Sisiliskon sanat
Runosong type in the classification of SKVR, the Finnish Literature Society’s runosong corpus
In English: Lizard charm (a translation; the archive names the type in Finnish only)
| Filed under | Loitsut (incantations) › Tautiloitsut |
|---|---|
| Poems | 148 |
| Verses | 1,921 |
| Collection places | 70 |
| Collected | 1700s to 1930s |
| Collectors | Kaarle Krohn · Samuli Paulaharju · Heikki Meriläinen · Christfrid Ganander · E. F. Rautell · Elias Lönnrot · Zacharias Topelius · Väinö Salminen · A. I. Arwidsson · Antti Rytkönen |
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The archive’s description
Written by the editors of the SKVR type index and quoted as it stands, in Finnish.
Sisiliskon puremaa (tai "kusemaa") parannettiin loitsuilla, joiden tyypillisiä aineksia ovat erilaiset syntyaihelmat sekä sisiliskolle osoitetut kehotukset tulla parantamaan aiheuttamansa vamma. Myös sisiliskon lumouksissa esiintyviä vertausloitsuja käytettiin pureman parantamiseen (X, XI, XIII).
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.
- Sotkamo (9)
- Kontokki (8)
- Pohjois-Pohjanmaa (8)
- Suomussalmi (6)
- Kuhmo (5)
- Nurmes (5)
- Pielisjärvi (5)
- Vuokkiniemi (5)
- Ii (3)
- Kontiolahti (3)
- Kuusamo (3)
- Liperi (3)
- Pulkkila (3)
- Pyhäntä (3)
- Sonkajärvi (3)
- Tyrnävä (3)
- Haukipudas (2)
- Iisalmi (2)
- Kemijärvi (2)
- Kempele (2)
- Kestilä (2)
- Kiimaisjärvi (2)
- Kiiminki (2)
- Liminka (2)
- Oulainen (2)
- Paavola (2)
- Paltamo (2)
- Pudasjärvi (2)
- Puolanka (2)
- Soanlahti (2)
- Säräisniemi (2)
- Tervola (2)
- Utajärvi (2)
- Etelä-Savo (1)
- Hankasalmi (1)
- Hyrynsalmi (1)
- Ilomantsi (1)
- Isojoki (1)
- Jukkasjärvi (1)
- Juuka (1)
- Juva (1)
- Jällivaara (1)
- Kainuu (1)
- Kajaani mlk (1)
- Keitele (1)
- Kesälahti (1)
- Kihniö (1)
- Kiihtelysvaara (1)
- Kitee (1)
- Kiuruvesi (1)
- Kolari (1)
- Kuolemajärvi (1)
- Laihia (1)
- Pielavesi (1)
- Pihtipudas (1)
- Pistojärvi (1)
- Pohjois-Savo (1)
- Repola (1)
- Ristijärvi (1)
- Simo (1)
…and 10 more places
- Sodankylä (1)
- Suojärvi (1)
- Taivalkoski (1)
- Tohmajärvi (1)
- Täräntö (1)
- Valtimo (1)
- Vesanto (1)
- Vihanti (1)
- Viitasaari (1)
- Ylikiiminki (1)
When it was collected
| Decade | Poems |
|---|---|
| 1700s | 1 |
| 1780s | 7 |
| 1800s | 2 |
| 1810s | 3 |
| 1820s | 5 |
| 1830s | 7 |
| 1840s | 6 |
| 1850s | 3 |
| 1860s | 1 |
| 1870s | 4 |
| 1880s | 38 |
| 1890s | 28 |
| 1900s | 10 |
| 1910s | 22 |
| 1920s | 4 |
| 1930s | 7 |
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.
- Sikoliskosen sikiä SKVR XII2 5171. — Sotkamo
- Sitsiliusku tsiukun poika, SKVR I4 456. — Kontokki
- Ahtolaisen ajdan vittas. SKVR XII2 5162. — Pohjois-Pohjanmaa
- Vingas Vankahan makasi SKVR XII2 5207. — Suomussalmi
- Uhon uppu äij⌈ä⌉n poika, SKVR XII2 5175 α. — Kuhmo
- Sisälisko, Hiien silmä, SKVR VII3 loitsut 1273. — Nurmes
- Tipahti tinanen neula, SKVR VII3 loitsut 1278. — Pielisjärvi
- Voi sula sulattoessa, SKVR I4 462. — Vuokkiniemi
- Tuohikoppero kotisi, SKVR XII2 5214. — Ii
- Vangas vinkkahan makasi SKVR VII3 loitsut 1265. — Kontiolahti
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 |
|---|---|
| Sisiliskon synty | 111 |
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.
- Sisiliskon lumous (Lizard enchantment)
- Läävämato (Barn worm charm)
- Käärmeen synty (Origin of the snake)
- Käärmeen sanat (Snake charm)
- Sammakon jälki (Frog's track)
- Läävämadon synty (Origin of the Barn Worm)
- Ampiaisen lumous (Wasp enchantment)
- Sammakon synty (Origin of the Frog)
- Karhun pureman parantaminen karjasta (Healing a bear bite on livestock)
- Käärmeen pureman parantaminen eläimestä (Healing a Snakebite on an Animal)
- Kiven vihat (Stone's wrath)
- Ampiaisen synty (Origin of the Wasp)
- Käärmeen pureman historiola (Snake Bite Incantation)
- Naurismadon synty (Origin of the turnip worm)
- Puun sanat (Tree charm)
- Ähkyn synty (Origin of colic)
- Ampumahaava (Gunshot wound charm)
- Käärmeen karkotus (Snake banishing charm)
- Kiven synty (Origin of stone)
- Hien synty (Origin of sweat)
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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.