Ussisõnad
Runosong type in the classification of ERAB, the Estonian Folklore Archives’ runosong database
In English: Snake charm (a translation; the archive names the type in Estonian only)
| Filed under | Loitsud (incantations) › Sõnad õnnetuste ja haiguste vastu |
|---|---|
| Poems | 136 |
| Verses | 1,530 |
| Collection places | 55 |
| Collected | 1870s to 1940s |
| Collectors | Victor Stein · Eduard Kase · Paul Ariste (Berg) · Agnes Reinu · Linda Pärt (abielus Kaal) · August Palm · Hans Keller · Joosep Neublau · Mats Kaur · Richard Viidalepp (Viidebaum) |
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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.
- Setumaa (14)
- Saarde (10)
- Pärnu-Jaagupi (7)
- Võrumaa (7)
- Ambla (6)
- Kursi (6)
- Kolga-Jaani (5)
- Põltsamaa (5)
- Tarvastu (5)
- Vändra (5)
- Kuusalu (4)
- Paistu (4)
- Rapla (4)
- Vastseliina (4)
- Puhja (3)
- Põlva (3)
- Rannu (3)
- Torma (3)
- Helme (2)
- Kadrina (2)
- Keila (2)
- Kodavere (2)
- Kullamaa (2)
- Maarja-Magdaleena (2)
- Paide (2)
- Pilistvere (2)
- Pärnu (2)
- Tallinn (2)
- Tartu-Maarja (2)
- Tõstamaa (2)
- Türi (2)
- Viljandi l. (2)
- Väike-Maarja (2)
- Äksi (2)
- Halliste (1)
- Hargla (1)
- Harju-Jaani (1)
- Häädemeeste (1)
- Jõhvi (1)
- Karksi (1)
- Karula (1)
- Koeru (1)
- Kose (1)
- Laiuse (1)
- Läänemaa (1)
- Muhu (1)
- Nissi (1)
- Otepää (1)
- Palamuse (1)
- Simuna (1)
- Vaivara (1)
- Vigala (1)
- Viljandi (1)
- Võnnu (1)
- välismaa (1)
When it was collected
| Decade | Poems |
|---|---|
| 1870s | 16 |
| 1880s | 13 |
| 1890s | 46 |
| 1900s | 5 |
| 1910s | 3 |
| 1920s | 40 |
| 1930s | 7 |
| 1940s | 1 |
| year not recorded | 5 |
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.
- Siug, sile pää, H, Mapp 763/5 (7) — Setumaa
- Ussikene, hullukene ERA II 3, 190 (50) — Saarde
- "Must madu sa maa alune, E 27045 (7) — Pärnu-Jaagupi
- Tii tilk, maa malk H, Wiedemann 1, 449/50, 446 — Võrumaa
- Maa, maa, pea madu kinni, E 25963 (1) — Ambla
- tungel-tangel, looge tungel, E, StK 34, 222 (16) — Kursi
- Kes sind seadis sündimaie, E 38984/5 — Kolga-Jaani
- Oh sa tige uss E 29038 — Põltsamaa
- Oh sa kulles kuhjaalune, E 25053 (2) — Tarvastu
- Sa sinine põõsaalune, E, StK 14, 132 (1) — Vändra
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.
| Type | Poems in common |
|---|---|
| Uss | 56 |
| Uss, maa-alune | 3 |
| Uss, sarapuu karva | 2 |
| Ussisõna | 2 |
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.
- Uss, maa-alune (The serpent, the underground one (snake charm))
- Olen tõrvatoobikene (I am a little tar pot)
- Uss, sarapuu karva (Snake, hazel-coloured (snake charm))
- Ussil huuled punased (The Snake's Red Lips)
- Hundisõnad (Wolf incantation)
- Käärmeen sanat (Snake charm)SKVR type
- Käärmeen synty (Origin of the snake)SKVR type
- Käärmeen pureman parantaminen eläimestä (Healing a Snakebite on an Animal)SKVR type
- Hunt (The wolf)
- Uss - sohu! (Snake, to the Bog!)
- Nikastus (Sprain Charm)
- Lase mu kari kaugel käia (Let my herd roam far)
- Saksa viha sõnad (Charm against the master's wrath)
- Karusõnad (Bear words)
- Saksa sõnad (Charm against the masters)
- Käärmeen pureman historiola (Snake Bite Incantation)SKVR type
- Uss (The Snake)
- Rabandus (Sudden stroke)
- Roosisõnad (Rose Charm)
- Roos (Rose)
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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.