Tütarde tapja

Runosong type in the classification of ERAB, the Estonian Folklore Archives’ runosong database

In English: Daughter slayer (a translation; the archive names the type in Estonian only)

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The archive’s description

Written by the editors of the ERAB type index and quoted as it stands, in Estonian.

VK III 152, VK IV 218, VK V 394, VK VI 37, VK VII 258, VK VIII 27, VK IX 21, VK X 14, VK XI 13, ERlV IV 67-69, ERlA 25; Ema, poeg ja minija – VK II 56; Vuol. Tütarde tapja ja Tütarde uputaja.

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.

• Kolga-Jaani (20)
• Setumaa (18)
• Jõhvi (11)
• Kuusalu (11)
• Haljala (9)
• Kadrina (8)
• Põltsamaa (8)
• Hargla (7)
• Koeru (7)
• Häädemeeste (6)
• Karksi (6)
• Kodavere (6)
• Pärnu-Jaagupi (6)
• Saarde (6)
• Hanila (5)
• Muhu (5)
• Paistu (5)
• Pilistvere (5)
• Pöide (5)
• Simuna (5)
• Torma (5)
• Türi (5)
• Viru-Nigula (5)
• välismaa (5)
• Ambla (4)
• Halliste (4)
• Kihnu (4)
• Suure-Jaani (4)
• Tori (4)
• Tõstamaa (4)
• Vigala (4)
• Viljandi (4)
• Audru (3)
• Harju-Jaani (3)
• Kursi (3)
• Laiuse (3)
• Lääne-Nigula (3)
• Lüganuse (3)
• Maarja-Magdaleena (3)
• Märjamaa (3)
• Risti (3)
• Tarvastu (3)
• Väike-Maarja (3)
• Vändra (3)
• Iisaku (2)
• Järva-Madise (2)
• Karuse (2)
• Martna (2)
• Paide l. (2)
• Puhja (2)
• Rakvere (2)
• Vaivara (2)
• Vastseliina (2)
• Võnnu (2)
• Äksi (2)
• Harju-Madise (1)
• Jämaja (1)
• Kaarma (1)
• Karja (1)
• Kõpu (1)

When it was collected

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.

• Isa ehtis poegasida E 39930/4 — Kolga-Jaani
• Imel oll´ õks pallö tütrit, E 64656/61 (3) — Setumaa
• Ehitelin kingitelin EÜS II 639/42 (142) — Jõhvi
• Ehitelin vendädäsä, E 12091/2 (5) — Kuusalu
• Poeg käib kosja teeda mööda EÜS IX 1175/b (165) — Haljala
• Vend mul sõitis kosjateeda EÜS VII 1868/9 (56) — Kadrina
• Ei tule minija sinule EÜS VI 1434/5 (100) — Põltsamaa
• Imäl olli hulka tütärõidõ, E, StK 9, 183/4 (55) — Hargla
• Minu ella eidekene! E 7142/3 (2) — Koeru
• Poeg läks Koiva kosjale, E, StK 7, 11/4 (10) — Häädemeeste

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.

1. Tütrete tapja (Killer of Daughters)
2. Tütarde uputaja (Drowner of Daughters)
3. Tütre tapja (The Daughter's Killer)
4. Tütrede tapja (Killer of daughters)
5. Tütarlaste tapja (Killer of Girls)
6. Tütred lindudeks (Daughters transformed into birds)
7. Tütred vesile (Daughters to the water)
8. Palju tütreid (Many daughters)
9. Tütar vette! (Daughter into the Water!)
10. Poeg kaebab emale, neiud ei tule (Son complains to mother: the maidens won't come)
11. Ema haual (At mother's grave)
12. Pane tütred mehele, saan naise (Marry off your daughters, and I'll get a wife)Filed on the same poems: Pane tütred mehele, siis saan naise
13. Tytärten hukuttaja (Daughter drowner)SKVR type
14. Tütarde müüja (Seller of daughters)
15. Ema nutab tütart (A mother weeps for her daughter)
16. Ema müüs tütreid (Mother Who Sold Her Daughters)
17. Matus (Funeral)
18. Ei kurjale (No mercy for the wicked)
19. Südameta kasvatus (Heartless upbringing)
20. Kolme kiirettä kesällä (Three Summer Rushes)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.