Nurmen neito
Runosong type in the classification of SKVR, the Finnish Literature Society’s runosong corpus
In English: Meadow maiden (a translation; the archive names the type in Finnish only)
| Filed under | Kertovat runot (narrative songs) › Epiikka |
|---|---|
| Poems | 253 |
| Verses | 8,636 |
| Collection places | 63 |
| Collected | 1810s to 1930s |
| Collectors | Volmari Porkka · D. E. D. Europaeus · Forsberg (Alava), Vihtori · J. Fr. Ruotsalainen · Jaako Länkelä · H. A. Reinholm · A. D. Neovius · Kaarle Krohn · Väinö Salminen · Fr. A. Saxbäck |
Open this type in the song-type explorer
The archive’s description
Written by the editors of the SKVR type index and quoted as it stands, in Finnish.
Runoaiheessa monenlaisia johdantoja, esim. Pääskyläinen päivälintu (Maailmansynty), Kullasta saari, Iski tulta Ilmarinta (tästä syntyy saari), >Kävin piennä paimenessa (soitin torvea, seisahtui seppä pajassa, pihdit putosivat, syntyi saari). Erikoisia: sorsanmunasta neito (III3 2832), hiuksesta neito (VII3 304a). Nurmen neitoa tullaan kosimaan, ja tämä johtaa erilaisiin jatkeisiin: tavallisimmin kosijana on Nurmi-Tuomas, joka vie neidon. Myös jatkeena Taivaanvalojen kosinta, Iivana Kojosenpoika, Rutsa; kosinta eri paikkoihin (Liissilään, Kaurilaan).
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.
- Soikkola (29)
- Narvusi (28)
- Lempaala (17)
- Uusikirkko Vpl. (17)
- Kaprio (16)
- Vuole (9)
- Sakkola (8)
- Moloskovitsa (7)
- Serepetta (7)
- Toksova (7)
- Tyrö (7)
- Juva (6)
- Liissilä (6)
- Venjoki (6)
- Kuolemajärvi (4)
- Metsäpirtti (4)
- Rautu (4)
- Suistamo (4)
- Etelä-Karjala (3)
- Ilomantsi (3)
- Kaavi (3)
- Nurmes (3)
- Pyhäjärvi Vpl. (3)
- Räisälä (3)
- Hietamäki (2)
- Joutseno (2)
- Keltto (2)
- Kiestinki (2)
- Kivennapa (2)
- Miikkulainen (2)
- Parikkala (2)
- Rautavaara (2)
- Skuoritsa (2)
- Säkkijärvi (2)
- Etelä-Savo (1)
- Hiitola (1)
- Impilahti (1)
- Inkere (1)
- Jäppilä (1)
- Kanneljärvi (1)
- Kerimäki (1)
- Kesälahti (1)
- Kirvu (1)
- Koivisto (1)
- Kymi (1)
- Lavansaari (1)
- Liperi (1)
- Luumäki (1)
- Porvoo (1)
- Rautjärvi (1)
- Ristiina (1)
- Ruokolahti (1)
- Ruskeala (1)
- Rääpyvä (1)
- Savitaipale (1)
- Savonranta (1)
- Seiskari (1)
- Soanlahti (1)
- Sortavala (1)
- Sulkava (1)
…and 3 more places
- Tuutari (1)
- Uukuniemi (1)
- Valkeasaari (1)
When it was collected
| Decade | Poems |
|---|---|
| 1810s | 4 |
| 1820s | 1 |
| 1830s | 1 |
| 1840s | 41 |
| 1850s | 39 |
| 1860s | 2 |
| 1870s | 4 |
| 1880s | 64 |
| 1890s | 40 |
| 1900s | 29 |
| 1910s | 12 |
| 1920s | 4 |
| 1930s | 8 |
| year not recorded | 4 |
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.
- Alerma Ylermän nylki, SKVR III1 169. — Soikkola
- Venäen kuningas viekas, SKVR III1 68. — Narvusi
- Käim mie piennä paimenessa, SKVR V1 232. — Lempaala
- Teimme luikun lehmä luusta, SKVR XIII1 443. — Uusikirkko Vpl.
- Vennahen Kulervo vekkoi, SKVR IV1 574. — Kaprio
- Käin mie piennä paimenessa, SKVR V1 273. — Vuole
- Kävin mie piennä paimenessa, SKVR XIII1 437. — Sakkola
- Iski tulta Ilmarinen, SKVR IV1 953. — Moloskovitsa
- Sai saaren kuulumoille, SKVR IV1 1357. — Serepetta
- Seppueni, selvueni! SKVR V1 135. — Toksova
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.
- Miekka merestä (Sword from the Sea)
- Käin ulkona usein uutta kuuta katsomassa (I Often Went Out to Watch the New Moon)
- Jalka kiveen (Foot into Stone)
- Kasvoi neito Kaarelassa (A Maiden Grew Up in Kaarela)
- Luikku lehmän luusta (Flute from a Cow's Bone)
- Kuuttaret kutojina (Moon Maidens as Weavers)
- Soitan suolla mennessäni (Playing While Crossing the Bog)
- Katrina kotikananen (Katrina the little house hen)
- Pois tulee pojalle (pojille) lähtö (A Son's Departure)
- Konnusta kosinta (Wooing a bride from Konnu)
- Neitoa kositaan eri paikkoihin (Maiden wooed from many places)
- Päätään pesemätön tyttö (The Girl Who Didn't Wash Her Hair)
- Olis minulla ottajia (If Only I Had Suitors)
- Iivana Kojosenpoika
- Kullan kutsut (The darling's invitation)
- Kouluun kotoa (From Home to School)
- Torajoelle riitelemään (To Torajoki to Quarrel)
- En meroa kiitä, nielee miehet (I praise not the sea, it swallows men)
- Meren neito, metsän sulho (The sea's maiden, the forest's groom)
- Hekon runo (Heko's poem)
Open in the Similarity Explorer
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.