Leino leski

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

In English: Grieving widow (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.

Pohjois-Karjalassa usein Veneenveiston ja Laivaretken jatkona, Etelä-Karjalassa kahdesti. Inkerissä runoon liittyy erilaisia lyyrisiä aiheita, Päivän kera kilpaa, Varas vie koristeet -runon alkua, jatkona Suka mereen.

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 (23)
• Lempaala (16)
• Soikkola (13)
• Vuole (12)
• Metsäpirtti (11)
• Kaprio (8)
• Rautu (7)
• Suistamo (5)
• Toksova (5)
• Tyrö (5)
• Moloskovitsa (4)
• Sortavala (4)
• Venjoki (4)
• Impilahti (3)
• Kupanitsa (3)
• Kurkijoki (3)
• Sakkola (3)
• Serepetta (3)
• Ilomantsi (2)
• Korpiselkä (2)
• Liissilä (2)
• Pyhäjärvi Vpl. (2)
• Hankasalmi (1)
• Heinjoki (1)
• Hietamäki (1)
• Jaakkima (1)
• Keltto (1)
• Koprina (1)
• Rääpyvä (1)
• Seiskari (1)
• Skuoritsa (1)
• Uskela (1)
• Uusikirkko Tl. (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.

• Kylä täss on ennen ollut, SKVR III1 61. — Narvusi
• Talo täss on enne oltu, SKVR V1 102. — Lempaala
• Kolme on korvessa lähettä, SKVR III1 485. — Soikkola
• Talo täss, linna ennen, SKVR V1 449. — Vuole
• Kävin mä piittä pitkä matka, SKVR XIII1 591. — Metsäpirtti
• Anoi tyttö, ainoi tyttöi, SKVR IV2 1863. — Kaprio
• Talo täss' on ennen ollut, SKVR XIII1 600. — Rautu
• Veljekset venoja vesti, SKVR VII1 558. — Suistamo
• Lintunen lehossa laulo, SKVR V1 435. — Toksova
• Varis tanssi vaaputteli SKVR IV1 481. — Tyrö

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. Kanto meressä (Stump in the sea)
2. Souda, souda, soutajani (Row, row, my oarsman)
3. Onko Otava, tähdet ja taivas oikein osattu (Are the Great Bear, the stars and sky rightly set?)
4. Kolme käkeä (Three Cuckoos)
5. Veneenveisto (Boat building)
6. Lintunen lehossa lauloi (Little Bird Sang in the Grove)
7. Nurmen neito (Meadow maiden)
8. Revon valitus (The fox's lament)
9. Ei ollut pääni polkijaa (No One to Tread Upon Me)
10. Maailmansyntyruno (World creation poem)
11. Polvenhaava (Knee wound)
12. Kultapyörätammi (Golden wheel oak)
13. Lahjan saajan kiitos (The gift recipient's thanks)
14. Kultalangan katkeaminen (Breaking of the golden thread)
15. Kanteleen soitto (Playing the kantele)
16. Kullasta saari (Island of gold)
17. Kun käki kukahtelevi, syän syttyy tulelle (When the cuckoo calls, the heart takes fire)
18. Pentin linna (Pentti's castle)
19. Kanteleen synty (Birth of the kantele)
20. Kävin tietä terhollista (I Walked the Acorn Road)

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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.