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Varastetun tavaran takaisin saaminen

Runosong type in the classification of SKVR, the Finnish Literature Society’s runosong corpus

In English: Recovery of stolen goods (a translation; the archive names the type in Finnish only)

Filed underLoitsut (incantations) › Laki, oikeus, yhteiskunta
Poems113
Verses587
Collection places79
Collected1780s to 1930s
CollectorsHeikki Meriläinen · Kaarle Krohn · Martti Mattila · Christfrid Ganander · Väinö Salminen · Henrik Laitinen · Johan Langinen · H. Äijälä · Samuli Paulaharju · M. Nurmio

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The archive’s description

Written by the editors of the SKVR type index and quoted as it stands, in Finnish.

Kalman väkeen ja vainajiin tavallisesti liittyvillä taikatavoilla ja loitsuilla varas saadaan kärsimään fyysisiä vaivoja tai omantunnontuskia, joiden vuoksi hän tunnustaa tai palauttaa varastetun tavaran. Loitsut voivat myös auttaa omistajaa varastetun tavaran jäljille myös muilla keinoin. Tyypillisiä ovat erilaisten auttajien ja väkien (kalman, veden, tulen, maan) kutsut ja nostatukset. Varastetusta tavarasta voidaan myös neuvotella pirun kanssa. Varasta voidaan myös kehottaa palauttamaan tavarat: "Sinä varas vaivatta, hirtettävä hirmuisesti, tuo se tavara takaisin".

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.

…and 19 more places

When it was collected

DecadePoems
1780s4
1810s2
1850s4
1860s1
1870s2
1880s47
1890s23
1900s9
1910s5
1920s3
1930s13

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.

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.

TypePoems in common
Varas3

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. Kadonnutta esinettä etsittäessä (Charm for finding lost objects)
  2. Naurismaan suojeleminen varkailta (Protecting the Turnip Field from Thieves)
  3. Kirkkomaan väki nostetaan (Raising the churchyard spirits)
  4. Karjan päästäminen metsänpeitosta (Freeing cattle from the forest's cover)
  5. Kalman nostatus (Raising from the realm of death)
  6. Riistan varkaalle (Against the Game Thief)
  7. Karhun nostattaminen toisen karjaan (Sending a bear to another's herd)
  8. Ennen päivän nousemista (Before the sunrise)
  9. Vedestä tarttuu (Ailment caught from water)
  10. Kalavarkaalle (Curse on the fish thief)
  11. Nauriisilla (Playing turnips (children's game))
  12. Metsästä tarttuu (Forest contagion)
  13. Silmätauti (Eye Disease Charm)
  14. Käärmeen pidätys ja lumous (Snake restraint and enchantment)
  15. Kullimängulaul (Hawk game song)ERAB type
  16. Koolja itk (Lament for the deceased)ERAB type
  17. Kuri naine (The wicked wife)ERAB type
  18. Tietäjäksi tuleminen (Becoming a wise man)
  19. Vanhapiika (Old Maid)
  20. Hansu sõim (Scolding of Hans)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.