Unenägu

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

In English: Dream song (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.

Unenägu: VK I 20, VK IV 130, VK VI 644, VK VIII 480, VK XI 284, ERlV V 67, ERlA 2112; Neiu unenägu – VK II 39.

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.

• Paistu (21)
• Karksi (18)
• Sangaste (17)
• Helme (16)
• Setumaa (14)
• Halliste (13)
• Tarvastu (11)
• Tõstamaa (10)
• Audru (9)
• Urvaste (9)
• Puhja (8)
• Kolga-Jaani (7)
• Ambla (6)
• Vigala (6)
• Viljandi (6)
• Karula (5)
• Pärnu-Jaagupi (5)
• Vändra (5)
• Kadrina (4)
• Kanepi (4)
• välismaa (4)
• Jõhvi (3)
• Kodavere (3)
• Otepää (3)
• Rõuge (3)
• Tartu-Maarja (3)
• Võnnu (3)
• Kõpu (2)
• Palamuse (2)
• Pilistvere (2)
• Põlva (2)
• Rannu (2)
• Räpina (2)
• Rõngu (2)
• Saarde (2)
• Valgamaa (2)
• Haljala (1)
• Hargla (1)
• Iisaku (1)
• Järva-Madise (1)
• Jõelähtme (1)
• Kambja (1)
• Kihnu (1)
• Kullamaa (1)
• Laiuse (1)
• Läänemaa (1)
• Mustjala (1)
• Nõo (1)
• Paide (1)
• Pärnu (1)
• Põltsamaa (1)
• Suure-Jaani (1)
• Tori (1)
• Vastseliina (1)
• Viru-Jaagupi (1)
• Viru-Nigula (1)
• Väike-Maarja (1)
• Äksi (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.

• Arukask oli mede õues E 17575/6 (1) — Paistu
• Une näi magade'ena, EKmS 8° 2, 189/90 (53) — Karksi
• Imekõne, memmekene, E 54110 (14) — Sangaste
• Üits olli poiga minule, EÜS IX 1188/90 (1) — Helme
• Magasi ma iks magasi E 56537/40 — Setumaa
• Külanaise näämikese kaske EÜS VII 2704 (30) — Halliste
• Tüdar noori linnukene E 17178/9 (21) — Tarvastu
• Mõistke, mõistke, mõisa poisid E 1090/1 — Tõstamaa
• Taane öösel nägin unes: E, StK 1, 20 (37) — Audru
• Kõiv kasvi kõlkse läve een, E 18540 (9) — Urvaste

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. Kuusk koja lävel (Spruce at the house threshold)
2. Mari magab taevas (Mari sleeps in heaven)
3. Õunapuu õues (Apple tree in the yard)
4. Vana kosilane (The old suitor)
5. Magasin mari mäela (Mari slept on the hill)
6. Kosilased kodus (Suitors at home)
7. Laulge paremaid laule (Sing Better Songs)
8. Neiu ja minija põli (The fate of maiden and daughter-in-law)
9. Õunapuu (The apple tree)
10. Neid metsas - kosjad kodu (Maiden in the forest, suitors at home)
11. Orjaks viheldud (Condemned to serfdom)
12. Ilm udune, et sugulased taplevad (Misty weather, for kinsfolk are battling)
13. Oh, te valjud vanemad (Oh, you stern parents)
14. Mere kündmine (Plowing the Sea)
15. Kägu, kuku kuiv suvi! (Cuckoo, call out a dry summer!)
16. Mõistatus (Riddles)
17. Mõistatuslaul (Riddle Song)
18. Metsast mehele (Married from the forest)
19. Pienen kullan muru (Tiny golden treasure)SKVR type
20. Löylyn luku (Sauna steam charm)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.