Tuonelta kosinta
Runosong type in the classification of SKVR, the Finnish Literature Society’s runosong corpus
In English: Wooing a bride from the underworld (a translation; the archive names the type in Finnish only)
| Filed under | Kertovat runot (narrative songs) › Epiikka |
|---|---|
| Poems | 112 |
| Verses | 6,486 |
| Collection places | 14 |
| Collected | 1840s to 1900s |
| Collectors | Volmari Porkka · D. E. D. Europaeus · Forsberg (Alava), Vihtori · Jaako Länkelä · Oskar Groundström · Väinö Salminen · J. Fr. Ruotsalainen · Aatu Haltsonen · Frans Kärki · Törneroos ja Tallqvist |
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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: Mie/Iivana pojut Kalervon/Ignatta Kojoisen poika/Päivän poika valkiain/Mantereen matala seppä/Anterus/Pietari pyhä sulane lähtee kosimaan Tuonelta tytärtä (tätä saattaa edeltää sadan hevosen satulointi). Tuoni istuu tuolin päällä, ansiotyöt, lopussa kosija saa neidon. - Harvinaisena motiivina III-alueella Tuonen tyttö pakenee kosijaa.
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.
- Narvusi (34)
- Soikkola (23)
- Kaprio (14)
- Tyrö (12)
- Serepetta (11)
- Liissilä (4)
- Venjoki (4)
- Hietamäki (3)
- Moloskovitsa (2)
- Keski-Inkeri (1)
- Koprina (1)
- Lavansaari (1)
- Skuoritsa (1)
- Tuutari (1)
When it was collected
| Decade | Poems |
|---|---|
| 1840s | 8 |
| 1850s | 16 |
| 1860s | 6 |
| 1870s | 1 |
| 1880s | 51 |
| 1890s | 13 |
| 1900s | 17 |
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.
- Olkoon kiitetty Jumala, SKVR III1 33. — Narvusi
- Päivän poiko valkiainen SKVR III1 541. — Soikkola
- Paha vaimota eleä, SKVR IV1 1480. — Kaprio
- Iivana Kojosen poika, SKVR IV1 486. — Tyrö
- Saaron maat on saro jaettu, SKVR IV1 1355. — Serepetta
- Varain ol varis jalalla, SKVR IV1 450. — Liissilä
- Anterus Ylimön poika, SKVR IV1 68. — Venjoki
- Iivana Kojosen poika SKVR IV1 247. — Hietamäki
- Löin issoin, löin emmoin, SKVR IV1 1082. — Moloskovitsa
- Antero, utala poika, SKVR IV2 1747. — Keski-Inkeri
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.
- Saaresta kosinta (Island Courtship)
- Konnusta kosinta (Wooing a bride from Konnu)
- Ennen naidun naisen tappo (Murder of a Previously Married Woman)
- Iivana Kojosenpoika
- Anteruksen runo (Anterus's Song)
- Löi kahta kämmentänsä (He Clapped His Two Hands)
- Kullasta saari (Island of gold)
- Yli meren menijä (Crossing the sea)
- Nurmen neito (Meadow maiden)
- Anni tuolta annettiin (Anni was given away)
- Virsi loppui, tie sokeni (The song ended, the road went dark)
- Veri tippui vempeleestä (Blood Dripped from the Staff)
- Torajoelle riitelemään (To Torajoki to Quarrel)
- Käärmeaita (Snake Fence)
- Kilpakosinta (Rival suitors)
- Koskelta kosinta (Courting at the rapids)
- Likainen neito (The dirty maiden)
- Näin mie neion kasvavaksi (I saw the maiden grow up)
- Rutsa
- Noidille Viroon (Against Estonian witches)
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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.