Varas vie koristeet
Runosong type in the classification of SKVR, the Finnish Literature Society’s runosong corpus
In English: Thief takes the ornaments (a translation; the archive names the type in Finnish only)
| Filed under | Kertovat runot (narrative songs) › Epiikka |
|---|---|
| Poems | 180 |
| Verses | 5,077 |
| Collection places | 52 |
| Collected | 1780s to 1930s |
| Collectors | A. D. Neovius · D. E. D. Europaeus · Forsberg (Alava), Vihtori · Fanny M. Pajula · A. E. Ahlqvist · Elias Lönnrot · Fr. A. Saxbäck · A. A. Borenius · Volmari Porkka · Kaarlo Slöör |
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The archive’s description
Written by the editors of the SKVR type index and quoted as it stands, in Finnish.
Tähän on koottu myös yleisimmästä varas vie koristeet -teemasta poikkeavat varkausaiheet: hauki vie koristeet, varas vie koristeet oluenjuojalta, varas vie vaatteet saunojalta. - Runossa on eri johdantoaiheita: Kävin pilven piirtä myöten, Läksin piennä paimeneen, Läksin mustalle merelle, >Menin suolle sotkuilleni, Menin merta kylpemään, Menin metsään kylpemään.
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.
- Lempaala (17)
- Vuole (17)
- Sakkola (15)
- Narvusi (13)
- Toksova (12)
- Rautu (9)
- Liissilä (8)
- Venjoki (5)
- Etelä-Karjala (4)
- Kaprio (4)
- Korpiselkä (4)
- Lavansaari (4)
- Metsäpirtti (4)
- Koivisto (3)
- Kurkijoki (3)
- Pyhäjärvi Vpl. (3)
- Savitaipale (3)
- Hietamäki (2)
- Hirvensalmi (2)
- Ilomantsi (2)
- Jaakkima (2)
- Juva (2)
- Kattila (2)
- Kittilä (2)
- Kuolemajärvi (2)
- Kupanitsa (2)
- Räisälä (2)
- Simo (2)
- Soanlahti (2)
- Suistamo (2)
- Suojärvi (2)
- Tuupovaara (2)
- Uusikirkko Vpl. (2)
- Heinjoki (1)
- Kaavi (1)
- Keltto (1)
- Keski-Inkeri (1)
- Kitee (1)
- Kuopio (1)
- Käkisalmi (1)
- Lemi (1)
- Liperi (1)
- Moloskovitsa (1)
- Rantasalmi (1)
- Savonranta (1)
- Seiskari (1)
- Skuoritsa (1)
- Soikkola (1)
- Säämäjärvi (1)
- Tyrö (1)
- Viipuri mlk (1)
- Östmark (1)
When it was collected
| Decade | Poems |
|---|---|
| 1780s | 1 |
| 1810s | 2 |
| 1820s | 1 |
| 1830s | 6 |
| 1840s | 33 |
| 1850s | 36 |
| 1870s | 4 |
| 1880s | 30 |
| 1890s | 36 |
| 1900s | 13 |
| 1910s | 6 |
| 1920s | 1 |
| 1930s | 10 |
| 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.
- Kävi mie pilven piita myöten, SKVR V1 998. — Lempaala
- Outen kouten neitsykäinen, SKVR V1 696. — Vuole
- Tuli vello vierahiks, SKVR XIII1 118. — Sakkola
- Mänin meroihe kylpiimää, SKVR III1 626. — Narvusi
- Läksin uimahan merelle SKVR V1 986. — Toksova
- Laurin poika Lappalainen SKVR XIII1 578. — Rautu
- Mänin metsää kesolla, SKVR IV3 3254. — Liissilä
- Mänin uimahan merolle, SKVR IV1 7. — Venjoki
- Läksin meren kylpemään, SKVR XIII1 82. — Etelä-Karjala
- Kolkutin kotoisen usta, SKVR IV1 844. — Kaprio
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.
- Hevonen varastetaan oluenjuojalta (Horse stolen from the beer-drinker)
- Aittaan mäelle pukeutumaan (Dressing at the Hilltop Storehouse)
- Kyntäjä ja pedot (The Plowman and the Wild Beasts)
- Hirttäytynyt neito (The maiden who hanged herself)
- Kuuttaret kutojina (Moon Maidens as Weavers)
- Kirkkomatkalla vaatteensa ryvettänyt neito (Maiden who soiled her clothes on the way to church)
- Menin kukkana kujalle (I Went as a Flower to the Lane)
- Ihmehevonen (The wonder horse)
- Mitäs itket - mene aittaan, ota kirstusta palttinapaita (Why cry — go to the storehouse, take a linen shirt from the chest)
- Luutaan lehosta (Broom from the Grove)
- Kun mokoman saisin, sylissäni syöttelisin (If I had such a one, I'd feed it in my lap)
- Kirkkoon kukaksi (Turned into a flower at church)
- Aina uusi hempeämpi, ehkä lie entinen parempi (The new is always sweeter, yet the old may be better)
- Kenen neito, kenen morsian (Whose maiden, whose bride?)
- Sormus kadonnut (The Lost Ring)
- Kuin miehen saisin joka päivä pään pesisin (If I Had a Man, I'd Wash My Hair Every Day)
- Kukon tappo (Killing of the rooster)
- Kultalangan katkeaminen (Breaking of the golden thread)
- Tule Jeesus kolmanneksi (Come, Jesus, as the third)
- Vesitiellä pilattu neito (Maiden Ruined on the Waterway)
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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.