Lohikäärme ja neito
Runosong type in the classification of SKVR, the Finnish Literature Society’s runosong corpus
In English: Dragon and maiden (a translation; the archive names the type in Finnish only)
| Filed under | Kertovat runot (narrative songs) › Epiikka |
|---|---|
| Poems | 138 |
| Verses | 4,329 |
| Collection places | 31 |
| Collected | 1780s to 1930s |
| Collectors | Forsberg (Alava), Vihtori · A. D. Neovius · Volmari Porkka · Fanny M. Pajula · D. E. D. Europaeus · H. A. Reinholm · A. E. Ahlqvist · Lauri Laiho · Fr. A. Saxbäck · Fr. Saukko |
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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.
- Vuole (20)
- Narvusi (14)
- Lempaala (13)
- Sakkola (11)
- Toksova (10)
- Rautu (9)
- Kaprio (8)
- Metsäpirtti (8)
- Pyhäjärvi Vpl. (4)
- Tyrö (4)
- Keltto (3)
- Kurkijoki (3)
- Nurmes (3)
- Räisälä (3)
- Suistamo (3)
- Etelä-Karjala (2)
- Hiitola (2)
- Käkisalmi (2)
- Soikkola (2)
- Venjoki (2)
- Eräjärvi (1)
- Hietamäki (1)
- Jaakkima (1)
- Kaukola (1)
- Lavansaari (1)
- Liissilä (1)
- Moloskovitsa (1)
- Myrskylä (1)
- Rautavaara (1)
- Serepetta (1)
- Viipuri (1)
When it was collected
| Decade | Poems |
|---|---|
| 1780s | 1 |
| 1830s | 1 |
| 1840s | 16 |
| 1850s | 23 |
| 1860s | 1 |
| 1870s | 1 |
| 1880s | 26 |
| 1890s | 39 |
| 1900s | 7 |
| 1910s | 8 |
| 1920s | 3 |
| 1930s | 9 |
| year not recorded | 3 |
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.
- Käin mie piittä pitkät matkat, SKVR V1 103. — Vuole
- Sula sormi neitsykkäinen, SKVR III1 165. — Narvusi
- Lähetämme sisot sinnee, SKVR V1 474. — Lempaala
- Suomen suureen sottaan, SKVR V3 92 b. — Sakkola
- Leikataan myö lehmus pitkä, SKVR V1 463. — Toksova
- Nouskaamme norolle nuoret, SKVR XIII1 632. — Rautu
- Punokaamme nuorakerä, SKVR IV1 1444. — Kaprio
- Josta kulkee kuningas, SKVR XIII1 627. — Metsäpirtti
- Nouskaamme norolle nuoret, SKVR XIII1 646. — Pyhäjärvi Vpl.
- Pietähän yxi tuuma, SKVR IV1 479. — 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.
- Nuoran punominen (Rope braiding)
- Päätään pesemätön tyttö (The Girl Who Didn't Wash Her Hair)
- Sotamiehenotto (Military conscription)
- Pois tulee pojalle (pojille) lähtö (A Son's Departure)
- Sotamiehenä olon surkeus (The Wretchedness of Soldiering)
- Kalevanpojan kosto (Kaleva's son's vengeance)
- Nurmen neito (Meadow maiden)
- Nouskaa norolle nuoret, pankaa käsi kätehen (Rise to the meadow, youth, join hand in hand)
- Itketkö sinä minua? (Do You Weep for Me?)
- Miekka merestä (Sword from the Sea)
- Pääskynen sotaan läksi (The swallow went to war)
- Paimenen hätä (Shepherd's Distress)
- Tuli ukko Turjan maalta (Old Man from Turja Land)
- Lapista, Turjan maalta, lintu, yksi siipi vettä viisti (From Lapland, from Turja — a bird, one wing skimming the water)
- Löysin kultaisen omenan - kukon tappo (Found a Golden Apple — Killing the Rooster)
- Ennen metsä puita puuttuu (Before the Forest Runs Out of Trees)
- Nuoren miehen mieli tekee (A Young Man's Desire)
- Suomen linna suotta tehty (Finland's Fortress Built in Vain)
- Käin ulkona usein uutta kuuta katsomassa (I Often Went Out to Watch the New Moon)
- Vello vieremässä (The rolling brother)
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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.