Myyty neito
Runosong type in the classification of SKVR, the Finnish Literature Society’s runosong corpus
In English: Sold maiden (a translation; the archive names the type in Finnish only)
| Filed under | Kertovat runot (narrative songs) › Epiikka |
|---|---|
| Poems | 237 |
| Verses | 11,618 |
| Collection places | 48 |
| Collected | 1760s to 1930s |
| Collectors | Volmari Porkka · Forsberg (Alava), Vihtori · J. Fr. Ruotsalainen · D. E. D. Europaeus · Väinö Salminen · Elias Lönnrot · Jaako Länkelä · H. A. Reinholm · A. D. Neovius · A. E. Ahlqvist |
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The archive’s description
Written by the editors of the SKVR type index and quoted as it stands, in Finnish.
Ydinaihe pohjoisessa: Neito lähtee paimeneen. Yrjö, Yrkä, ylkä tulee karjaan, istuu puun tyvelle, neito istuu latvukselle, neidon kodin merkit (I, VI-VII, XII: kuusikko, kultakaivo, kultakuppi - ks. myös kotiseuturunot: Meillä on kaivo kartanolla). Y. kertoo, että neito on myyty, ja mitä eri omaiset ovat maksaneet hänestä. Neito manaa omaisensa. Etelässä: Johdantona Sinon kylväjä tai >Menin luutaan lehosta, paikalle tulee kaksi jumalanmiestä, kauppamiestä tms. Kertovat, että neito on myyty. Neito saa tietää, mitä hänestä on maksettu. Neito manaa omaisensa.
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.
- Narvusi (36)
- Soikkola (34)
- Kaprio (13)
- Lempaala (13)
- Tyrö (11)
- Vuole (11)
- Serepetta (10)
- Venjoki (10)
- Moloskovitsa (9)
- Suistamo (9)
- Vuokkiniemi (8)
- Ilomantsi (7)
- Rautu (6)
- Sakkola (6)
- Koprina (4)
- Uhtua (4)
- Kattila (3)
- Kontokki (3)
- Kupanitsa (3)
- Liissilä (3)
- Eräjärvi (2)
- Juva (2)
- Metsäpirtti (2)
- Suomussalmi (2)
- Alatornio (1)
- Etelä-Karjala (1)
- Haukivuori (1)
- Heinjoki (1)
- Heinola (1)
- Hietamäki (1)
- Hyrynsalmi (1)
- Impilahti (1)
- Jyskyjärvi (1)
- Kivennapa (1)
- Kuhmo (1)
- Liperi (1)
- Markkova (1)
- Pielisjärvi (1)
- Piippola (1)
- Pohjois-Pohjanmaa (1)
- Seiskari (1)
- Skuoritsa (1)
- Sotkamo (1)
- Spankkova (1)
- Suojärvi (1)
- Toksova (1)
- Utajärvi (1)
- Viena (1)
When it was collected
| Decade | Poems |
|---|---|
| 1760s | 1 |
| 1780s | 2 |
| 1800s | 1 |
| 1810s | 2 |
| 1820s | 2 |
| 1830s | 9 |
| 1840s | 25 |
| 1850s | 25 |
| 1860s | 5 |
| 1870s | 6 |
| 1880s | 56 |
| 1890s | 44 |
| 1900s | 43 |
| 1910s | 14 |
| 1930s | 2 |
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.
- Kysyin maata velloltaan, SKVR III1 632. — Narvusi
- Meren neito, metsän sulho, SKVR III1 258. — Soikkola
- Kysyin maata velloltaini, SKVR IV1 586. — Kaprio
- Puistin maata velloltain, SKVR V1 681. — Lempaala
- Valpurikko neito nuori SKVR IV1 469. — Tyrö
- Puistin moata velloltain, SKVR V1 689. — Vuole
- Kysyin maata velloltani SKVR IV1 1356. — Serepetta
- Mänin luutahan leholta, SKVR IV1 26. — Venjoki
- Anoin maata velloltani, SKVR IV1 933. — Moloskovitsa
- Työnnän lehmäni leholle, SKVR VII2 1272. — Suistamo
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.
- Sinon kylväjä (The Sower)
- Kuolon sanomat (Death tidings)
- Kanto meressä (Stump in the sea)
- Meillä on kaivo kartanolla (We have a well at the farm)
- Äidin kuolo (Mother's death)
- Souda laiva Suomeen (Row the Ship to Finland)
- Lunastettava neito (The maiden to be redeemed)
- Kalervo ja Untamo (Kalervo and Untamo)
- Lintunen lehossa lauloi (Little Bird Sang in the Grove)
- Niityt alla, pellot päällä, keskellä kylä soria (Meadows below, fields above, a fair village between)
- Hanki lipsut, hanki loukut (Fetch the snares, fetch the traps)
- Hirvi ohrassa (Elk in the Barley)
- Nuorena sotaan viety veli (Brother taken to war young)
- Läksin piennä paimeneen (I went as a young shepherd)
- Oisin kuollut kolmiöisnä (Would Have Died at Three Days Old)
- Löysin karjan kankahalta, panin paimenen papiksi (Found the herd on the heath, made the shepherd a priest)
- Emo kuollut, isä tuo uuden (Mother dead, father brings a new one)
- Kyntäjä ja pedot (The Plowman and the Wild Beasts)
- Mie olen mies meestä tehty (I Am a Man Made from Man)
- Tule tänne tyttöpaimen (Come here, girl shepherd)
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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.