Petis peiu
Runosong type in the classification of ERAB, the Estonian Folklore Archives’ runosong database
In English: The deceitful groom (a translation; the archive names the type in Estonian only)
| Filed under | Laulud noorrahva elust (songs of young people's lives) › Kosjad |
|---|---|
| Poems | 369 |
| Verses | 10,892 |
| Collection places | 92 |
| Collected | 1820s to 1940s |
| Collectors | Karl Voldemar Rosenstrauch · Peeter Penna · Karl Viljak · Mihkel (Tori) Ostrov · Mihkel Pehka · Helene Maasen-Varik · J. H. Steinberg · Tamberg, H. · Julius Aleksander Rehberg (Reepärg) |
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The archive’s description
Written by the editors of the ERAB type index and quoted as it stands, in Estonian.
2330. Petis peiu: A. Pettis õuntega, B. Peks lubatud eheteks, C. Lubatud kingade asemel paar pastlaid, D. Lubas odrad õue teha, E. Kuidas hüüab, F. Ütles sugu puuduma
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.
- Haljala (16)
- Kuusalu (15)
- Ambla (12)
- Kadrina (11)
- Pilistvere (10)
- Vigala (10)
- Häädemeeste (9)
- Palamuse (9)
- Pärnu-Jaagupi (9)
- Tõstamaa (9)
- Kolga-Jaani (8)
- Põltsamaa (8)
- Türi (8)
- Viljandi (8)
- Viru-Nigula (8)
- Halliste (7)
- Helme (7)
- Paistu (7)
- Simuna (7)
- Harju-Jaani (6)
- Karksi (6)
- Kodavere (6)
- Lüganuse (6)
- Puhja (6)
- Pärnu (6)
- Tarvastu (6)
- Väike-Maarja (6)
- Hanila (5)
- Järva-Jaani (5)
- Jüri (5)
- Kihnu (5)
- Laiuse (5)
- Maarja-Magdaleena (5)
- Rõuge (5)
- Saarde (5)
- Urvaste (5)
- Vaivara (5)
- Vändra (5)
- Audru (4)
- Karula (4)
- Märjamaa (4)
- Nõo (4)
- Sangaste (4)
- Setumaa (4)
- Suure-Jaani (4)
- Tartu (4)
- Torma (4)
- Jõhvi (3)
- Karuse (3)
- Koeru (3)
- Kullamaa (3)
- Kursi (3)
- Muhu (3)
- Peetri (3)
- Rõngu (3)
- Tartu-Maarja (3)
- Tori (3)
- Viru-Jaagupi (3)
- Äksi (3)
- Hargla (2)
…and 32 more places
- Jämaja (2)
- Järva-Madise (2)
- Kanepi (2)
- Lihula (2)
- Martna (2)
- Paide l. (2)
- Põlva (2)
- Pöide (2)
- Risti (2)
- Räpina (2)
- Saaremaa (2)
- Varbla (2)
- Võrumaa (2)
- välismaa (2)
- Hageri (1)
- Iisaku (1)
- Kambja (1)
- Kihelkonna (1)
- Kose (1)
- Mustjala (1)
- Otepää (1)
- Paide (1)
- Pärnu l. (1)
- Pühalepa (1)
- Rannu (1)
- Reigi (1)
- Tallinn (1)
- Valga (1)
- Valgamaa (1)
- Vastseliina (1)
- Viljandi l. (1)
- Viljandimaa (1)
When it was collected
| Decade | Poems |
|---|---|
| 1820s | 1 |
| 1860s | 1 |
| 1870s | 19 |
| 1880s | 86 |
| 1890s | 113 |
| 1900s | 33 |
| 1910s | 30 |
| 1920s | 38 |
| 1930s | 22 |
| 1940s | 1 |
| year not recorded | 25 |
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.
- Ära usu ussikeelta E 36310/1 (23) — Haljala
- Neitsikene, nuorukene, EÜS VIII 1686 (12) — Kuusalu
- Oh, sina petis peiukene EÜS VII 1842/3 (25) — Ambla
- Oh sina petis peiukene E 36881 (5) — Kadrina
- Neitsikesed noorukesed EÜS IV 1553/4 (7 & 8) — Pilistvere
- Oh sina petis peiukene E A 5/6 (6) — Vigala
- Ennem mina usun ussi sisse, E, StK 7, 42/5 (8) — Häädemeeste
- Luised käia luuda mööda E 52048 — Palamuse
- Istsin uisu otsa peale E 18010/1 (4) — Pärnu-Jaagupi
- Oh, sa petis peiuke E 6613/4 (12) — Tõstamaa
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.
- Tule mulle! (Come to me! (love appeal))
- Kolmed kingad (Three Pairs of Shoes)
- Hea ja halb mees (Good and Bad Husband)
- Käopojad põues (Cuckoo Chicks in the Bosom)
- Petis poiss (The Trickster Boy)
- Ära usu poisi juttu (Don't Believe a Boy's Words)
- Kingad (Shoes)
- Poiss loodud petjaks (Boys born to deceive)
- Petis peiu - kuri mees (Deceitful groom, evil husband)
- Hea ja kuri mees (Good and Wicked Husband)
- Hea mees, kuri mees (Good man, evil man)
- Hää ja kuri mees (Good and cruel husband)
- Hea pilliga, kuri piitsaga (Good with the pipe, cruel with the whip)
- Tantsija neiu (The dancing maiden)
- Vanemate õpetus ilusale (Parents' advice to the beautiful daughter)
- Käo kingad (Cuckoo's shoes)
- Imelikud kingad (Strange shoes)
- Orja kingad (Serf's shoes)
- Tantsin, tallan kingad (I dance and wear out my shoes)
- Hää ja halb mees (The good and the bad husband)
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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.