Müüdud neiu
Runosong type in the classification of ERAB, the Estonian Folklore Archives’ runosong database
In English: Sold maiden (a translation; the archive names the type in Estonian only)
| Filed under | Lüroeepilised laulud (lyric-epic songs) › Kosjafantaasiad ja pereelu |
|---|---|
| Poems | 205 |
| Verses | 8,650 |
| Collection places | 71 |
| Collected | 1840s to 1930s |
| Collectors | Gustav Vilberg (Vilbaste) · Karl Viljak · Karl Voldemar Rosenstrauch · Mihkel (Tori) Ostrov · Johannes Grauberg (1935. a.-st Raidla) · Jüri Välbe · August Sildnik · Oskar Philipp Kallas · Tamberg, H. |
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The archive’s description
Written by the editors of the ERAB type index and quoted as it stands, in Estonian.
VK III 116, VK IV 141, VK V 361, VK VI 38, VK VII 257, VK VIII 23, VK IX 18, VK X 12, VK XI 10, ERl I 12, ERlV IV 35, ERlA 24; Neiu müük – VK II 45.
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.
- Kuusalu (19)
- Kolga-Jaani (14)
- Karksi (9)
- Tarvastu (8)
- Ambla (7)
- Türi (7)
- välismaa (7)
- Audru (6)
- Haljala (6)
- Tori (6)
- Vändra (6)
- Koeru (5)
- Tõstamaa (5)
- Äksi (5)
- Helme (4)
- Jõhvi (4)
- Muhu (4)
- Paide (4)
- Paistu (4)
- Pärnu (4)
- Setumaa (4)
- Simuna (4)
- Halliste (3)
- Häädemeeste (3)
- Kadrina (3)
- Karuse (3)
- Pilistvere (3)
- Põlva (3)
- Tartu-Maarja (3)
- Varbla (3)
- Väike-Maarja (3)
- Hanila (2)
- Harju-Jaani (2)
- Iisaku (2)
- Järva-Jaani (2)
- Kanepi (2)
- Kihnu (2)
- Kodavere (2)
- Kursi (2)
- Läänemaa (2)
- Märjamaa (2)
- Narva l. (2)
- Peetri (2)
- Pärnu-Jaagupi (2)
- Rõuge (2)
- Urvaste (2)
- Vigala (2)
- Viljandi (2)
- Hargla (1)
- Harju-Madise (1)
- Jüri (1)
- Kõpu (1)
- Lihula (1)
- Lääne-Nigula (1)
- Maarja-Magdaleena (1)
- Martna (1)
- Mustjala (1)
- Puhja (1)
- Pärnumaa (1)
- Põltsamaa (1)
…and 11 more places
- Pöide (1)
- Saarde (1)
- Saaremaa (1)
- Sangaste (1)
- Tallinn (1)
- Tartu (1)
- Vaivara (1)
- Vastseliina (1)
- Viljandi l. (1)
- Viru-Nigula (1)
- Võnnu (1)
When it was collected
| Decade | Poems |
|---|---|
| 1840s | 2 |
| 1860s | 1 |
| 1870s | 10 |
| 1880s | 43 |
| 1890s | 77 |
| 1900s | 9 |
| 1910s | 21 |
| 1920s | 16 |
| 1930s | 11 |
| year not recorded | 15 |
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.
- Süödin härgijä arussa, E 12097/9 (13) — Kuusalu
- Kaua käisin karjatiida ERA II 141, 432/4 (1) — Kolga-Jaani
- Nüid lääme kodu kulleten E, StK 15, 135/6 (97) — Karksi
- Mis kolin isa koduna E 17176 (16) — Tarvastu
- Kaua käisin karjassani E 14569/70 (1) — Ambla
- Läksin kulleldes koduse, ERA II 24, 544/5 (4) — Türi
- Süötsin mina härgijä arussa E 43916/30 (2) — välismaa
- Küll mind karja kaubeldi E 12922/3 (19) — Audru
- Oh, seda ennista eluda E 9315/7 (7) — Haljala
- Verilepp mul vennanaene ERA II 57, 566/7 (40) — Tori
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.
- Kui seda tuba tehti (When this room was built)
- Neiu karjas (Maiden tending the herd)
- Kosilane kodu (Suitor at home)
- Lunastatav naine (The woman to be ransomed)
- Noorik venna juures käimas (Bride visiting her brother)
- Ema müüs tütreid (Mother Who Sold Her Daughters)
- Külla küsitakse (Invited as a guest)
- Ära müü (Don't sell)
- Määdud neiu (Destined maiden)
- Ära müü möldrile (Don't sell to the miller)
- Koda kosilased (Suitors at Home)
- Ärä müü (Don't Sell)
- Neiud müüdakse (Maidens are sold)Filed on the same poems: Ära möldrile müü
- Kosilased kodus (Suitors at home)
- Venna juures käimas (Visiting the Brother's Home)
- Ema ära müü kangurile (Mother, don't sell me to the weaver)
- Hobuse ostjad (Horse Buyers)
- Ärä müü tütart. (Don't sell your daughter)
- Kosilased koju (Suitors go home)
- Kodu kuri (Cruelty 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.