Seatapmine
Runosong type in the classification of ERAB, the Estonian Folklore Archives’ runosong database
In English: Pig slaughter (a translation; the archive names the type in Estonian only)
| Filed under | Looduslaulud (nature songs) › Loomad ja linnud |
|---|---|
| Poems | 100 |
| Verses | 2,297 |
| Collection places | 45 |
| Collected | 1840s to 1930s |
| Collectors | Karl Viljak · Karl Voldemar Rosenstrauch · Gustav Vilberg (Vilbaste) · Mihkel Leppik · Gustav Seen · Paul Friedrich (Paulopriit) Voolaine (Pedmanson) · August Kiiss · Edgar Eisenschmidt · Friidu (Friedrich) Peeters (Peters) · Richard Viidalepp (Viidebaum) |
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The archive’s description
Written by the editors of the ERAB type index and quoted as it stands, in Estonian.
ERlA 334. Seatapmine: peamiselt Lõuna-Eestis tuttav. Sageli liitub temale «Kass kaevus» (298), algusse liitub motiive eelmisest laulust. Ülesehitus meenutab mõnikord (vt. tekst 740) laulu 12 («Suur tamm») või 4 («Suur härg»): ei leita tapjat ~ raiujat. Puhtalt esineb harvemini. Esineb ka
Seatapmine: VK VI 146, VK VIII*, VK X*, VK XIII 178, VK XIV*, ERlA 334; Kassijaht – VK VII*, VK VIII 48, VK XII 80, ERlV IV 127, ERlA 295.
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.
- Peetri (7)
- Räpina (6)
- Hargla (5)
- Kambja (5)
- Kuusalu (5)
- Otepää (5)
- Kolga-Jaani (4)
- Põltsamaa (4)
- Setumaa (4)
- välismaa (4)
- Kihelkonna (3)
- Laiuse (3)
- Põlva (3)
- Urvaste (3)
- Vaivara (3)
- Võnnu (3)
- Ambla (2)
- Anseküla (2)
- Iisaku (2)
- Järva-Jaani (2)
- Kose (2)
- Maarja-Magdaleena (2)
- Pilistvere (2)
- Tarvastu (2)
- Viljandi (2)
- Viljandi l. (2)
- Haljala (1)
- Halliste (1)
- Häädemeeste (1)
- Järva-Madise (1)
- Jõhvi (1)
- Karuse (1)
- Kursi (1)
- Läänemaa (1)
- Muhu (1)
- Märjamaa (1)
- Rapla (1)
- Ridala (1)
- Rõngu (1)
- Suure-Jaani (1)
- Tori (1)
- Torma (1)
- Vastseliina (1)
- Viru-Jaagupi (1)
- Võru l. (1)
When it was collected
| Decade | Poems |
|---|---|
| 1840s | 1 |
| 1870s | 9 |
| 1880s | 16 |
| 1890s | 24 |
| 1900s | 15 |
| 1910s | 15 |
| 1920s | 9 |
| 1930s | 6 |
| year not recorded | 5 |
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.
- Noored mehed, hellad vennad! E 7164 (24) — Peetri
- Tsiga kõndis Kõnnu tiid EÜS I 233/4 (37) — Räpina
- Minu veli väike mees, E, StK 9, 40 (15) — Hargla
- Minu veli ol´li väike mees EÜS V 113 (131) — Kambja
- Süö, süö, siukane, EÜS VIII 1541 (25) — Kuusalu
- Panni ma tsia söömä pääle EÜS V 54/5 — Otepää
- Tusti, tusti siakene. ERA II 141, 409/10 (4) — Kolga-Jaani
- Pisikene punapõrsas H, Ostrov 297 (49) — Põltsamaa
- Suvõl ma söödi suurta tsika, ARS 2, 74/6 (11) — Setumaa
- Süö, süö siukane, H II 40, 667/8 (14) — välismaa
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 |
|---|---|
| Kass kaevus | 35 |
| Suur siga | 13 |
| Siga | 5 |
| Pisike punane põrsas | 4 |
| Seatapp | 4 |
| Mamsel | 2 |
| Kassijaht | 2 |
| Mis sai kassinahast | 2 |
| Punane põrsas | 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.
- Seamäng (Pig Game)
- Seatapmise mäng (Pig-slaughter game)
- Pisike punane põrsas (The tiny red piglet)
- Söö, seake (Eat, little piggy (feeding refrain))
- Punane põrsas (Red Piglet)
- Söö, siga, tusti mäed! (Eat, pig, the tusti hills!)
- Põrsas - suur siga (The piglet and the great pig)
- Kass kaevus (Cat in the well)
- Pisike põrsas (Little piglet)
- Siamäng (Pig game)
- Siga (The Pig)
- Kassijaht (Cat hunt)
- (?) Pullitapmine (Bull slaughter)
- Kass mõisakööki (Cat to the manor kitchen)
- Pisikene põrsas (The tiny piglet)
- Suur härg (The great ox)
- Mamsel keetis moosi (The young lady cooked jam)
- Põdra laskmine (Shooting the elk)
- Hoiatus seale (Warning to the pig)
- Soome härg (The Finnish bull)
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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.