Purren itku
Runosong type in the classification of SKVR, the Finnish Literature Society’s runosong corpus
In English: The boat's lament (a translation; the archive names the type in Finnish only)
| Filed under | Kertovat runot (narrative songs) › Epiikka |
|---|---|
| Poems | 141 |
| Verses | 10,246 |
| Collection places | 30 |
| Collected | 1760s to 1930s |
| Collectors | A. A. Borenius · Volmari Porkka · Elias Lönnrot · D. E. D. Europaeus · A. D. Neovius · A. Genetz · A. E. Ahlqvist · Zacharias Topelius · Forsberg (Alava), Vihtori · P. J. Hannikainen |
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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.
- Vuokkiniemi (35)
- Ilomantsi (16)
- Lempaala (12)
- Repola (12)
- Kontokki (10)
- Soikkola (9)
- Serepetta (7)
- Uhtua (5)
- Narvusi (4)
- Kaprio (3)
- Sakkola (3)
- Suomussalmi (3)
- Kemi (2)
- Pistojärvi (2)
- Tyrö (2)
- Eno (1)
- Jyskyjärvi (1)
- Kattila (1)
- Korpiselkä (1)
- Liperi (1)
- Metsäpirtti (1)
- Moloskovitsa (1)
- Nurmes (1)
- Pielavesi (1)
- Pohjois-Pohjanmaa (1)
- Puumala (1)
- Sotkamo (1)
- Suojärvi (1)
- Tuupovaara (1)
- Vuole (1)
When it was collected
| Decade | Poems |
|---|---|
| 1760s | 1 |
| 1780s | 1 |
| 1800s | 1 |
| 1820s | 5 |
| 1830s | 18 |
| 1840s | 18 |
| 1850s | 7 |
| 1870s | 32 |
| 1880s | 27 |
| 1890s | 19 |
| 1900s | 7 |
| 1910s | 2 |
| 1920s | 2 |
| 1930s | 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.
- Lappalainen kyyttöselkä SKVR I1 97. — Vuokkiniemi
- Ite vanha Väinämöinen SKVR VII1 608. — Ilomantsi
- Hihoin päivän kirvestäi SKVR V1 1076. — Lempaala
- Kullervo Kalervan poika, SKVR II 171. — Repola
- Vaka vanha Väinämöinen SKVR I1 389. — Kontokki
- Kyntäät kylläisen miehet, SKVR III2 1317. — Soikkola
- Velloin vennoisen seppoi, SKVR IV2 2032. — Serepetta
- Ilkeimät linnut ilman SKVR I1 657. — Uhtua
- Kullervo Kalervolainen SKVR III1 347. — Narvusi
- Velloin vennoisen seppoi, SKVR IV2 2033. — Kaprio
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.
- Veneenveisto (Boat building)
- Pentin linna (Pentti's castle)
- Suomeen pako (Flight to Finland)
- Kanavan rakennus (Building the canal)
- Laivaretki (Ship voyage)
- Venepuun etsintä (Search for boat timber)
- Vipusen virsi (Song of Vipunen)
- Sammon ryöstö (Theft of the Sampo)
- Sammon taonta (Forging of the Sampo)
- Väinämöisen ammunta (The shooting of Väinämöinen)
- Souda laiva Suomeen (Row the Ship to Finland)
- Ilmanimmen kosinta (Courtship at Ilmaniemi)
- Kävin piittä pitkät matkat (I Traveled Long Roads)
- Kanteleen soitto (Playing the kantele)
- Kyynelten vierintä (Rolling tears)
- Vellamon neidon onginta (Angling for Vellamo's Maiden)
- Polvenhaava (Knee wound)
- Tuonelassa käynti (Journey to Tuonela)
- Taivaan taonta (Forging of the Sky)
- Voi voitonta kylää (Oh, the butterless village)
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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.