (4)
- Helme (4)
- Kuusalu (4)
- Maarja-Magdaleena (4)
- Paistu (4)
- Pärnu (4)
- Tori (4)
- Vändra (4)
- Harju-Jaani (3)
- Kadrina (3)
- Karula (3)
- Kolga-Jaani (3)
- Märjamaa (3)
- Peetri (3)
- Puhja (3)
- Rõngu (3)
- Viljandi (3)
- Äksi (3)
- Audru (2)
- Haljala (2)
- Halliste (2)
- Kanepi (2)
- Palamuse (2)
- Põltsamaa (2)
- Pöide (2)
- Räpina (2)
- Rõuge (2)
- Suure-Jaani (2)
- Varbla (2)
- Viljandimaa (2)
- Viru-Jaagupi (2)
- Viru-Nigula (2)
- Emmaste (1)
- Hanila (1)
- Häädemeeste (1)
- Järva-Madise (1)
- Jõelähtme (1)
- Kambja (1)
- Karja (1)
- Kihnu (1)
- Kodavere (1)
- Koeru (1)
- Kullamaa (1)
- Kursi (1)
- Laiuse (1)
- Lääne-Nigula (1)
- Lüganuse (1)
- Otepää (1)
- Paide l. (1)
- Pärnu l. (1)
- Põlva (1)
…and 11 more places
When it was collected
| Decade | Poems |
|---|---|
| 1860s | 3 |
| 1870s | 15 |
| 1880s | 50 |
| 1890s | 55 |
| 1900s | 7 |
| 1910s | 14 |
| 1920s | 8 |
| 1930s | 14 |
| year not recorded | 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.
- Tohi mia kodu minnä E 56031 (52) — Sangaste
- Kuhu pea ma minema E 6945/6 (10) — Tarvastu
- Ei me tohi kodu minna EÜS VI 258/9 (42) — Urvaste
- Lääme kodu kulletena EKmS 8° 2, 139/41 (33) — Karksi
- Liiva-Annus, lipuke EÜS IX 641/2 (40) — Vigala
- Kuda pean koju minema EÜS VI 1762 (261) — Järva-Jaani
- Pange linnassed liguje EÜS X 71/2 (63) — Jõhvi
- Mõtsa, mõtsa karäkõnõ, E 80696/7 (2) — Setumaa
- Kuda pean koju minema EÜS VII 2473/4 (432) — Väike-Maarja
- Kui mina koju läheksin, E 15105 (9) — Ambla
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.
- Kari kodu (The Herd Comes Home)
- Kodu kuus, kõik kurjad (At home, all are cruel)
- Karja koju oodatakse (Cattle awaited home)
- Ei julge koju minna - kodu sead kurja teinud (Doesn't dare go home: pigs have caused harm)
- Ei tohi laulda (Forbidden from singing)
- Kohus koju minna (Duty to go home)
- Ei tohi koju minna (May not go home)
- Neiu küla - imed (Maiden's village wonders)
- Arg laulik - kardab kodu (Timid singer fears going home)
- Neiud kaklevad (The quarreling maidens)
- Võõrasema ootab toju (Stepmother awaits homecoming)
- Sõelamäng (Sieve Game)
- Arg laulik (Timid singer)
- Naiste tüli (Women's quarrel)
- Nõo küla (Nõo village)
- Mis neidudel peas (What's in maidens' heads)
- Kurjad sõnad (Evil words)
- Võõrasema (The Stepmother)
- Ööd tuleme - ööd läheme (We Come by Night, We Leave by Night)
- Rikas pere (Wealthy family)
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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.