Polvenhaava
Runosong type in the classification of SKVR, the Finnish Literature Society’s runosong corpus
In English: Knee wound (a translation; the archive names the type in Finnish only)
| Filed under | Kertovat runot (narrative songs) › Epiikka |
|---|---|
| Poems | 314 |
| Verses | 13,836 |
| Collection places | 85 |
| Collected | 1800s to 1930s |
| Collectors | Kaarle Krohn · A. A. Borenius · Elias Lönnrot · D. E. D. Europaeus · Iivo Härkönen · O. Relander · Samuli Paulaharju · Väinö Salminen · Hj. Basilier · A. R. Niemi |
Open this type in the song-type explorer
The archive’s description
Written by the editors of the SKVR type index and quoted as it stands, in Finnish.
Polvenhaava-runoa on käytetty verensulkuloitsuna verensulkusanojen, Raudan synnyn ja joskus Kuoharin sanojen kanssa. Polvenhaava-runon alluusioita ("sulettu on suuremmatki") on siten siellä täällä e.m. loitsuteksteissä. Kontekstitietoa (I1 306): Polvenhaava piti esittää Raudan synnyn edellä.
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.
- Vuokkiniemi (35)
- Ilomantsi (33)
- Uhtua (20)
- Repola (15)
- Suojärvi (14)
- Kontokki (11)
- Kitee (10)
- Suomussalmi (9)
- Hyrynsalmi (6)
- Jyskyjärvi (6)
- Porajärvi (6)
- Suistamo (6)
- Kestilä (5)
- Korpiselkä (5)
- Sotkamo (5)
- Kainuu (4)
- Nurmes (4)
- Pielavesi (4)
- Pistojärvi (4)
- Pälkjärvi (4)
- Sakkola (4)
- Soanlahti (4)
- Kiestinki (3)
- Kittilä (3)
- Kivijärvi (3)
- Kärsämäki (3)
- Pielisjärvi (3)
- Pyhäntä (3)
- Rautu (3)
- Ristijärvi (3)
- Rovaniemi (3)
- Saarijärvi (3)
- Viitasaari (3)
- Joroinen (2)
- Juuka (2)
- Karstula (2)
- Kiimaisjärvi (2)
- Kiuruvesi (2)
- Kuusamo (2)
- Lapinlahti (2)
- Mäntyharju (2)
- Paatene (2)
- Pihtipudas (2)
- Pohjois-Pohjanmaa (2)
- Rantasalmi (2)
- Reisjärvi (2)
- Rääkkylä (2)
- Uukuniemi (2)
- Anttola (1)
- Eno (1)
- Haapajärvi (1)
- Hartola (1)
- Haukipudas (1)
- Impilahti (1)
- Juva (1)
- Kaavi (1)
- Kangaslampi (1)
- Kaprio (1)
- Keltto (1)
- Kemi (1)
…and 25 more places
- Kerimäki (1)
- Kiihtelysvaara (1)
- Kuhmo (1)
- Lapinjärvi (1)
- Laukaa (1)
- Lemi (1)
- Liperi (1)
- Maaninka (1)
- Paltamo (1)
- Parikkala (1)
- Piippola (1)
- Pohjois-Karjala (1)
- Pulkkila (1)
- Puumala (1)
- Pyhäjoki (1)
- Pyhäjärvi Ol. (1)
- Rautalampi (1)
- Ruokolahti (1)
- Salmi (1)
- Sonkajärvi (1)
- Säräisniemi (1)
- Taivalkoski (1)
- Utajärvi (1)
- Valtimo (1)
- Vihanti (1)
When it was collected
| Decade | Poems |
|---|---|
| 1800s | 1 |
| 1810s | 5 |
| 1820s | 3 |
| 1830s | 26 |
| 1840s | 26 |
| 1850s | 3 |
| 1870s | 43 |
| 1880s | 102 |
| 1890s | 35 |
| 1900s | 34 |
| 1910s | 21 |
| 1920s | 6 |
| 1930s | 7 |
| year not recorded | 2 |
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.
- Šusi juoksi šuota müöt'i, SKVR I1 89. — Vuokkiniemi
- norot kylvi, koivut nousi; SKVR VII1 303. — Ilomantsi
- Itse vanha Väinämöinen SKVR I1 318. — Uhtua
- Oli vanha Väinämöińi, SKVR II 66. — Repola
- Iri neito, impi neito, SKVR VII1 105. — Suojärvi
- Tuli rauta valmiiks, SKVR I1 287. — Kontokki
- Jo nytt! vestin veikkoani, SKVR VII1 287. — Kitee
- Ukko uunilta puhuu, SKVR I1 293. — Suomussalmi
- Itse vanha Väinämöinen SKVR XII1 47. — Hyrynsalmi
- Vaka vanha Väinämöinen SKVR I1 281. — Jyskyjärvi
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 |
|---|---|
| Verensulku | 58 |
| Veneenveisto | 28 |
| Laivaretki | 28 |
| Raudan sanat | 23 |
| Raudan synty | 21 |
| Kanteleen soitto | 17 |
| Kanteleen synty | 16 |
| Vipusen virsi | 15 |
| Ilmanimmen kosinta | 12 |
| Väinämöisen ammunta | 11 |
| Sammon ryöstö | 9 |
| Tulen sanat | 5 |
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.
- Veneenveisto (Boat building)
- Raudan sanat (Iron charm)
- Verensulku (Blood stopping charm)
- Laivaretki (Ship voyage)
- Venepuun etsintä (Search for boat timber)
- Raudan synty (Origin of iron)
- Kanteleen soitto (Playing the kantele)
- Vipusen virsi (Song of Vipunen)
- Kyynelten vierintä (Rolling tears)
- Väinämöisen ammunta (The shooting of Väinämöinen)
- Kalevalasta opittuja (Songs Learned from the Kalevala)
- Purren itku (The boat's lament)
- Kanteleen synty (Birth of the kantele)
- Tuonelassa käynti (Journey to Tuonela)
- Hiidestä kosinta (Wooing a bride from Hiisi's realm)
- Sämpsä Pellervoinen
- Sammon ryöstö (Theft of the Sampo)
- Vellamon neidon onginta (Angling for Vellamo's Maiden)
- Sammon taonta (Forging of the Sampo)
- Kommilta kosinta (Courting from Kommi)
Open in the Similarity Explorer
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.