Must naine
Runosong type in the classification of ERAB, the Estonian Folklore Archives’ runosong database
In English: The dark wife (a translation; the archive names the type in Estonian only)
| Filed under | Laulud abielust (songs about marriage) › Abielumehe põli |
|---|---|
| Poems | 472 |
| Verses | 10,275 |
| Collection places | 101 |
| Collected | 1860s to 1940s |
| Collectors | Karl Voldemar Rosenstrauch · Karl Viljak · Mihkel (Tori) Ostrov · Gustav Seen · Gustav Vilberg (Vilbaste) · Enda Ennist · Mihkel Pehka · Jüri Välbe · Peeter Tatz (Avarsoo) |
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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 2963, põhja-eestiline laulutüüp, tuntud ka Kesk- ja EdelaEestis, populaarne laul. Varianditi on juttu ka mustast mehest, kuid harva. Vrd. lauluga 2313 («Ära mine mustale mehele!»). Alguse moodustavad siin sageli motiivid lauludest 510 («Viibisin vilet ajama») ja 2112 («Unenägu»). Puh
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.
- Haljala (22)
- Tarvastu (17)
- Tori (15)
- Ambla (14)
- Halliste (13)
- Kuusalu (13)
- Muhu (13)
- Kolga-Jaani (12)
- Paistu (12)
- Palamuse (12)
- Viljandi (11)
- Väike-Maarja (11)
- Jõhvi (10)
- Kadrina (10)
- Laiuse (10)
- Pöide (10)
- Vigala (10)
- Viru-Nigula (10)
- Helme (9)
- Simuna (9)
- Suure-Jaani (9)
- Viru-Jaagupi (9)
- Peetri (8)
- Pärnu-Jaagupi (8)
- Tõstamaa (8)
- Urvaste (8)
- Jüri (7)
- Koeru (7)
- Lüganuse (7)
- Räpina (7)
- Audru (6)
- Harju-Jaani (6)
- Järva-Jaani (6)
- Rannu (6)
- Rapla (6)
- Sangaste (6)
- välismaa (6)
- Kanepi (5)
- Karksi (5)
- Kursi (5)
- Käina (5)
- Maarja-Magdaleena (5)
- Vändra (5)
- Hanila (4)
- Karuse (4)
- Kodavere (4)
- Kose (4)
- Otepää (4)
- Paide (4)
- Puhja (4)
- Pärnu (4)
- Põltsamaa (4)
- Pühalepa (4)
- Rõngu (4)
- Türi (4)
- Viljandi l. (4)
- Võnnu (4)
- Haapsalu (3)
- Kullamaa (3)
- Märjamaa (3)
…and 41 more places
- Põlva (3)
- Ridala (3)
- Rõuge (3)
- Saarde (3)
- Vaivara (3)
- Hargla (2)
- Häädemeeste (2)
- Kaarma (2)
- Kambja (2)
- Lihula (2)
- Lääne-Nigula (2)
- Mustjala (2)
- Pilistvere (2)
- Pärnu l. (2)
- Rakvere (2)
- Tartu-Maarja (2)
- Vastseliina (2)
- Emmaste (1)
- Iisaku (1)
- Juuru (1)
- Järva-Madise (1)
- Karja (1)
- Karula (1)
- Keila (1)
- Kihnu (1)
- Kärla (1)
- Kõpu (1)
- Läänemaa (1)
- Martna (1)
- Narva l. (1)
- Noarootsi (1)
- Risti (1)
- Setumaa (1)
- Tallinn (1)
- Torma (1)
- Valga (1)
- Valgamaa (1)
- Valjala (1)
- Viljandimaa (1)
- Võru l. (1)
- Äksi (1)
When it was collected
| Decade | Poems |
|---|---|
| 1860s | 1 |
| 1870s | 30 |
| 1880s | 122 |
| 1890s | 139 |
| 1900s | 30 |
| 1910s | 47 |
| 1920s | 41 |
| 1930s | 28 |
| 1940s | 1 |
| year not recorded | 33 |
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.
- Oh, minu ella eidekene, E 4651 (19) — Haljala
- Viibisin mina viibisin, EKS 39, 3/4 (3) — Tarvastu
- Mis ma kardan siin kui lauldes ERA II 57, 537/8 (8) — Tori
- Nagin aga hellad vennad EÜS VII 2401/2 (263) — Ambla
- Viibusi mia, viibusi, EÜS XII 1307 (64) — Halliste
- Viibisin vilet ajama, E, StK 14, 172 (3) — Kuusalu
- Uinsi, vaene mies, magama, AES MT 287, 18/9 — Muhu
- Uinusin unemäele EÜS II 436/7 (172) — Kolga-Jaani
- Veli hella vellekene E 24940/1 (5) — Paistu
- Viibisin vile ajama E 45844 (16) — Palamuse
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.
- Must mees (Black man)
- Musta mehe pesemine (Washing the dark man)
- Must naine (mees) (The black woman (man))
- Must mees (- naine) (The dark man (and woman))
- Must mees (= Must naine) (The black man (= the black woman))
- Viibisin vilet ajama (I Lingered Playing the Pipe)
- Inetu poiss (Ugly boy)
- Must laul (The Dark Song)
- Vilepuhuja (The Whistle Player)
- Noorelt mehele (Married off young)
- Laisa naise tapmine (Killing the Lazy Wife)
- Kurja naise tapja (Killer of the wicked wife)
- Neiu must, sest ema kündmas käinud (The maiden is dark, for her mother went plowing)
- Paljakas (The Bare One)
- Enese peale uhke (Proud of oneself)
- Inetu naine (The ugly woman)
- Ei sünni suurte sekka (Not Fit Among the Great)
- Kuri naine (The wicked wife)
- Leiab hallitanud poisi metsast (Finds a Mouldy Boy in the Forest)
- Muidu mukid - kodu laisad (Just louts, lazy at home)
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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.