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Syylä

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

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

Filed underLoitsut (incantations) › Tautiloitsut
Poems228
Verses453
Collection places138
Collected1870s to 1930s
CollectorsNiilo Kallio · Eemeli Vihervaara · L. Kaukamaa · Vilho Saariluoma · Laina Hänninen · T. Pohjankanervo · V. J. Kallio · Martti Mattila · Samuli Paulaharju · A. Leino

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The archive’s description

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

Syylän loitsut ovat lyhyitä ja usein syylän parannustaikaa havainnollistavia. Syylää puhutellaan ja käsketään poistumaan, nousevaa kuuta kehotetaan syömään syylät tai syylien todetaan palavan. Syylän loitsut muistuttavat pitkälti paiseen sanoja, mutta syylän rinnakkaisnimitykset liika ja ruuppa yhdistävät sen myös erilaisiin ajoksiin, kasvannaisiin ja rupiin. Dialogi- ja numeraaliformulat esiintyvät satunnaisesti.

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 78 more places

When it was collected

DecadePoems
1870s1
1880s35
1890s35
1900s36
1910s71
1920s10
1930s38
year not recorded2

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.

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. Leini (Rheumatism charm (leini))
  2. Paise (Boil charm)
  3. Struuma (Goiter Charm)
  4. Syöjäluu (The gnawing bone)
  5. Nari (Creaking-wrist charm)
  6. Paiseet kotieläimissä (Boils in domestic animals)
  7. Käärmeen sanat (Snake charm)
  8. Verensulku (Blood stopping charm)
  9. Kunne miun Pajukka sai? (Where Did My Pajukka Go?)
  10. Näärännäppy (Eye stye charm)
  11. Sampaat (Hemp sandals)
  12. Põletus (Burn charm)ERAB type
  13. Pelästys (Fright charm)
  14. Teomehe ohkamine heina ajal (Farm laborer's sighing at haymaking time)ERAB type
  15. Karja syksyllä navettaan (Cattle into the cowshed in autumn)
  16. Syyhy (Scabies Charm)
  17. Ytten, katten - onnen pöytä liikaa (Ytten, katten — luck's table overflows (counting refrain))
  18. Helena (Helena (personal name))
  19. Kaulatauti (Throat ailment charm)
  20. Tartunta (Contagion charm)

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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.