Luust sõrmus
Runosong type in the classification of ERAB, the Estonian Folklore Archives’ runosong database
In English: Bone ring (a translation; the archive names the type in Estonian only)
| Filed under | Laulud noorrahva elust (songs of young people's lives) › Unelmad ja ootused |
|---|---|
| Poems | 130 |
| Verses | 2,904 |
| Collection places | 56 |
| Collected | 1870s to 1940s |
| Collectors | Gustav Seen · Mihkel (Tori) Ostrov · J. Peet · Aleksander Wahlberg · Oskar Philipp Kallas · Joosep Hurt · H. Tohvelmann · Helene Maasen-Varik · Jakob Weltmann |
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The archive’s description
Written by the editors of the ERAB type index and quoted as it stands, in Estonian.
ERlA, tuntud Mulgimaal ja eP. Ülesehituselt ahellaul. Liitub puhuti muude kosjateemaliste lauludega, eriti 2331 («Tule mulle!»). Laulu alguses esineb päris konstitutiivselt motiiv «meri õue all» (vt. 980). Siit on lähtunud tüüp «Meri kiige all» (424). Vrd. 2 («Harja otsimine»). Vt. V.
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.
- Kolga-Jaani (11)
- Helme (6)
- Paistu (6)
- Pärnu (6)
- Viljandi (6)
- Audru (5)
- Urvaste (5)
- Palamuse (4)
- Sangaste (4)
- Väike-Maarja (4)
- Kadrina (3)
- Kursi (3)
- Kuusalu (3)
- Muhu (3)
- Paide (3)
- Põltsamaa (3)
- Saarde (3)
- Tõstamaa (3)
- Haljala (2)
- Hanila (2)
- Karksi (2)
- Karuse (2)
- Koeru (2)
- Kõpu (2)
- Laiuse (2)
- Pilistvere (2)
- Simuna (2)
- Tarvastu (2)
- Vigala (2)
- Vändra (2)
- välismaa (2)
- Ambla (1)
- Hageri (1)
- Halliste (1)
- Hargla (1)
- Harju-Jaani (1)
- Jaani (1)
- Järva-Jaani (1)
- Järva-Madise (1)
- Jõelähtme (1)
- Jüri (1)
- Kodavere (1)
- Kose (1)
- Mihkli (1)
- Peetri (1)
- Pärnumaa (1)
- Püha (1)
- Rapla (1)
- Rõuge (1)
- Suure-Jaani (1)
- Tallinn (1)
- Tartu-Maarja (1)
- Türi (1)
- Viru-Nigula (1)
- Võrumaa (1)
- Äksi (1)
When it was collected
| Decade | Poems |
|---|---|
| 1870s | 12 |
| 1880s | 36 |
| 1890s | 55 |
| 1900s | 2 |
| 1910s | 7 |
| 1920s | 3 |
| 1930s | 1 |
| 1940s | 1 |
| year not recorded | 13 |
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.
- Mis on mere keske'elle E 51440 (33) — Kolga-Jaani
- Läksin metsa kõndimaie EKmS 4° 3, 375 (13) — Helme
- Lätsi mõtsa ommukulle E, StK 10a, 152/4 (24) — Paistu
- Veere, veere päevakene, kaske EÜS VIII 1000 (2) — Pärnu
- Läksin metsa kõndimaie, H II 43, 263 (13) — Viljandi
- Veere looja päevakene E 13932 (37) — Audru
- Kodu meid kutsuti, H III 9, 663/4 (78) — Urvaste
- Mis seal meie õue all E 52071 — Palamuse
- Tulge häl´lma, külävelle, kiigele, H II 44, 619/20 (66) — Sangaste
- Mõistke õed, mõistke vennad, H II 11, 371/2 (149) — Väike-Maarja
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.
| Type | Poems in common |
|---|---|
| Meri - luust sõrmus | 68 |
| Meri õue all | 33 |
| Tule mulle! | 8 |
| Veere venna juurde | 7 |
| Veere, päev! | 7 |
| Meri õues | 6 |
| Meri - kalaluust sõrmus | 6 |
| Meri | 6 |
| Venna sõjalugu | 6 |
| Sõjalaul | 6 |
| Sõrmus | 4 |
| Meri - neiu, luust sõrmus | 4 |
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.
- Meri õue all (The sea by our yard)
- Neiu (Maiden)
- Meri õues (Sea in the Yard)
- Meri - luust sõlg (The Sea and the Bone Brooch)
- Meri - neli neidu (Sea and four maidens)
- Laulame küla kohale (Let us sing about the village)
- Tamm - säng (Oak bed)
- Meri - tamm - neitsi - sõrmus (Sea, oak, maiden, ring)
- Liiri-lõõri!
- Meri kiige all (The Sea Beneath the Swing)
- Meri õues - neli neidu (Sea in the yard, four maidens)
- Meri, tamm, kalaluust sõrmus (The sea, an oak, a fish-bone ring)
- Meri - poeg neiu põlve peal (Sea: a son on maiden's knee)
- Veli teeb tuba. (Brother Builds a Room)
- Meri õue alla (Sea beneath the yard)
- Suur tamm (The great oak)
- Tamm (The Oak)
- Imeline emand (The miraculous lady)
- Meri - tamm (The sea and the oak)
- Meri - 4 neidu (Sea and four maidens)
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Sources: the type’s name, filing and description come from the type index of ERAB, the Estonian Folklore Archives’ runosong database; the counts, places, decades and collectors are counted from the poems on RunoVerse.