Neiunälg
Runosong type in the classification of ERAB, the Estonian Folklore Archives’ runosong database
In English: A famine of maidens (a translation; the archive names the type in Estonian only)
| Filed under | Laulud noorrahva elust (songs of young people's lives) › Kosjad |
|---|---|
| Poems | 157 |
| Verses | 3,907 |
| Collection places | 66 |
| Collected | 1850s to 1940s |
| Collectors | Karl Viljak · Gustav Vilberg (Vilbaste) · Karl Voldemar Rosenstrauch · Jüri Välbe · Rudolf Põldmäe · Peeter Penna · Mihkel (Tori) Ostrov · Julius Mark · Jakob Martin Sommer · Gustav Seen |
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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 2225, eP väga populaarne. Liitub mitmeti, ka teiste kosjateemaliste lauludega, tüübiga 10 («Kalaneitsi») jt. Vt. 1965 «Kui naerate, tunnete neiunälga» — eriarendus siit, vähemalt geneetiliselt seotud. Vrd. ka 1973, 2139 (var. 3).
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)
- Ambla (12)
- Tori (9)
- Haljala (7)
- Kadrina (7)
- Halliste (6)
- Paistu (6)
- Pärnu-Jaagupi (6)
- Kose (4)
- Põltsamaa (4)
- Saarde (4)
- Viru-Jaagupi (4)
- Häädemeeste (3)
- Karksi (3)
- Laiuse (3)
- Narva l. (3)
- Simuna (3)
- Türi (3)
- Viljandi (3)
- Hanila (2)
- Harju-Jaani (2)
- Jüri (2)
- Kanepi (2)
- Kodavere (2)
- Kolga-Jaani (2)
- Nõo (2)
- Paide (2)
- Peetri (2)
- Pärnu (2)
- Risti (2)
- Sangaste (2)
- Torma (2)
- Urvaste (2)
- Varbla (2)
- Vigala (2)
- Helme (1)
- Hiiumaa (1)
- Järva-Jaani (1)
- Kambja (1)
- Keila (1)
- Kullamaa (1)
- Kursi (1)
- Kõpu (1)
- Lihula (1)
- Maarja-Magdaleena (1)
- Martna (1)
- Mustjala (1)
- Märjamaa (1)
- Otepää (1)
- Paide l. (1)
- Palamuse (1)
- Pilistvere (1)
- Rakvere (1)
- Rõngu (1)
- Rõuge (1)
- Suure-Jaani (1)
- Tallinn (1)
- Tarvastu (1)
- Tõstamaa (1)
- Vastseliina (1)
When it was collected
| Decade | Poems |
|---|---|
| 1850s | 1 |
| 1860s | 1 |
| 1870s | 10 |
| 1880s | 28 |
| 1890s | 41 |
| 1900s | 14 |
| 1910s | 25 |
| 1920s | 10 |
| 1930s | 17 |
| 1940s | 2 |
| year not recorded | 8 |
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.
- Neiukesed noorukesed, ERA II 263, 188 (2) — Kuusalu
- Lähme suveks Soomemaale EÜS VII 2370/1 (189) — Ambla
- No no no no noored mehed ERA II 57, 546/7 (19) — Tori
- Õekesed hellakesed E 36313/4 (27) — Haljala
- Poisid poisid ärge puutke E 41351/2 (3) — Kadrina
- Õekene hellakene üle... E 76450/1 (2) — Halliste
- Nee näeve näiunälgä E, StK 10, 248 (97) — Paistu
- Oh te poisid pungassilmad, E 13044/6 (5) — Pärnu-Jaagupi
- Poesid vana pungissilmad, H II 16, 204/5 (28) — Kose
- "Lähme ära neitsikesed E 8319 (1) — Põltsamaa
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.
- Neiud lähevad ära (The Maidens Depart)
- Neiud lähavad ära (Maidens Going Away)
- Neiud lähevad Soome (Maidens going to Finland)
- Kivist kirik (Stone church)
- Suveks Soomemaale (Off to Finland for the Summer)
- Ei lähe sinule (Won't go to you)
- Ei tule sinule! (I Won't Come to You!)
- Neiuhulk läheb ära = Suveks Soomemaale (Maidens Depart for Finland for the Summer)
- Pühade õlu (Holiday ale)
- Neiuhulk viidud mehele (Group of maidens taken to wed)
- Hiireherne - hobuse suits (Mouse Peas and Horse Steam)Filed on the same poems: Laisad laulikud
- Sulane öösel hobuseid otsimas (Farmhand Seeking Horses at Night)
- Anna see tütar minule (Give this daughter to me)
- Tore neiu (Splendid maiden)
- Tule mulle! (Come to me! (love appeal))
- Hobuseid otsima (Searching for Horses)
- Neiud lähevad ära - Suveks Soomemaale (Maidens leave for Finland in summer)Filed on the same poems: Vaeslaps (~ ori) saab vähe magada
- Neiudeparv tahab ära minna (Flock of maidens wants to leave)
- Neiuparv läheb ära (Flock of maidens departs)
- Ema õpetus neidudele: olge kodus (Mother's advice to maidens: stay 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.