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Lemminkäisen virsi

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

In English: Lemminkäinen's song (a translation; the archive names the type in Finnish only)

Filed underKertovat runot (narrative songs) › Epiikka
Poems434
Verses38,312
Collection places44
Collected1810s to 1930s
CollectorsA. A. Borenius · D. E. D. Europaeus · Elias Lönnrot · Kaarle Krohn · Hj. Basilier · J. Fr. Cajan · A. Genetz · Väinö Salminen · Iivo Härkönen · I. K. Inha

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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: Oluen teko Päivölän pitoihin, hapattimen haku, kutsut pitoihin, äidin varoitukset, kolme surmaa tai estettä, taistelu, johon toisinaan liittyy laulukilpa (Vienassa, Aunuksessa), taistelu ja tappo. Tästä runo voi jatkua pakona saareen tai Lemminkäisen surma -runona. Lemminkäisen surma -aihe voi myös (Viena) seurata vasta Saaren neidot -jakson jälkeen - sankarin vene ajaa kiville saaresta lähdettyä. - Kietoutunut yhteen Kaukamoisen virren kanssa, joten on syytä tarkastella molempia yhdessä.

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.

When it was collected

DecadePoems
1810s2
1820s8
1830s65
1840s69
1850s1
1870s102
1880s63
1890s42
1900s47
1910s27
1920s3
1930s2
year not recorded3

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.

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.

TypePoems in common
Saaren neidot61
Lemminkäisen surma38
Oluen uhkaus23
Vipusen virsi16
Iso härkä14
Ohran kylvö10
Hääväki varataan10
Veneenveisto9
Rutsa9
Hiidestä kosinta9
Sammon ryöstö8
Kalevanpojan kosto8

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. Tuonelassa käynti (Journey to Tuonela)
  2. Väinämöisen ammunta (The shooting of Väinämöinen)
  3. Kilpalaulanta (Song competition)
  4. Oluen synty (Origin of beer)
  5. Kalevalasta opittuja (Songs Learned from the Kalevala)
  6. Savu saarella palaa (Smoke Burns on the Island)
  7. Kutsujen virsi (Wedding Inviter's Song)
  8. Kaukamoisen virsi (Kaukamo's song)
  9. Oluen uhkaus (The Ale's Threat)
  10. Taivaan taonta (Forging of the Sky)
  11. Vellamon neidon onginta (Angling for Vellamo's Maiden)
  12. Sammon ryöstö (Theft of the Sampo)
  13. Rutsa
  14. Väinämöisen kielto (Väinämöinen's prohibition)
  15. Väinämöisen matka Pohjolaan (Väinämöinen's journey to Pohjola)
  16. Lyhyeltä virsi kaunis (A short song is beautiful)
  17. Hiidestä kosinta (Wooing a bride from Hiisi's realm)
  18. Vipusen virsi (Song of Vipunen)
  19. Käärmeen karkotus (Snake banishing charm)
  20. Miekan tai keihään kuvaus (Description of a sword or spear)

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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.