Lunastettava neito
Runosong type in the classification of SKVR, the Finnish Literature Society’s runosong corpus
In English: The maiden to be redeemed (a translation; the archive names the type in Finnish only)
| Filed under | Kertovat runot (narrative songs) › Epiikka |
|---|---|
| Poems | 414 |
| Verses | 20,288 |
| Collection places | 112 |
| Collected | 1760s to 1930s |
| Collectors | Forsberg (Alava), Vihtori · Volmari Porkka · A. D. Neovius · Elias Lönnrot · Kaarle Krohn · J. Fr. Ruotsalainen · D. E. D. Europaeus · H. A. Reinholm · Fanny M. Pajula · Väinö Salminen |
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The archive’s description
Written by the editors of the SKVR type index and quoted as it stands, in Finnish.
Erityisesti Länsi-Inkerissä Lunastettava neito on Myyty neito -runon jatkona. Lunastettavaan neitoon sisältyvä neidon sadatus -motiivi on poimittu tähän >Myydyn neidon runosta sekä muista yhteyksistä, joissa se esiintyy irrallisena. Venäläinen, vainolainen -säe esiintyy monissa yhteyksissä (ks. erit. Pakeneva, Runoreki).
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 (31)
- Soikkola (30)
- Lempaala (27)
- Vuole (19)
- Sakkola (17)
- Suojärvi (14)
- Kaprio (12)
- Moloskovitsa (12)
- Ilomantsi (11)
- Korpiselkä (11)
- Uhtua (10)
- Vuokkiniemi (10)
- Repola (9)
- Lappee (7)
- Metsäpirtti (7)
- Suistamo (7)
- Serepetta (6)
- Kontokki (5)
- Rautu (5)
- Tyrö (5)
- Viipuri mlk (5)
- Impilahti (4)
- Kattila (4)
- Kitee (4)
- Koprina (4)
- Liperi (4)
- Porajärvi (4)
- Toksova (4)
- Eräjärvi (3)
- Joroinen (3)
- Juva (3)
- Korpilahti (3)
- Kupanitsa (3)
- Lemi (3)
- Loppi (3)
- Rukajärvi (3)
- Tuupovaara (3)
- Venjoki (3)
- Etelä-Savo (2)
- Halikko (2)
- Hietamäki (2)
- Hyrynsalmi (2)
- Jyskyjärvi (2)
- Kerimäki (2)
- Kivennapa (2)
- Kokemäki (2)
- Kuolemajärvi (2)
- Laitila (2)
- Luumäki (2)
- Marttila (2)
- Pyhäjärvi Vpl. (2)
- Ristijärvi (2)
- Soanlahti (2)
- Suomussalmi (2)
- Tammela (2)
- Tyrvää (2)
- Uusikaupunki (2)
- Uusikirkko Tl. (2)
- Viena (2)
- Alastaro (1)
…and 52 more places
- Etelä-Karjala (1)
- Eura (1)
- Heinjoki (1)
- Hollola (1)
- Huittinen (1)
- Häme (1)
- Iitti (1)
- Jaakkima (1)
- Johannes (1)
- Joutseno (1)
- Jääski (1)
- Kaavi (1)
- Kalvola (1)
- Karinainen (1)
- Karstula (1)
- Keltto (1)
- Keski-Inkeri (1)
- Kiikka (1)
- Kiimaisjärvi (1)
- Kivijärvi (1)
- Lapväärtti (1)
- Lavansaari (1)
- Lavia (1)
- Liissilä (1)
- Loimaa (1)
- Länsipohja (1)
- Merimasku (1)
- Mikkeli (1)
- Mäntyharju (1)
- Oripää (1)
- Paimio (1)
- Pirkkala (1)
- Pohjois-Pohjanmaa (1)
- Puumala (1)
- Pöytyä (1)
- Rantasalmi (1)
- Rautjärvi (1)
- Savitaipale (1)
- Skuoritsa (1)
- Somero (1)
- Säyneinen (1)
- Tampere (1)
- Tulemajärvi (1)
- Tuusniemi (1)
- Urjala (1)
- Uurainen (1)
- Uusikirkko Vpl. (1)
- Viipuri (1)
- Virolahti (1)
- Virrat (1)
- Yläne (1)
- Ylöjärvi (1)
When it was collected
| Decade | Poems |
|---|---|
| 1760s | 1 |
| 1780s | 1 |
| 1810s | 6 |
| 1820s | 1 |
| 1830s | 21 |
| 1840s | 40 |
| 1850s | 41 |
| 1860s | 5 |
| 1870s | 8 |
| 1880s | 81 |
| 1890s | 89 |
| 1900s | 66 |
| 1910s | 44 |
| 1920s | 5 |
| 1930s | 1 |
| year not recorded | 4 |
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.
- Kysyin maata velloltaan, SKVR III1 632. — Narvusi
- Kysyin maata velloltani, SKVR III1 337. — Soikkola
- Venäläinen vainolainen, SKVR V1 501. — Lempaala
- Neitonen kujertelevi SKVR V1 507. — Vuole
- Puistin maata velloltaini, SKVR V3 118 a. — Sakkola
- Tyttö istuu kammiossa, SKVR VII2 1141. — Suojärvi
- Kysyin maata velloltaini, SKVR IV1 586. — Kaprio
- Anoin maata velloltani, SKVR IV1 933. — Moloskovitsa
- Venäläinen on vainolainen, SKVR VII2 1143. — Ilomantsi
- Juoksin, juoksin jokoisella, SKVR VII2 1131. — Korpiselkä
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.
- Sinon kylväjä (The Sower)
- Luutaan lehosta (Broom from the Grove)
- Pakeneva (The fleeing one)
- Kanto meressä (Stump in the sea)
- Kuolon sanomat (Death tidings)
- Veneeseen pyrkivä neito (Maiden Seeking the Boat)
- Äidin kuolo (Mother's death)
- Kyll on päiviä kesässä (Indeed There Are Days in Summer)
- Löi kahta kämmentänsä (He Clapped His Two Hands)
- Myyty neito (Sold maiden)
- Vene ja purje puhki kivisillä kengillä (Through with boat and sail on stone-soled shoes)
- Lunastatav neiu (Maiden to be ransomed)ERAB type
- Lunastatud neiu (The ransomed maiden)ERAB type
- Lunastetav neiu (Maiden to be ransomed)ERAB type
- Lilla istus kamberissa (Lilla Sat in the Chamber)ERAB type
- Lunastav neiu (The ransoming maiden)ERAB type
- Lunastatav neid (The Ransomed Maiden)ERAB type
- Tule tehdyille teloille (Come to the Finished Frame)
- Soutelemme, joutelemme (We row along, we drift at leisure)
- Jalka kiveen (Foot into Stone)
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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.