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Luonnon nostatus

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

In English: Raising one's guardian spirit (luonto) (a translation; the archive names the type in Finnish only)

Filed underLoitsut (incantations) › Tietäjän sanat
Poems107
Verses3,230
Collection places51
Collected1700s to 1930s
CollectorsKaarle Krohn · Samuli Paulaharju · G. Laitinen · Heikki Meriläinen · Forsberg (Alava), Vihtori · K. A. Gottlund · J. H. Hakulinen · A. E. Ahlqvist · A. A. Borenius · D. E. D. Europaeus

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The archive’s description

Written by the editors of the SKVR type index and quoted as it stands, in Finnish.

Tietäjä nostaa luontonsa, haltiansa avukseen ja voimakseen - tyypilliset säkeet ovat "Nouse luontoni lovesta, haon alta haltiani". Mukana myös muunlaisia loitsuaihelmia ja kokonaisuuksia, joilla kontekstitiedon mukaan nostettu tietäjän luontoa. Inkerissä ja Etelä-Karjalassa luonnon nostatus on liitetty erilaisten sielunmenetykseen assosioituneiden tautien, itkettäjän ja pelästyksen parannusloitsuun. Luonnonnostatussanat on poimittu koko loitsustosta - myös silloin, kun ne luettu hevoselle.

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
1700s1
1810s2
1820s3
1830s1
1840s11
1850s7
1860s1
1870s5
1880s28
1890s25
1900s10
1910s7
1920s3
1930s1
year not recorded2

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
Erilaisia parannusloitsuja13
Lemmennostoloitsut7
Pelästys7
Kateen sanat5
Lasta kylvetettäessä4
Verensulku3
Kylvetyssanoja3
Avunpyyntö3
Rekivirsi3
Lovesta herääminen3
Löylyn luku2
Lapsen päästäminen kiroista2

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. Vedenhaltialle (To the Water Spirit)
  2. Kirot (Curses)
  3. Minä olen noidan nuorin poika (I am the sorcerer's youngest son)
  4. Pahasilmä (Evil eye)
  5. Kateen sanat (Envy incantation)
  6. Hääväki varataan (Protecting the wedding party with charms)
  7. Avunpyyntö (Appeal for help)
  8. Erilaisia parannusloitsuja (Various healing charms)
  9. Pyssyn päästö pilauksesta (Freeing the gun from misfire)
  10. Taudin alkuperän tiedustelu (Inquiring the origin of disease)
  11. Morsian varataan (Consecrating the Bride)
  12. Kalastajan varautuminen kateita vastaan (Fisherman's Protection Against the Evil Eye)
  13. Ukonvoiman ottaminen (Seizing Ukko's power)
  14. Löylyn luku (Sauna steam charm)
  15. Kateita ja noitia vastaan (Against the envious and witches)
  16. Pieksijätauti (Beating affliction)
  17. Lapsen päästäminen kiroista (Freeing a Child from Curses)
  18. Tupa täynnä tuppisuita, lattia lutanennii (Cottage full of tight-lipped folk, floor all slush)
  19. Tervanpoltto (Tar burning)
  20. Kylvetyssanoja (Sauna bathing charms)

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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.