Kurjal mehel

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

In English: The wicked husband (a translation; the archive names the type in Estonian only)

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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.

• Tarvastu (7)
• Viljandi (7)
• Harju-Jaani (6)
• Kuusalu (6)
• Ambla (5)
• Hargla (5)
• Põltsamaa (5)
• Urvaste (5)
• Haljala (4)
• Kadrina (4)
• Maarja-Magdaleena (4)
• Märjamaa (4)
• Risti (4)
• Rõuge (4)
• Jõhvi (3)
• Karksi (3)
• Karula (3)
• Puhja (3)
• Vigala (3)
• Halliste (2)
• Helme (2)
• Häädemeeste (2)
• Kihnu (2)
• Kose (2)
• Laiuse (2)
• Narva l. (2)
• Nõo (2)
• Pilistvere (2)
• Rõngu (2)
• Sangaste (2)
• Tartu (2)
• Viru-Nigula (2)
• Väike-Maarja (2)
• Hiiumaa (1)
• Järva-Madise (1)
• Jõelähtme (1)
• Jüri (1)
• Karja (1)
• Karuse (1)
• Koeru (1)
• Kolga-Jaani (1)
• Lääne-Nigula (1)
• Lüganuse (1)
• Martna (1)
• Otepää (1)
• Palamuse (1)
• Rannu (1)
• Simuna (1)
• Tallinn (1)
• Tartu-Maarja (1)
• Torma (1)
• Tõstamaa (1)
• Türi (1)
• Vaivara (1)
• Valga (1)
• Varbla (1)
• Virumaa (1)
• välismaa (1)
• Äksi (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.

• Peremees peret kogusi H I 2, 554 (7) — Tarvastu
• Veli hellä vellekene H I 9, 47 (27) — Viljandi
• Oleks ma uneski näinud H II 40, 624 (5) — Harju-Jaani
• Oleksin uneski näinud H IV 6, 157/8 (8) — Kuusalu
• Oleks mina teadnud, võinud teada E 10631 (8) — Ambla
• Meelest lätsi mihele H II 32, 105/6 (94) — Hargla
• Oleks ma uneski näinud H I 2, 232 (94) — Põltsamaa
• Os´ ma sedä ette tiidnü, H II 36, 140/1 (169) — Urvaste
• Teaksivad tütarlapsed E 35753 (8) — Haljala
• Piaksin mina tiademaie H I 1, 73 (60) — Kadrina

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. Kuri mees (Evil Man)
2. Kuri mees on kuue hukku (Evil man ruins his coat)
3. Oleks teadnud, et saan kurja kaasa (Had I known I'd get a wicked husband)
4. Kurjale kositud (Betrothed to an evil man)
5. Kuri kaasa (The wicked spouse)
6. Oleks teadnud, et mees kuri (Had I known the man was cruel)
7. Ära mine noorelt mehele! (Don't marry young!)
8. Tulle oleks visand viinatoobi (Would have thrown the vodka jug in the fire)
9. Puna põskedes (Red in the cheeks)
10. Vaip võinuks vakas vanuda (The Carpet That Could Have Aged in Peace)
11. Üles rehele (Up to the threshing barn)
12. Kuri naine (The wicked wife)
13. Ära noorelt mehele (Don't marry young)
14. Nooriku kahetsus (Bride's regret)
15. Hoiatus noorelt meheleminemise eest (Warning against early marriage)
16. Tulge tuleval aastal (Come Next Year)
17. Ei noorelt mehele (Not given in marriage young)
18. Kui teaks neiu hoida ennast (If the maiden knew to guard herself)
19. Kurjale (Married to a cruel man)
20. Kurjale mehele (To a cruel husband)

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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.