Nuttev tamm
Runosong type in the classification of ERAB, the Estonian Folklore Archives’ runosong database
In English: The weeping oak (a translation; the archive names the type in Estonian only)
| Filed under | Lüroeepilised laulud (lyric-epic songs) › Kosjafantaasiad ja pereelu |
|---|---|
| Poems | 131 |
| Verses | 4,924 |
| Collection places | 37 |
| Collected | 1820s to 1940s |
| Collectors | Michail Tults (Tultz) · Artur Martin · Joosep Hurt · Anton Suurkask · E. Juhanson · Mihkel (Tori) Ostrov · Amanda Raadla · Madis Reimann · Bausk (Pausk), Jaan |
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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 11. NUTTEV TAMM
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.
- Setumaa (21)
- Kolga-Jaani (16)
- Saarde (8)
- Suure-Jaani (8)
- Audru (7)
- Tori (7)
- Vändra (7)
- Häädemeeste (6)
- Viljandi (6)
- Pärnu (5)
- Kihnu (4)
- Vastseliina (4)
- Pärnu-Jaagupi (3)
- Rõuge (3)
- Tõstamaa (3)
- Türi (3)
- Karuse (2)
- Sangaste (2)
- Varbla (2)
- Halliste (1)
- Helme (1)
- Järva-Jaani (1)
- Jõelähtme (1)
- Kanepi (1)
- Käina (1)
- Laiuse (1)
- Narva l. (1)
- Paistu (1)
- Palamuse (1)
- Pilistvere (1)
- Põltsamaa (1)
- Põlva (1)
- Rannu (1)
- Räpina (1)
- Tarvastu (1)
- Viljandi l. (1)
- Viru-Jaagupi (1)
When it was collected
| Decade | Poems |
|---|---|
| 1820s | 1 |
| 1840s | 1 |
| 1860s | 1 |
| 1870s | 11 |
| 1880s | 27 |
| 1890s | 30 |
| 1900s | 8 |
| 1910s | 5 |
| 1920s | 10 |
| 1930s | 20 |
| 1940s | 1 |
| year not recorded | 16 |
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.
- Tulli'ks üles hummokulla, era II 126, 338/41 (6) — Setumaa
- Läksin metsa kõndimaie. E 51450 (43) — Kolga-Jaani
- Tamm sääl söödi nurga pääl E 35852 (2) — Saarde
- Oi-doi-doi-doi toomingusta EKmS 4° 3, 431/2 (31) — Suure-Jaani
- Läksin metsa kõndima EKmS 4° 2, 327/8 (36) — Audru
- Läksin aga metsa hulkuma, E 83044 (8) — Tori
- Läksin metsa kõndimaie, E 8867/8 (81) — Vändra
- Aiut-taiut tammemetsa, ERA II 168, 617 (65) — Häädemeeste
- Läksin hommiku varada E 16087/8 (5) — Viljandi
- Läksin metsa hommikulla, ERA II 32, 381/3 (18) — Pärnu
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 |
|---|---|
| Suur tamm | 3 |
| Kaevul kosija | 2 |
| Tamme nutt | 2 |
| Soome sild | 2 |
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.
- Suur tamm (The great oak)
- Tamme nutt (The oak's weeping)
- Tamm (The Oak)
- Saar tamm (Ash tree and oak)
- Õllest tamm (Oak grown from ale)
- Palju kaasavara (A generous dowry)
- Tamme raiumine (Felling the oak)
- Remmelgane rüü (Willow Cloak)
- Arg kosilane (Timid suitor)
- Metsa peiu (Forest groom)
- Müük müüril (Sale at the Wall)
- Mere pühkimine (Sweeping the Sea)
- Tütar mõisas (Daughter at the Manor)
- Tamm (kuusk), kägu (Oak (or spruce), cuckoo)
- Laevapuu (Ship Timber)
- Isakodu paistab (Father's Home Shines)
- Õllest mets - suur tamm (Forest from beer, the great oak)
- Neiu matus (Maiden's Funeral)
- Luust sõrmus (Bone ring)
- Hobu - sadul (Horse and Saddle)
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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.