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Onkijan lukuja

Runosong type in the classification of SKVR, the Finnish Literature Society’s runosong corpus

In English: Angler's charms (a translation; the archive names the type in Finnish only)

Filed underLoitsut (incantations) › Kalastusloitsut
Poems497
Verses2,191
Collection places193
Collected1810s to 1930s
CollectorsKaarle Krohn · Väinö Kaukonen · Samuli Paulaharju · Toini Kohvakka · Kerttu Luukkonen · Ulla Mannonen · Antti Rytkönen · Toivo Kaukoranta · Väinö Salminen · Laina Hänninen

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The archive’s description

Written by the editors of the SKVR type index and quoted as it stands, in Finnish.

Onkija varmistaa kalansaaliin erilaisilla lyhyillä loitsuilla, joiden aihelmat kombinoituvat herkästi toisiinsa. Tavallisimpia aihelmia ovat "Anna Antti ahvenia", "Ahven arka, perse märkä tule onkea ottamaan", "Ota onki, niele neula", "Mato kalalle, kala minulle" (vrt. Kalastajan vala). Kalastaja voi myös kehua omaa onkeaan, siimaansa ja syöttiään ("Minun on maimani makea... muiden on sittainen siima"; I, II, VII, XII). Harvinaisempia ovat veden haltioille, esim. Vellamolle osoitetut pyynnöt. Pohjois- ja Raja-Karjalassa onkijan sanat saattavat olla pidempiä, ja onki mainitaan Väinämöisen tekemäksi.

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.

…and 133 more places

When it was collected

DecadePoems
1810s3
1830s1
1840s1
1870s3
1880s78
1890s67
1900s40
1910s106
1920s35
1930s163

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.

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.

TypePoems in common
Kalamiehen vala4
Kalastusuhreja2
Kalastajan varautuminen kateita vastaan2

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.

  1. Uistajan sanat (Troll-fisher's charm)
  2. Nuotalla (At the seine net)
  3. Kalamiehen vala (The fisherman's oath)
  4. Ongittaessa kala pysyy koukussa (Charm: fish stays on the hook)
  5. Verkkoja laskiessa (When setting fishing nets)
  6. Kalanpyydyksen valmistaminen (Making the Fish Trap)
  7. Merkkipäiväloruja (Holiday jingles)
  8. Pietari sanoo: pilvet nousoo (Peter says: clouds are rising)
  9. Kalastajan sanoja (Fisherman's Charms)
  10. Kalastusuhreja (Fishing Offerings)
  11. Kalojen valituksia (Laments of the fish)
  12. Jussi (Jus, Jukka) (Jussi (Johnny) and name variants)
  13. Ahven arka, perse märkä (Timid perch, wet rump)
  14. Antti (Andrew)
  15. Poikineen lehmän onneksi (Charm for the Calving Cow's Luck)
  16. Mikko sanoi: Mitä illaks keitetään (Mikko asked what's for supper)
  17. Hauki tuli vastaan (The pike came to meet me)
  18. Vedetään nuottaa (Hauling the Seine)
  19. Vellamon neidon onginta (Angling for Vellamo's Maiden)
  20. Vasta on kerta keitettynä kiiskiä kirokaloja (Once the Cursed Perch Is Boiled)

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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.