Uimaan mennessä
Runosong type in the classification of SKVR, the Finnish Literature Society’s runosong corpus
In English: Going swimming (a translation; the archive names the type in Finnish only)
| Filed under | Loitsut (incantations) › Eri tiloissa |
|---|---|
| Poems | 110 |
| Verses | 314 |
| Collection places | 77 |
| Collected | 1850s to 1930s |
| Collectors | Kaarle Krohn · L. Kaukamaa · Jenny Paulaharju · Toivo Kaukoranta · Samuli Paulaharju · O. A. F. Lönnbohm · Eemeli Vihervaara · Mytologinen sanakirja Sanakirjasäätiö · Lauri Laiho · Ulla Mannonen |
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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.
- Karvia (5)
- Kiuruvesi (4)
- Kittilä (3)
- Kivijärvi (3)
- Koivisto (3)
- Parkano (3)
- Pihtipudas (3)
- Östmark (3)
- Honkajoki (2)
- Impilahti (2)
- Isojoki (2)
- Joroinen (2)
- Kankaanpää (2)
- Konginkangas (2)
- Paavola (2)
- Paltamo (2)
- Pyhäjärvi Ol. (2)
- Räisälä (2)
- Suomussalmi (2)
- Turtola (2)
- Viitasaari (2)
- Virrat (2)
- Asikkala (1)
- Evijärvi (1)
- Häme (1)
- Hämeenkyrö (1)
- Ikaalinen (1)
- Ilmajoki (1)
- Inkoo (1)
- Juva (1)
- Jyväskylä (1)
- Jyväskylä mlk (1)
- Karstula (1)
- Kauvatsa (1)
- Kemi (1)
- Kirvu (1)
- Kokemäki (1)
- Kolari (1)
- Korpilompolo (1)
- Kuopio (1)
- Kurikka (1)
- Laihia (1)
- Lavia (1)
- Lokalahti (1)
- Maaninka (1)
- Metsäpirtti (1)
- Nilsiä (1)
- Nyskoga (1)
- Peräpohjola (1)
- Pielavesi (1)
- Pielisjärvi (1)
- Pohjois-Pohjanmaa (1)
- Pälkäne (1)
- Reisjärvi (1)
- Saarijärvi (1)
- Sodankylä (1)
- Somerniemi (1)
- Sonkajärvi (1)
- Suistamo (1)
- Sumiainen (1)
…and 17 more places
- Suodenniemi (1)
- Suojärvi (1)
- Suursaari (1)
- Säräisniemi (1)
- Tammela (1)
- Tervola (1)
- Teuva (1)
- Tohmajärvi (1)
- Tytärsaari (1)
- Täräntö (1)
- Töysä (1)
- Uusikirkko Vpl. (1)
- Vehmaa (1)
- Veteli (1)
- Vittanki (1)
- Vuokkiniemi (1)
- Ähtäri (1)
When it was collected
| Decade | Poems |
|---|---|
| 1850s | 2 |
| 1870s | 1 |
| 1880s | 25 |
| 1890s | 11 |
| 1900s | 10 |
| 1910s | 17 |
| 1920s | 15 |
| 1930s | 27 |
| year not recorded | 2 |
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.
- Näkki maalle, SKVR X2 5177. — Karvia
- Näkki maalle, minä järveen! SKVR VI1 2251. — Kiuruvesi
- Näkki maalle, SKVR XII2 7987. — Kittilä
- "näkki maalle ja minä järveen", SKVR IX4 1612. — Kivijärvi
- Näkki maalle, mie vettee, SKVR XIII4 13275. — Koivisto
- Nikki, näkki, suolasäkki, SKVR X2 5182. — Parkano
- "hyi, näkki maalle, minä järveen, SKVR IX4 1616. — Pihtipudas
- Nikki näkki SKVR VII5 Metsäs. 52. — Östmark
- Näki Näkki nähtävänsä, SKVR X2 5174. — Honkajoki
- Terve vesi, kultanen kuninkas, SKVR VII5 loitsut 5179. — Impilahti
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.
- Hevosta uitettaessa (When swimming the horse)
- Lapsen jalkakipu (Child's leg pain charm)
- Haltiain lepyttäminen karjaa laitumelle laskiessa (Appeasing spirits when sending cattle to pasture)
- Näkkisillä (With the water sprites)
- Näkk (The water sprite (nix))ERAB type
- Vedenhaltialle (To the Water Spirit)
- Noidannuoli (Witch's arrow)
- Vedestä tarttuu (Ailment caught from water)
- Aarne
- Taivaassa, tätilässä paimenena (As a shepherd in heaven, at auntie's place)
- Vesihiiden nostatus (Water Spirit Raising Charm)
- Hyppään tanssaan näkin maalla (Dancing on the water spirit's land)
- Karhua vastaan (Against the bear)
- Ei tuuli venettä pitele (The wind doesn't hold the boat)
- Onkijan lukuja (Angler's charms)
- Tule täti tälle maalle - keitä keltainen munanen (Come, Auntie — Boil the Yellow Egg)
- Karhun nostattaminen toisen karjaan (Sending a bear to another's herd)
- Pidurong (Feast Procession)ERAB type
- Hyvä on hylkeen meressä (Good Is the Seal in the Sea)
- Kadrina kuningas (St. Catherine's Day King)ERAB type
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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.