The article outlines the historical development of the study of folk religion and mythology in Estonian scholarship. It shows how the changing ideological and political context and formation of folkloristics as an autonomous discipline have shaped the construction of its object – Estonian folk religion. The roots of conceptualizing folk religion as an inherited set of survivals of heathendom lies on the one hand in the systematic work of the Lutheran Church in strengthening the Christian worldview by eradicating superstitions. On the other hand, the ideology of national awakening depicted Estonian folklore as a huge and valuable reservoir of pre-Christian traditions, including the oldest survivals of Finno-Ugric cultural heritage. Later, du...
From the 16th century, Estonia has been a predominantly Lutheran country. Nevertheless, since the 1...
In this article I attempt to analyse the way in which the Estonian national costume, as heritage, wa...
In this article I attempt to analyse the way in which the Estonian national costume, as heritage, wa...
The article outlines the historical development of the study of folk religion and mythology in Eston...
Folk medicine in Estonia has been studied more thoroughly within the last 30 years. Still, the respe...
Folk medicine in Estonia has been studied more thoroughly within the last 30 years. Still, the respe...
Folk medicine in Estonia has been studied more thoroughly within the last 30 years. Still, the respe...
Estonian is one such understudied language, but Estonia is of no smaller importance to Eastern Europ...
The origin of the relations between Finnish and Estonian folklorists goes far back to the days of El...
Estonians in Siberia are the descendents of the Estonians deported by the Russian Tsar in the 18th–1...
In the following I discuss vernacular religion as a tool for conesting and manifesting identities in...
From the 16th century, Estonia has been a predominantly Lutheran country. Nevertheless, since the 17...
The origin of the relations between Finnish and Estonian folklorists goes far back to the days of El...
The folklore movement in the Baltics in this article is understood as increased interest in folklore...
Estonia is the only country where Estonian is the official language and it is a country rich in folk...
From the 16th century, Estonia has been a predominantly Lutheran country. Nevertheless, since the 1...
In this article I attempt to analyse the way in which the Estonian national costume, as heritage, wa...
In this article I attempt to analyse the way in which the Estonian national costume, as heritage, wa...
The article outlines the historical development of the study of folk religion and mythology in Eston...
Folk medicine in Estonia has been studied more thoroughly within the last 30 years. Still, the respe...
Folk medicine in Estonia has been studied more thoroughly within the last 30 years. Still, the respe...
Folk medicine in Estonia has been studied more thoroughly within the last 30 years. Still, the respe...
Estonian is one such understudied language, but Estonia is of no smaller importance to Eastern Europ...
The origin of the relations between Finnish and Estonian folklorists goes far back to the days of El...
Estonians in Siberia are the descendents of the Estonians deported by the Russian Tsar in the 18th–1...
In the following I discuss vernacular religion as a tool for conesting and manifesting identities in...
From the 16th century, Estonia has been a predominantly Lutheran country. Nevertheless, since the 17...
The origin of the relations between Finnish and Estonian folklorists goes far back to the days of El...
The folklore movement in the Baltics in this article is understood as increased interest in folklore...
Estonia is the only country where Estonian is the official language and it is a country rich in folk...
From the 16th century, Estonia has been a predominantly Lutheran country. Nevertheless, since the 1...
In this article I attempt to analyse the way in which the Estonian national costume, as heritage, wa...
In this article I attempt to analyse the way in which the Estonian national costume, as heritage, wa...