Neli neidu
Runosong type in the classification of ERAB, the Estonian Folklore Archives’ runosong database
In English: Four maidens (a translation; the archive names the type in Estonian only)
| Filed under | Laulud noorrahva elust (songs of young people's lives) › Unelmad ja ootused |
|---|---|
| Poems | 232 |
| Verses | 6,669 |
| Collection places | 71 |
| Collected | 1840s to 1940s |
| Collectors | Mihkel (Tori) Ostrov · Karl Viljak · Jüri Välbe · Gustav Vilberg (Vilbaste) · Hans Siimer · Hans Sulg · Jakob Jagomann · Oskar Philipp Kallas · Tõnu Sander · Paul Sepp |
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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 2118
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.
- Põltsamaa (14)
- Haljala (11)
- Palamuse (11)
- Türi (11)
- Maarja-Magdaleena (10)
- Setumaa (10)
- Kuusalu (9)
- Kolga-Jaani (8)
- Laiuse (7)
- Viljandi (7)
- Kose (6)
- Suure-Jaani (6)
- Tõstamaa (6)
- välismaa (6)
- Jüri (5)
- Kihnu (5)
- Äksi (5)
- Hanila (4)
- Harju-Jaani (4)
- Häädemeeste (4)
- Jõelähtme (4)
- Pilistvere (4)
- Räpina (4)
- Väike-Maarja (4)
- Helme (3)
- Järva-Jaani (3)
- Karuse (3)
- Tori (3)
- Torma (3)
- Vaivara (3)
- Vändra (3)
- Ambla (2)
- Audru (2)
- Jaani (2)
- Kadrina (2)
- Kanepi (2)
- Karksi (2)
- Kodavere (2)
- Koeru (2)
- Kursi (2)
- Märjamaa (2)
- Nõo (2)
- Paide (2)
- Pöide (2)
- Saaremaa (2)
- Tarvastu (2)
- Varbla (2)
- Viru-Jaagupi (2)
- Viru-Nigula (2)
- Halliste (1)
- Iisaku (1)
- Jõhvi (1)
- Karula (1)
- Keila (1)
- Kullamaa (1)
- Lääne-Nigula (1)
- Otepää (1)
- Paide l. (1)
- Puhja (1)
- Pärnu (1)
…and 11 more places
When it was collected
| Decade | Poems |
|---|---|
| 1840s | 1 |
| 1870s | 22 |
| 1880s | 70 |
| 1890s | 73 |
| 1900s | 18 |
| 1910s | 14 |
| 1920s | 10 |
| 1930s | 13 |
| 1940s | 2 |
| year not recorded | 9 |
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.
- Läksin läksin hellad vellad E 31713/5 (1) — Põltsamaa
- Läksin aga metsa kõndimaie, E 14423 (1) — Haljala
- Hellakene, vellekene! EÜS V 1097/8 (84) — Palamuse
- Lähme soole loole EÜS VII 2510/1 (483) — Türi
- Mis seal meie õue alla E A 195 (5) — Maarja-Magdaleena
- Tulli üles hummogulla, E, StK 22, 131/3 (7) — Setumaa
- Läheme loojale loole, E 51758 (11) — Kuusalu
- Ann läks alla heinamaale E 170/1 — Kolga-Jaani
- Mis on meie õue all? EKmS 8° 2, 675/6 (11) — Laiuse
- Annekene, sõtsikene E 8585 (7) — Viljandi
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.
| Type | Poems in common |
|---|---|
| Kotkas kaare alt | 67 |
| 4 neidu | 59 |
| 4 neiut | 42 |
| Lähme loojale loole! | 36 |
| Meri õue all | 29 |
| Meri | 18 |
| Neli neiut | 17 |
| Loojale loole | 12 |
| Kulla põlemine | 11 |
| Pilves veepisarad | 10 |
| Looja heinateol | 10 |
| Arg kosilane | 9 |
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.
- Kotkas kaare all (Eagle under the arch)
- Meri õues - neli neidu (Sea in the yard, four maidens)
- Laost kaare alt - neli neidu (Four maidens from under the vault's arch)
- Laast - 4 neidu (Four maidens, a fragment)
- Kolm neidu (Three maidens)
- Kamber (The chamber)
- Loojale loole (To the creator's tale)
- Kaar (Arch)
- Looja heinateol - 4 neidu (God at haymaking with four maidens)
- Imelik mägi /?/ (The wondrous hill)
- Kotkas kaare alt (Eagle from Under the Arch)
- Laast - kirves - 4 neidu (The Chip, the Axe, and Four Maidens)
- Neiu nutab noormeest (Maiden weeps for young man)
- Lähme loojale loole! (Come, Let Us Go to the Creator's Tale)
- Kaare alt loost (From under the arc of fate)
- Kotkas (Eagle)
- Kosilane tuleb (The suitor arrives)
- Meri - Neli neiut (The sea and four maidens)
- Loojal lool (The creator's tale)
- Kokkulaulmine (Singing Together)
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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.