Meren kosijat
Runosong type in the classification of SKVR, the Finnish Literature Society’s runosong corpus
In English: Sea suitors (a translation; the archive names the type in Finnish only)
| Filed under | Kertovat runot (narrative songs) › Epiikka |
|---|---|
| Poems | 232 |
| Verses | 6,792 |
| Collection places | 75 |
| Collected | 1780s to 1930s |
| Collectors | Forsberg (Alava), Vihtori · Kaarle Krohn · D. E. D. Europaeus · Elias Lönnrot · A. R. Niemi · H. A. Reinholm · Fanny M. Pajula · A. D. Neovius · A. A. Borenius · 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.
Annikaisen virren alkusäkeet aloittavat usein myös Meren kosijat kaikilla runoalueilla.
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.
- Lempaala (23)
- Vuole (17)
- Suistamo (13)
- Ilomantsi (12)
- Suojärvi (10)
- Sakkola (9)
- Narvusi (7)
- Rautu (7)
- Repola (7)
- Toksova (7)
- Juva (6)
- Vuokkiniemi (6)
- Kontokki (5)
- Porajärvi (5)
- Uhtua (5)
- Impilahti (4)
- Korpiselkä (4)
- Säkkijärvi (4)
- Tuupovaara (4)
- Uusikirkko Vpl. (4)
- Kiihtelysvaara (3)
- Liperi (3)
- Metsäpirtti (3)
- Soikkola (3)
- Viipuri mlk (3)
- Etelä-Karjala (2)
- Iisalmi (2)
- Joroinen (2)
- Joutseno (2)
- Mäntyharju (2)
- Pohjois-Pohjanmaa (2)
- Uukuniemi (2)
- Eno (1)
- Etelä-Savo (1)
- Hauho (1)
- Haukivuori (1)
- Heinola (1)
- Häme (1)
- Iitti (1)
- Juuka (1)
- Jääski (1)
- Kaprio (1)
- Kaukola (1)
- Keltto (1)
- Kiimaisjärvi (1)
- Kitee (1)
- Koivisto (1)
- Kontiolahti (1)
- Kuolemajärvi (1)
- Käkisalmi (1)
- Lapinlahti (1)
- Lappee (1)
- Lemi (1)
- Moloskovitsa (1)
- Muhos (1)
- Parikkala (1)
- Pielisjärvi (1)
- Pyhäjärvi (1)
- Pälkjärvi (1)
- Rantasalmi (1)
…and 15 more places
- Rautalampi (1)
- Rautjärvi (1)
- Rukajärvi (1)
- Räisälä (1)
- Rääkkylä (1)
- Salmi (1)
- Soanlahti (1)
- Sulkava (1)
- Suomussalmi (1)
- Sääksmäki (1)
- Tulemajärvi (1)
- Varkaus (1)
- Varpaisjärvi (1)
- Vieljärvi (1)
- Vihanti (1)
When it was collected
| Decade | Poems |
|---|---|
| 1780s | 3 |
| 1810s | 4 |
| 1820s | 2 |
| 1830s | 12 |
| 1840s | 21 |
| 1850s | 17 |
| 1870s | 6 |
| 1880s | 47 |
| 1890s | 60 |
| 1900s | 30 |
| 1910s | 21 |
| 1920s | 2 |
| 1930s | 7 |
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.
- Katrina kotin kanane SKVR V1 170. — Lempaala
- Annukka Turusen tyttö, SKVR V1 643. — Vuole
- Annikka, koria neiti SKVR VII2 1183. — Suistamo
- Annikki, Turulan neiti SKVR VII2 1223. — Ilomantsi
- Annikki, Turusen neito, SKVR VII2 1199. — Suojärvi
- Annukka Turusen tyttö, SKVR XIII1 356. — Sakkola
- Annikka Turuisen tyttö SKVR III1 764. — Narvusi
- Annukka Turusen tyttö, SKVR XIII1 811. — Rautu
- Istu neito niemen piässä, SKVR II 349. — Repola
- Läks tuo, läks tuo poika nuori, SKVR V1 621. — Toksova
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.
- Annikaisen virsi (Annikainen's song)
- Leskimies ja nuorimies kosijoina (Widower and Young Man as Suitors)
- Kävin tietä terhollista (I Walked the Acorn Road)
- Sulhonsa kylvettäjä (The wife who bathed her husband)
- Varkaalle menijä (The girl who marries a thief)
- Hivus pitkä, miel' lyhyinen (Long of hair, short of wit)
- Emon vaivat (Mother's troubles)
- Kun poika polun näkisi - syntymäsijan (When the Boy Finds His Birthplace)
- Kun saisin salissa maata (If only I could sleep in the parlor)
- Kävin tietä ingen tingen (I walked the road, nothing at all)
- Kullervoinen mies kuningas (The Kullervo man-king)
- Ei täyvy tätä tytärtä (This Daughter Won't Do)
- Vielä tälle tyttöselle (Still for this little girl)
- Tulepa yöllä yksinäsi (Come Alone at Night)
- Tein mie tielle tetrin ansan (I set a grouse trap on the road)
- Mis mees merest tõuseb? (What man rises from the sea?)ERAB type
- Rutsa
- Halolassa likka lauloi: viinaa! (In Halola a Girl Sang: Spirits!)
- Itken sulhasta sulasanasta (Weeping for the Groom with Gentle Words)
- Kaalin tyrä (Cabbage Clubroot)
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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.