Väinämöisen ammunta
Runosong type in the classification of SKVR, the Finnish Literature Society’s runosong corpus
In English: The shooting of Väinämöinen (a translation; the archive names the type in Finnish only)
| Filed under | Kertovat runot (narrative songs) › Epiikka |
|---|---|
| Poems | 216 |
| Verses | 17,377 |
| Collection places | 22 |
| Collected | 1820s to 1920s |
| Collectors | A. A. Borenius · D. E. D. Europaeus · Elias Lönnrot · A. Genetz · Kaarle Krohn · A. Berner · Hj. Basilier · K. Karjalainen · Eino Kemppainen · Iivo Härkönen |
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The archive’s description
Written by the editors of the SKVR type index and quoted as it stands, in Finnish.
Maailmansyntyrunon aloitusruno. Ydinaihe: Vihanpito Väinämöistä kohtaan. Kiellot: ei saa ampua Väinämöistä (vrt. Lemminkäisen virsi, jossa äidin ym. kiellot), varustelu ja ampuminen, Väinämöinen ajelehtii meressä. - Väinämöisen ammunta -runoa seuraa useimmiten Maailmansyntyruno tai Sammon taonta, ks. näitä.
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.
- Vuokkiniemi (43)
- Uhtua (35)
- Suistamo (27)
- Kontokki (17)
- Kiimaisjärvi (16)
- Korpiselkä (15)
- Jyskyjärvi (10)
- Repola (10)
- Suojärvi (9)
- Ilomantsi (7)
- Soanlahti (5)
- Suomussalmi (5)
- Pistojärvi (4)
- Sonkajärvi (3)
- Tulemajärvi (2)
- Viena (2)
- Impilahti (1)
- Nilsiä (1)
- Paanajärvi (1)
- Sakkola (1)
- Säämäjärvi (1)
- Tuupovaara (1)
When it was collected
| Decade | Poems |
|---|---|
| 1820s | 6 |
| 1830s | 29 |
| 1840s | 36 |
| 1870s | 68 |
| 1880s | 28 |
| 1890s | 20 |
| 1900s | 17 |
| 1910s | 10 |
| 1920s | 1 |
| year not recorded | 1 |
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.
- Lappalainen kyyttösilmä SKVR I1 54. — Vuokkiniemi
- Synty yöllä Väinämöini, SKVR I1 101. — Uhtua
- Lappalainen laiha poika SKVR VII1 4. — Suistamo
- Lappalainen kyytösilmä SKVR I1 30. — Kontokki
- Tuoh' oli vanha Väinämöine SKVR I1 7. — Kiimaisjärvi
- Lappalainen kyyttösilmä, SKVR VII1 27. — Korpiselkä
- Vaan se on vanha Väinämöinen SKVR I1 1. — Jyskyjärvi
- Kalevoinen! kaivon kaivo, SKVR II 173. — Repola
- Lappalainen, laiha poika SKVR VII1 42. — Suojärvi
- Laiha poika Lappalainen SKVR VII1 51. — Ilomantsi
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.
- Vellamon neidon onginta (Angling for Vellamo's Maiden)
- Vipusen virsi (Song of Vipunen)
- Purren itku (The boat's lament)
- Kilpalaulanta (Song competition)
- Laivaretki (Ship voyage)
- Veneenveisto (Boat building)
- Kanteleen synty (Birth of the kantele)
- Kanteleen soitto (Playing the kantele)
- Polvenhaava (Knee wound)
- Taivaan taonta (Forging of the Sky)
- Kyynelten vierintä (Rolling tears)
- Lemminkäisen virsi (Lemminkäinen's song)
- Kilpakosinta (Rival suitors)
- Sammon ryöstö (Theft of the Sampo)
- Tuonelassa käynti (Journey to Tuonela)
- Viron orja ja isäntä (The servant in Estonia and his master)
- Hiiden hirven hiihdäntä (Pursuit of Hiisi's Elk)
- Ilmanimmen kosinta (Courtship at Ilmaniemi)
- Pistoksen synty (Origin of the Sharp Pain)
- Kultaneito (Golden maiden)
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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.