Pahasilmä
Runosong type in the classification of SKVR, the Finnish Literature Society’s runosong corpus
In English: Evil eye (a translation; the archive names the type in Finnish only)
| Filed under | Loitsut (incantations) › Kateet, kirot, pahasilmä |
|---|---|
| Poems | 101 |
| Verses | 1,820 |
| Collection places | 42 |
| Collected | 1830s to 1930s |
| Collectors | Kaarle Krohn · Väinö Salminen · Iivo Härkönen · Forsberg (Alava), Vihtori · Ulla Mannonen · Volmari Porkka · A. R. Niemi · Ida Mikkonen · K. Karjalainen · A. Genetz |
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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.
- Suojärvi (16)
- Suistamo (15)
- Korpiselkä (8)
- Salmi (7)
- Impilahti (6)
- Soikkola (4)
- Narvusi (3)
- Porajärvi (3)
- Vuokkiniemi (3)
- Juva (2)
- Kaavi (2)
- Maksuatiha (2)
- Halikko (1)
- Hiitola (1)
- Ikaalinen (1)
- Ilomantsi (1)
- Isojoki (1)
- Juuka (1)
- Kivennapa (1)
- Koivisto (1)
- Kontiolahti (1)
- Kuolemajärvi (1)
- Liissilä (1)
- Njebelitsa (1)
- Nurmes (1)
- Parikkala (1)
- Piippola (1)
- Polvijärvi (1)
- Pyhäjoki (1)
- Rauma (1)
- Savonranta (1)
- Säkkijärvi (1)
- Säämäjärvi (1)
- Tohmajärvi (1)
- Tulemajärvi (1)
- Tyrnävä (1)
- Tyrvää (1)
- Uukuniemi (1)
- Valkjärvi (1)
- Veteli (1)
- Viljakkala (1)
- Vuole (1)
When it was collected
| Decade | Poems |
|---|---|
| 1830s | 1 |
| 1840s | 3 |
| 1850s | 1 |
| 1870s | 4 |
| 1880s | 26 |
| 1890s | 17 |
| 1900s | 23 |
| 1910s | 7 |
| 1920s | 10 |
| 1930s | 8 |
| year not recorded | 1 |
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.
- Vesi praavednoi syöttäi, SKVR VII4 loitsut 1756. — Suojärvi
- Ukkoseni, ainoseni, SKVR VII4 loitsut 2949. — Suistamo
- Tule, Luoja loitsemaan, SKVR VII4 loitsut 2964. — Korpiselkä
- Ken katehen lienöö katsonu, SKVR VII4 loitsut 2943. — Salmi
- Terve löyly, terve lämmin SKVR VII4 loitsut 2319. — Impilahti
- Ku siä oot sanoissa SKVR III3 4284. — Soikkola
- Etsi synnyntä-sihasi SKVR III3 4286. — Narvusi
- Ken lie katehin katsonut, SKVR II 916. — Porajärvi
- "Ken syönee tämän tervan, SKVR I4 933. — Vuokkiniemi
- Tule työtäis tunnustamaan SKVR VI1 3035. — Juva
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 |
|---|---|
| Kirot | 2 |
| Karkotussanoja | 2 |
| Kylvetyssanoja | 2 |
| Löylyn luku | 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.
- Lapsen päästäminen kiroista (Freeing a Child from Curses)
- Löylyn synty (Origin of Sauna Steam)
- Kateen sanat (Envy incantation)
- Kylvetyssanoja (Sauna bathing charms)
- Löylyn luku (Sauna steam charm)
- Metsästäjän varautuminen kateita vastaan (Hunter's protection against envy)
- Karjan suojeleminen ja päästäminen kateista (Protecting cattle from the evil eye)
- Luonnon nostatus (Raising one's guardian spirit (luonto))
- Kalastajan varautuminen kateita vastaan (Fisherman's Protection Against the Evil Eye)
- Kirot (Curses)
- Lasta kylvetettäessä (Bathing the child)
- Pyssyn päästö pilauksesta (Freeing the gun from misfire)
- Maahisen nostatus (Earth Spirit Lifting Charm)
- Lapsen itkettäjä (Child crying charm)
- Kuohittava eläin suojellaan kateelta (Protecting the Animal Being Castrated from the Evil Eye)
- Ehtynyt tai pilattu lehmä lypsäväksi (Charm for a dried-up or spoiled cow)
- Taudin alkuperän tiedustelu (Inquiring the origin of disease)
- Ennen päivän nousemista (Before the sunrise)
- Tervanpoltto (Tar burning)
- Elättiketun kadehtijaa vastaan (Against the Envier of the Pet Fox)
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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.