Laivaretki
Runosong type in the classification of SKVR, the Finnish Literature Society’s runosong corpus
In English: Ship voyage (a translation; the archive names the type in Finnish only)
| Filed under | Kertovat runot (narrative songs) › Epiikka |
|---|---|
| Poems | 479 |
| Verses | 30,900 |
| Collection places | 72 |
| Collected | 1760s to 1930s |
| Collectors | Volmari Porkka · A. A. Borenius · D. E. D. Europaeus · Elias Lönnrot · Kaarle Krohn · A. Genetz · Väinö Salminen · Jaako Länkelä · Forsberg (Alava), Vihtori · J. Fr. Ruotsalainen |
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The archive’s description
Written by the editors of the SKVR type index and quoted as it stands, in Finnish.
Ydinaihe: nuorten ja vanhojen soudun kuvaus sekä soudun kuvaus lintumetaforin. Pohjoisilla alueilla päähenkilönä yleensä Väinämöinen (kolmessa tekstissä Luoja), etelässä veli, minä, Jeesus, Kullervo tms. Ainoastaan Arhippa Perttusen tekstissä Iku-Turso -kohtaus. Inkerissä aiheeseen yhdistyy Luojan laivaretki -runon aineksia.
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.
- Vuokkiniemi (52)
- Narvusi (39)
- Soikkola (39)
- Uhtua (27)
- Repola (25)
- Suojärvi (21)
- Kiimaisjärvi (19)
- Kontokki (18)
- Ilomantsi (17)
- Porajärvi (17)
- Tyrö (17)
- Suistamo (13)
- Jyskyjärvi (12)
- Korpiselkä (12)
- Lempaala (11)
- Sakkola (11)
- Serepetta (11)
- Kaprio (10)
- Suomussalmi (9)
- Vuole (7)
- Hyrynsalmi (3)
- Kestilä (3)
- Kiuruvesi (3)
- Moloskovitsa (3)
- Nurmes (3)
- Parikkala (3)
- Rovaniemi (3)
- Soanlahti (3)
- Tulemajärvi (3)
- Eno (2)
- Joroinen (2)
- Kemi (2)
- Kiihtelysvaara (2)
- Kittilä (2)
- Lapinlahti (2)
- Metsäpirtti (2)
- Mäntyharju (2)
- Pielisjärvi (2)
- Pistojärvi (2)
- Pohjois-Pohjanmaa (2)
- Pyhäjärvi Vpl. (2)
- Sortavala (2)
- Säräisniemi (2)
- Toksova (2)
- Venjoki (2)
- Etelä-Karjala (1)
- Hietamäki (1)
- Inkere (1)
- Jäppilä (1)
- Kainuu (1)
- Kitee (1)
- Koprina (1)
- Kuhmo (1)
- Kurkijoki (1)
- Kuusamo (1)
- Liissilä (1)
- Muuruvesi (1)
- Pielavesi (1)
- Puumala (1)
- Pyhäjärvi (1)
…and 12 more places
- Rantasalmi (1)
- Rautjärvi (1)
- Rautu (1)
- Ristijärvi (1)
- Rääkkylä (1)
- Rääpyvä (1)
- Savitaipale (1)
- Sotkamo (1)
- Spankkova (1)
- Säämäjärvi (1)
- Tuupovaara (1)
- Valkeasaari (1)
When it was collected
| Decade | Poems |
|---|---|
| 1760s | 1 |
| 1780s | 7 |
| 1800s | 1 |
| 1810s | 6 |
| 1820s | 10 |
| 1830s | 35 |
| 1840s | 55 |
| 1850s | 30 |
| 1860s | 4 |
| 1870s | 93 |
| 1880s | 124 |
| 1890s | 50 |
| 1900s | 44 |
| 1910s | 15 |
| 1920s | 3 |
| 1930s | 1 |
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.
- Lappalaini küüttä-künsi SKVR I1 78. — Vuokkiniemi
- Hiisi hiutti kirvestään, SKVR III1 72. — Narvusi
- Menin minä metsään kesolla, SKVR III1 346. — Soikkola
- Vaka vanha Väinämöinen SKVR I1 105. — Uhtua
- Vaka vanha Väinämöine SKVR II 160. — Repola
- Iri neito, impineito SKVR VII1 102. — Suojärvi
- "Äsen annan Anniseni, SKVR I1 6. — Kiimaisjärvi
- Lappalainen kyytösilmä SKVR I1 30. — Kontokki
- Ite vanha Väinämöinen SKVR VII1 608. — Ilomantsi
- Ukko vanha Väinämöine SKVR II 59. — Porajärvi
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 |
|---|---|
| Veneenveisto | 215 |
| Kanteleen soitto | 182 |
| Kanteleen synty | 162 |
| Purren itku | 103 |
| Venepuun etsintä | 44 |
| Sammon ryöstö | 34 |
| Suomeen pako | 34 |
| Väinämöisen ammunta | 28 |
| Vipusen virsi | 28 |
| Polvenhaava | 28 |
| Pentin linna | 27 |
| Kyynelten vierintä | 24 |
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.
- Veneenveisto (Boat building)
- Purren itku (The boat's lament)
- Jaakko Pontus
- Polvenhaava (Knee wound)
- Pentin linna (Pentti's castle)
- Vipusen virsi (Song of Vipunen)
- Souda laiva Suomeen (Row the Ship to Finland)
- Sammon taonta (Forging of the Sampo)
- Väinämöisen ammunta (The shooting of Väinämöinen)
- Venepuun etsintä (Search for boat timber)
- Sammon ryöstö (Theft of the Sampo)
- Sormin soutaminen (Rowing with Fingers)
- Kilpalaulanta (Song competition)
- Iso härkä (The great ox)
- Suomeen pako (Flight to Finland)
- Voi voitonta kylää (Oh, the butterless village)
- Vieraalle maalle joutunut (Lost in foreign lands)
- Tule tehdyille teloille (Come to the Finished Frame)
- Kiusasin kivelle uida (I Urged Swimming onto the Rock)
- Saaren neidot (The Island Maidens)
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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.