Vihm mujale maale

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

In English: Rain to other lands (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.

ERlA 157, tuntud üle maa, populaarne laul, ehkki üleskirjutusi pole eriti arvukalt. Esineb kaks põhimotiivi: 1) mine mujale, seal on mehed ~ naised mustad; 2) mine mujale, seal on vili kõrbemas. Esimene motiiv domineerib eP, teine eL, küllalt palju ka mõlema motiivi segunemist.

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.

• Tarvastu (19)
• Helme (10)
• Halliste (9)
• Karksi (9)
• Paistu (9)
• Setumaa (9)
• Puhja (8)
• välismaa (8)
• Jõhvi (7)
• Rõngu (7)
• Sangaste (7)
• Kolga-Jaani (6)
• Otepää (6)
• Suure-Jaani (6)
• Ambla (5)
• Kadrina (5)
• Palamuse (5)
• Rõuge (5)
• Viljandi (5)
• Kuusalu (4)
• Urvaste (4)
• Haljala (3)
• Karula (3)
• Kodavere (3)
• Laiuse (3)
• Maarja-Magdaleena (3)
• Märjamaa (3)
• Põlva (3)
• Tartu (3)
• Türi (3)
• Vigala (3)
• Väike-Maarja (3)
• Võnnu (3)
• Järva-Madise (2)
• Jõelähtme (2)
• Kambja (2)
• Koeru (2)
• Paide (2)
• Põltsamaa (2)
• Reigi (2)
• Räpina (2)
• Torma (2)
• Tõstamaa (2)
• Vaivara (2)
• Hageri (1)
• Hanila (1)
• Hargla (1)
• Harju-Madise (1)
• Järva-Jaani (1)
• Kursi (1)
• Kärla (1)
• Kõpu (1)
• Peetri (1)
• Pärnu-Jaagupi (1)
• Pöide (1)
• Rannu (1)
• Saarde (1)
• Saaremaa (1)
• Tartu-Maarja (1)
• Tartumaa (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.

• Üle, üle, vihmakene, E 51912 (2) — Tarvastu
• Vihm mine Venemaale, ERA II 179, 624 (4) — Helme
• Sada, sada, vihmakene EÜS XII 1311/3 (67) — Halliste
• Mine üle vihmakene! ERM 147, 177/9 — Karksi
• Üle, üle, vihmakene! E 52820 (22) — Paistu
• Süü õks kullä karäkõnõ, E 81657/8 (2) — Setumaa
• Vii vihma Villändile ERA II 85, 219 (3) — Puhja
• Üle mine vihmage üle E 46177 (8) — välismaa
• Õekesed elläkesed ERM 5, 75 (31) — Jõhvi
• Mine üle vihmakene, EÜS VI 297/8 (3) — Rõngu

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. Üle vihm vaesest lapsest (Rain over the Poor Child)
2. Vihm üle (Rain, pass over!)
3. Vihm (Rain Song)
4. Üle vihm (Rain passing over)
5. Vihm ja vaeslaps (Rain and the Orphan)
6. Ära kasta karjaseid (Don't drench the shepherds)
7. Vihm, üle vaeslapsest (Rain, pass over the orphan)
8. Vihm ja vaenelaps (Rain and the orphan)
9. Vihm üle vaesest lapsest (Rain over the poor child)
10. Saja, vihm! (Rain, o rain!)
11. Vaenelaps ja vihm (The orphan and the rain)
12. Vihm, ära kasta karjast (Rain, don't drench the herd)
13. Korratu küla. (Disorderly village)
14. Must rahvas (Common folk)
15. Pole kodu kuivatajat (No One to Dry Clothes at Home)
16. Sajaks vihma, saaks magada (Let it rain, so we could sleep)
17. Tule, vihm! (Come, rain!)
18. Vii vihm mujale (Take the rain elsewhere)
19. Vaenajad tulemas (Enemies approaching)
20. Harju laisad naised (Lazy women of Harju)

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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.