Tunnen tuima neiu
Runosong type in the classification of ERAB, the Estonian Folklore Archives’ runosong database
In English: I can tell a sluggish maiden (a translation; the archive names the type in Estonian only)
| Filed under | Laulud noorrahva elust (songs of young people's lives) › Poiste õpetamine |
|---|---|
| Poems | 288 |
| Verses | 6,383 |
| Collection places | 81 |
| Collected | 1860s to 1940s |
| Collectors | Richard Viidalepp (Viidebaum) · Karl Voldemar Rosenstrauch · Karl Viljak · Peeter Tatz (Avarsoo) · Jakob Martin Sommer · Eduard Ahas · Hans Siimer · Peeter Penna · Johan (Juhan) Kala · Oskar Loorits |
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The archive’s description
Written by the editors of the ERAB type index and quoted as it stands, in Estonian.
Tunnen tuima neiu: VK IV 206, VK VI 735, VK VIII 519, VK IX 350, VK 268, ERlA 2161; Tunnen tuima – VK V 86, VK VII 122, VK X 213, ERlV V 95; Õe nõu – VK I 33.
ERlA 2161. Tunnen tuima neiu: tuntud üle maa, eriti populaarne Ida-Eestis, teisendeid noteeritud rohkesti. Vrd. eelmisega. Kirdes ja
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.
- Tarvastu (19)
- Paistu (14)
- Hargla (10)
- Haljala (9)
- Kadrina (9)
- Kolga-Jaani (9)
- Räpina (9)
- Sangaste (9)
- Karksi (8)
- Põlva (8)
- Palamuse (7)
- Rõngu (7)
- Rõuge (7)
- Simuna (7)
- Viru-Jaagupi (7)
- Kanepi (6)
- Türi (6)
- Ambla (5)
- Halliste (5)
- Järva-Madise (5)
- Kursi (5)
- Kuusalu (5)
- Pilistvere (5)
- välismaa (5)
- Harju-Jaani (4)
- Jõhvi (4)
- Karula (4)
- Laiuse (4)
- Maarja-Magdaleena (4)
- Otepää (4)
- Peetri (4)
- Põltsamaa (4)
- Rapla (4)
- Torma (4)
- Viljandi (4)
- Viljandimaa (4)
- Viru-Nigula (4)
- Helme (3)
- Koeru (3)
- Kose (3)
- Puhja (3)
- Saarde (3)
- Setumaa (3)
- Tartu (3)
- Vastseliina (3)
- Väike-Maarja (3)
- Võnnu (3)
- Võru l. (3)
- Äksi (3)
- Audru (2)
- Järva-Jaani (2)
- Jõelähtme (2)
- Jüri (2)
- Kihnu (2)
- Nissi (2)
- Nõo (2)
- Pärnu (2)
- Rannu (2)
- Suure-Jaani (2)
- Tartu-Maarja (2)
…and 21 more places
When it was collected
| Decade | Poems |
|---|---|
| 1860s | 1 |
| 1870s | 18 |
| 1880s | 50 |
| 1890s | 68 |
| 1900s | 27 |
| 1910s | 34 |
| 1920s | 36 |
| 1930s | 36 |
| 1940s | 2 |
| year not recorded | 16 |
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.
- Hansukene, vellekene, EÜS IX 82/3 (75) — Tarvastu
- Veli, hella vellekene, E 11918/9 (9) — Paistu
- Vellekene, ellekene AES, MT 44, 3 — Hargla
- Oh minu hella vennikene, E 35284 (1) — Haljala
- Oi minu hella vennakene EÜS VII 1890/1 (80) — Kadrina
- Vennakene hella vella E 20361/3 (5) — Kolga-Jaani
- Peiokõnõ poosikõnõ ERA II 262, 118 — Räpina
- Vellekõne noorekõne, kas'ke, kan'ke E 54112 (16) — Sangaste
- Näiukeise noorekeise E 45647/8 (2) — Karksi
- Küll mä tunnen tuima neio: E 23728 — Põlva
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.
- Võta mind ligi (Take me along)
- Nõu kosjasõitjale (Advice for the Suitor)
- Õpetus kosilasele (Advice for the suitor)
- Ära võta valget naist (Don't marry a fair woman)
- Hoiatus tuima naise eest (Warning against a callous wife)
- Kutsu mind ligi (Call me near)
- Hoiatus suure naise eest (Warning Against the Tall Woman)
- Laisa laitus (Reproach of the lazy one)
- Võta mind ligi kosja (Take me along courting)
- Võta väike naine! (Take a small wife!)
- Laisk, tuim neiu (A lazy, dull maiden)
- Ära naera neide (Don't mock the maidens)
- Hoiatus rikka ja laisa neiu eest (Warning against the rich and lazy maiden)
- Hoiatus pika naise eest (Warning against the tall woman)
- Hoiatus suurest naisest (Warning about a big woman)
- Õpetus kosjaminejale (Advice for the suitor)
- Hoiatas suure naise eest (Warning against a Formidable Wife)
- Nõu kosijale (Advice for the suitor)
- Hoiatus laisa naise eest (Warning Against a Lazy Wife)
- Laisk neiu (Lazy Maiden)
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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.