Poisi ja neiu matus
Runosong type in the classification of ERAB, the Estonian Folklore Archives’ runosong database
In English: Boy and maiden's funeral (a translation; the archive names the type in Estonian only)
| Filed under | Laulud noorrahva elust (songs of young people's lives) › Neiud |
|---|---|
| Poems | 206 |
| Verses | 6,793 |
| Collection places | 69 |
| Collected | 1860s to 1940s |
| Collectors | Karl Voldemar Rosenstrauch · Joosep Hurt · Juhan (Johan) Elken · Peeter Penna · Eduard Johannes Õunapuu · Hans Lensin · J. Ekemann · J. P. (Jaak) Sõggel · Daniel Lepson |
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The archive’s description
Written by the editors of the ERAB type index and quoted as it stands, in Estonian.
Poisi ja neiu matus: VK IV 38, VK V 210, VK VI 512, VK VIII 375, VK XI 282, ERlV V 65, ERlA 1970; Neiu ja poisi matus – VK I 119. ERlA: ülemaaliselt tuntud neidude ülistus ning poiste (~ vanapoiste, harva ka vanatüdrukute) pilkelaul. Kompositsioonilt kahepoolne laul, koosneb kahest vastandliku
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 (26)
- Tarvastu (16)
- Paistu (15)
- Viljandi (9)
- Halliste (8)
- Karksi (8)
- Kolga-Jaani (7)
- Ambla (6)
- Räpina (6)
- Rõuge (6)
- Torma (5)
- Helme (4)
- Kuusalu (4)
- Muhu (4)
- Mustjala (4)
- Pilistvere (4)
- Pärnu (4)
- Vastseliina (4)
- Haljala (3)
- Häädemeeste (3)
- Kadrina (3)
- Kodavere (3)
- Laiuse (3)
- Põltsamaa (3)
- Rakvere (3)
- Saarde (3)
- Järva-Madise (2)
- Jõhvi (2)
- Karula (2)
- Kihelkonna (2)
- Otepää (2)
- Peetri (2)
- Pärnu-Jaagupi (2)
- Põlva (2)
- Pühalepa (2)
- Sangaste (2)
- Simuna (2)
- Tartu-Maarja (2)
- Viljandimaa (2)
- Viru-Jaagupi (2)
- Väike-Maarja (2)
- Võru l. (2)
- Emmaste (1)
- Hargla (1)
- Järva-Jaani (1)
- Jüri (1)
- Kambja (1)
- Kihnu (1)
- Koeru (1)
- Kullamaa (1)
- Kõpu (1)
- Maarja-Magdaleena (1)
- Nõo (1)
- Paide l. (1)
- Puhja (1)
- Pöide (1)
- Rapla (1)
- Rõngu (1)
- Suure-Jaani (1)
- Tallinn (1)
…and 9 more places
When it was collected
| Decade | Poems |
|---|---|
| 1860s | 2 |
| 1870s | 12 |
| 1880s | 37 |
| 1890s | 67 |
| 1900s | 12 |
| 1910s | 15 |
| 1920s | 16 |
| 1930s | 31 |
| 1940s | 2 |
| year not recorded | 12 |
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 ma üles hummongul E 57554/6 — Setumaa
- Lääme lääme käime käime E 17261/2 (1) — Tarvastu
- Poissi ära koonalasse E 17580 (5) — Paistu
- Lääme, lääme, käime, käime, ERA II 124, 445 (7) — Viljandi
- Kessi tulli näiu tulele, EÜS XII 1345/7 (92) — Halliste
- Heidam' morgest me magame E 45965/6 (31) — Karksi
- Tütarlapsed tillukesed, E 44155/6 (45) — Kolga-Jaani
- Kui poisi ära sureksi E 15104/5 (8) — Ambla
- Üts vanapoiss oll surõmah ERA II 203, 641/2 (43) — Räpina
- Ku olli nuuri neiokõne, ERA II 126, 197/8 (12) — Rõuge
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.
- Karske neiu (The chaste maiden)
- Neiu ja peiu surm (Death of the maiden and the groom)
- Peiu surm - neiu surm (Groom's death - maiden's death)
- Vanemate õpetus (Parents' teaching)
- Neiu matus (Maiden's Funeral)
- Vanapoisi matus (Old bachelor's funeral)
- Lehisele (Going for leafy branches)
- Vanapoisi ja vanatüdruku matus (Old bachelor and old maid's funeral)
- Luude minek (The departure of the bones)
- Peiu ja neiu surm (Death of the bride and groom)
- Löö poisil pool pead! (Strike the boy on the head!)
- Vanatüdruku surm (Death of the old maid)
- Ehete riisuja (Stripper of ornaments)
- Poiss tulel (Boy at the Fire)Filed on the same poems: Tuba tuule peale
- Ema karskuse õpetus (Mother's temperance lesson)
- Vanapoisi ja tüdruku surm (Death of the old bachelor and the girl)
- Neiu ja poisi kohus (Maiden's and boy's duties)
- Vanatüdruku elu (Old maid's life)
- Vanatüdruku matus (Old maid's funeral)
- Vanemate karskuse õpetus (Parents' Lesson on Temperance)
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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.