Suomeen pako
Runosong type in the classification of SKVR, the Finnish Literature Society’s runosong corpus
In English: Flight to Finland (a translation; the archive names the type in Finnish only)
| Filed under | Kertovat runot (narrative songs) › Epiikka |
|---|---|
| Poems | 108 |
| Verses | 4,113 |
| Collection places | 16 |
| Collected | 1840s to 1930s |
| Collectors | Volmari Porkka · D. E. D. Europaeus · Jaako Länkelä · Forsberg (Alava), Vihtori · Törneroos ja Tallqvist · Oskar Groundström · K. Stråhlman · Pekka Putkonen · J. Fr. Ruotsalainen · Väinö Salminen |
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The archive’s description
Written by the editors of the SKVR type index and quoted as it stands, in Finnish.
Ydinaihe: Soudetaan Suomeen, kysymys: Onko Suomessa sijaa/tilaa? Kytkeytyy useisiin runoaiheisiin. Etelässä johdantona usein Löin isoni, löin emoni
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.
- Soikkola (24)
- Narvusi (22)
- Tyrö (15)
- Serepetta (10)
- Kaprio (8)
- Moloskovitsa (7)
- Venjoki (7)
- Hietamäki (5)
- Vuole (3)
- Antrea (1)
- Järvisaari (1)
- Keski-Inkeri (1)
- Koprina (1)
- Seiskari (1)
- Spankkova (1)
- Uusikirkko Vpl. (1)
When it was collected
| Decade | Poems |
|---|---|
| 1840s | 11 |
| 1850s | 22 |
| 1860s | 5 |
| 1880s | 44 |
| 1890s | 13 |
| 1900s | 11 |
| 1930s | 2 |
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.
- Tulin liiaksi isolle, SKVR III1 185. — Soikkola
- Löin isoni, löin emoni, SKVR III1 121. — Narvusi
- Velloin on venosen seppä, SKVR IV1 484. — Tyrö
- Venäen on kuningas viekas, SKVR IV1 1358. — Serepetta
- Tiioin oluen keitti, SKVR IV1 1435. — Kaprio
- Maija termus netsykkäinen SKVR IV1 1003. — Moloskovitsa
- Mittasin meren syvyyttä, SKVR IV1 2. — Venjoki
- Läksin laiska laukomahan SKVR IV1 237. — Hietamäki
- Hihoin päivän kirvestäin SKVR V1 1085. — Vuole
- Uupu kannel kahta kieltä, SKVR XIII1 1159. — Antrea
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.
- Pentin linna (Pentti's castle)
- Kanavan rakennus (Building the canal)
- Souda laiva Suomeen (Row the Ship to Finland)
- Purren itku (The boat's lament)
- Venepuun etsintä (Search for boat timber)
- Veneenveisto (Boat building)
- Iso härkä (The great ox)
- Veljeään etsivä neito (Maiden searching for her brother)
- Laivassa surmattu veli (Brother killed on a ship)
- Virpoi otti saunan selkäänsä (The birch switch carried the bathhouse)
- Sormin soutaminen (Rowing with Fingers)
- Jaakko Pontus
- Jouduin juottoon jumalan (I Arrived at God's Watering Place)
- Oli meitä ennen paljon (There were many of us before)
- Iso tammi (The great oak)
- Laivaretki (Ship voyage)
- Satoi ukko uutta lunta (Ukko Brought New Snow)
- Meri kuivi kuutta syltä (The Sea Dried Six Fathoms)
- Kaukamoisen virsi (Kaukamo's song)
- Luulin lumpehen pitävän (I thought the waterlily would hold)
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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.