Sepp

Runosong type in the classification of ERAB, the Estonian Folklore Archives’ runosong database

In English: The blacksmith (a translation; the archive names the type in Estonian only)

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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.

• Paistu (10)
• Tarvastu (9)
• Kuusalu (8)
• Helme (7)
• Karksi (7)
• Halliste (6)
• Kose (6)
• Setumaa (5)
• Haljala (4)
• Palamuse (4)
• Põltsamaa (4)
• Harju-Jaani (3)
• Koeru (3)
• Kolga-Jaani (3)
• Maarja-Magdaleena (3)
• Pöide (3)
• Rõuge (3)
• Viru-Nigula (3)
• Audru (2)
• Lüganuse (2)
• Pühalepa (2)
• Rapla (2)
• Tõstamaa (2)
• Türi (2)
• Vigala (2)
• Viljandi (2)
• Väike-Maarja (2)
• Äksi (2)
• Hargla (1)
• Häädemeeste (1)
• Jaani (1)
• Järva-Jaani (1)
• Jõhvi (1)
• Jüri (1)
• Kadrina (1)
• Karula (1)
• Karuse (1)
• Kihnu (1)
• Kodavere (1)
• Käina (1)
• Laiuse (1)
• Mustjala (1)
• Märjamaa (1)
• Peetri (1)
• Pilistvere (1)
• Pärnu (1)
• Rõngu (1)
• Saarde (1)
• Sangaste (1)
• Simuna (1)
• Suure-Jaani (1)
• Tallinn (1)
• Tori (1)
• Viru-Jaagupi (1)
• Virumaa (1)
• Vändra (1)
• välismaa (1)

When it was collected

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.

• Meie sepal seitse selli E 12161/2 (2) — Paistu
• Üits oli velleke minule E 17172 (9) — Tarvastu
• Sinikirja linnukane E 56217/8 (8) — Kuusalu
• Lääme siita seda teeda, EÜS V 308/9 (7) — Helme
• Oli mul kolmi vellekesta E, StK 15, 20 (15) — Karksi
• Oli mul ütsi ainus velle E 28896/8 (10) — Halliste
• Ants oli Arju mees madala, H II 16, 131/2 (165) — Kose
• Sepp, sepp, hüüdsekott, hoi liiloo, EÜS IX 1382 (462) — Setumaa
• Isa minu sülges süljestani E A 365/7 (12) — Haljala
• Üksi vennake minule H II 27, 700 (11) — Palamuse

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.

1. Viru sepp (Virumaa blacksmith)
2. Suus sulatab raua (Melting iron in the mouth)
3. Vend sepaks (Brother becomes a smith)
4. Sepal mustad lapsed (The blacksmith's black children)
5. Loomiselaul (Creation song)
6. Sepp (sulatab suus) (The smith (melts in the mouth))
7. Sepp (sulatab rauda suus) (Smith who melts iron in his mouth)
8. Sepp (suus rauda) (Smith with iron in mouth)
9. Anne sepp (Anne the Smith)
10. Neiu põld (Maiden's field)
11. Neiu küsib vennalt maad (Maiden Asks Brother for Land)
12. Kuldnaine (The golden woman)
13. Loomine (Creation)
14. Kolm venda (Three Brothers)
15. Sepa sõim (Scolding the smith)
16. Sepa pilge (Mockery of the Smith)
17. Sepp (sulatab suul) (Smith who melts with words)
18. Künna, siis saad naise (Plow, then you'll get a wife)
19. Oleks sepp - suus sulataks rauda (Would Be a Smith, Melt Iron in His Mouth)
20. Neiu läheb sepile (Maiden goes to the smith)

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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.