Teng, hobu, naine
Runosong type in the classification of ERAB, the Estonian Folklore Archives’ runosong database
In English: Money, a horse, a wife (a translation; the archive names the type in Estonian only)
| Filed under | Laulud abielust (songs about marriage) › Abielumehe põli |
|---|---|
| Poems | 161 |
| Verses | 2,394 |
| Collection places | 57 |
| Collected | 1870s to 1940s |
| Collectors | Karl Voldemar Rosenstrauch · Peeter Penna · Gustav Seen · Hans Leoke · Anton Suurkask · Helene Maasen-Varik · Karl Viljak · Mihkel (Tori) Ostrov · Tõnu Wiedemann (Võimula) |
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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 2949. TENG, HOBU, NAINE
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.
- Setumaa (15)
- Urvaste (8)
- Väike-Maarja (8)
- Jõhvi (7)
- Kolga-Jaani (7)
- Maarja-Magdaleena (7)
- Tori (6)
- Laiuse (5)
- Türi (5)
- Haljala (4)
- Halliste (4)
- Palamuse (4)
- Simuna (4)
- Viljandi (4)
- välismaa (4)
- Ambla (3)
- Koeru (3)
- Rõuge (3)
- Torma (3)
- Vaivara (3)
- Viru-Jaagupi (3)
- Viru-Nigula (3)
- Äksi (3)
- Audru (2)
- Harju-Jaani (2)
- Iisaku (2)
- Järva-Madise (2)
- Jõelähtme (2)
- Jüri (2)
- Kanepi (2)
- Kose (2)
- Paide (2)
- Põltsamaa (2)
- Räpina (2)
- Rõngu (2)
- Sangaste (2)
- Tõstamaa (2)
- Viljandimaa (2)
- Võnnu (2)
- Võrumaa (2)
- Juuru (1)
- Järvamaa (1)
- Karksi (1)
- Kursi (1)
- Kuusalu (1)
- Lääne-Nigula (1)
- Läänemaa (1)
- Lüganuse (1)
- Narva l. (1)
- Nõo (1)
- Otepää (1)
- Peetri (1)
- Rannu (1)
- Suure-Jaani (1)
- Tartu (1)
- Tartu-Maarja (1)
- Tartumaa (1)
When it was collected
| Decade | Poems |
|---|---|
| 1870s | 15 |
| 1880s | 41 |
| 1890s | 48 |
| 1900s | 11 |
| 1910s | 11 |
| 1920s | 9 |
| 1930s | 19 |
| 1940s | 2 |
| 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.
- Til-til-til-til tilgakõnõ, ARS 1, 680 (29) — Setumaa
- Iidu', tiidu', tingä löüse, ERA II 257, 388 (84) — Urvaste
- Tiidu-tiidu tenga leidsin, E, StK 2, 53/4 (49) — Väike-Maarja
- Hiiut-tiiut tinga leidsin E 9096 (12) — Jõhvi
- Iidu-tiidu tinga leidsin E 172 — Kolga-Jaani
- Hiitu tiitu tenga leidsin E A 751/3 (713b) — Maarja-Magdaleena
- Iidut tiidut tinga leidsin EKmS 4° 3, 50/1 (2) — Tori
- Tii tii tii tii tinga leidsin H III 16, 432 (5) — Laiuse
- Hiiut, tiiut tinga leidsin, ERA II 41, 146 (4) — Türi
- Tuidu-tuidu, tingel leidsin E 7490 — Haljala
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 |
|---|---|
| Pere ütles: "Peksa naist!" | 23 |
| Peksa naist | 14 |
| Ting-hobu-naine | 8 |
| Naine | 5 |
| Hobu | 5 |
| Teng - hobu | 5 |
| Oleks see mees minu! | 4 |
| Kupja kolm tütart | 4 |
| Vares ootab hobuse surma | 3 |
| Öösel üksi | 3 |
| Oleks | 3 |
| Tinga leidsin | 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.
- Pere ütles: "Peksa naist!" (The family said: 'Beat the wife!')
- Pere ütles peksa naist (The household said to beat the wife)
- Tinga leidsin (Found a bargain)
- Ting-hobu-naine (Horse-trading woman)
- Küla käseb naist tappa (The village bids him kill his wife)
- Peksa naist (Wife Beating)
- Marjaga majapidamine (Housekeeping with berries)
- Pere ütel peksa naine (Household orders wife beaten)
- Vihun viie vikatiga (Swinging Five Scythes)
- Ting (The bargain)
- Pere ütles peksa naine (Household orders wife beaten)
- Pere käseb naist peksa (Household orders wife beaten)
- Pere käsib peksta naist (The Household Orders the Wife Beaten)
- Tapa naine (Kill the wife)
- Pere ütel, peksa naist (The household says: beat your wife)
- Pere ütles, tapa naist (Family said to beat the wife)
- Jätkud (Song Continuations)
- Piibumehe laul (Pipe man's song)
- Nain naisen pikkaraisen, talo käski tappamaan (I wed a tiny wife, the household ordered her killed)SKVR type
- Tiirin liirin tengan löysin (Tiirin liirin, I found a coin)SKVR type
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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.