Puun sanat

Runosong type in the classification of SKVR, the Finnish Literature Society’s runosong corpus

In English: Tree charm (a translation; the archive names the type in Finnish only)

Filed under	Loitsut (incantations) › Tautiloitsut
Poems	468
Verses	6,246
Collection places	153
Collected	1650s to 1930s
Collectors	Kaarle Krohn · Väinö Salminen · Samuli Paulaharju · D. E. D. Europaeus · Christfrid Ganander · Elias Lönnrot · Herman Brandt · Heikki Meriläinen · A. A. Borenius · L. Kaukamaa

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The archive’s description

Written by the editors of the SKVR type index and quoted as it stands, in Finnish.

Puun aiheuttamaan vammaan tai haavaan luetut puun sanat sisältävät tyypillisesti puun puhutteluja, syntyaihelmia (ks. vertailuotsikot), puulle osoitettuja kehotuksia parantaa aiheuttamansa vamma sekä erilaisia voiteen sanoja. Puun sanoille ominaiset ovat mm. voiteen sanat, joissa puu itse tuottaa voidetta (mettä, simaa) vamman parannukseen. Kontekstitiedot viittaavat myös "puu parantaa itse vammansa" -ajatuksen heijastumiseen parannustapoihin.

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.

…and 93 more places

When it was collected

Decade	Poems
1650s	1
1700s	1
1730s	1
1780s	11
1800s	2
1810s	6
1820s	12
1830s	15
1840s	32
1850s	14
1860s	1
1870s	15
1880s	148
1890s	73
1900s	44
1910s	46
1920s	15
1930s	28
year not recorded	3

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.

Mik' on maa esin̄ä luotu? SKVR VII3 loitsut 288. — Ilomantsi
Nimeen Isän, Pojan ja Pyhän Hengen! Ota pois, puu, vihas ihmisen ihold. SKVR VII3 loitsut 238. — Suistamo
Puu puhdas, Jumalan luoma, SKVR XI 1855. — Laihia
Akka vanha kaivo-keträ SKVR XII1 3965. — Pohjois-Pohjanmaa
Puu tyvestä tyvin, SKVR XI 1842. — Ilmajoki
Puu puhas, Jumalan luoma, SKVR I4 104. — Uhtua
Samsa poika pellervoisen SKVR XII1 3996. — Sotkamo
Haapa, koivu, SKVR X1 2153. — Karvia
Maa emäs, ruoho nimes, SKVR IX4 804. — Kivijärvi
Mäntypuu puhdas Jumalan luoma, SKVR XII1 4043. — Rovaniemi

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
Puun synty	205
Sämpsä Pellervoinen	63
Voiteen synty	17
Vesi vanhin veljeksistä	7
Raudan sanat	4
Veli meni metsään, puhui pukin sarveen	3
Kiven vihat	3
Tuohen synty	2
Taivaan taonta	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.

Puun vihojen varalta (Against the tree's wrath)
Kiven vihat (Stone's wrath)
Raudan sanat (Iron charm)
Tulen sanat (Fire charm)
Tuulen painama eläin parannetaan (Healing a wind-afflicted animal)
Voiteen luku (Salve incantation)
Hampun kuidun haava (Hemp Fiber Wound)
Suonenveto (Sinew-pull charm)
Sämpsä Pellervoinen
Raudan synty (Origin of iron)
Löylyn luku (Sauna steam charm)
Voiteen synty (Origin of ointment)
Rupi (Scab healing charm)
Rikka silmässä (Charm for a speck in the eye)
Paise (Boil charm)
Käärmeen sanat (Snake charm)
Tervan vioissa (Curing with tar)
Kipusanoja (Pain charms)
Tuulen synty (Origin of the wind)
Löylyn synty (Origin of Sauna Steam)

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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.