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Estonian Folklore Archives

by Risto Järv

"... The Estonian Folklore Archives was established as the central folklore archives of Estonia in 1927.1 The original collections of the archives were built upon manuscript reports and accounts of Estonian folklore, consisting of over 115,000 pages of material contributed primarily by the noted Estonian ..."

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The Estonian Folklore Archives was established as the central folklore archives of Estonia in 1927.1 The original collections of the archives were built upon manuscript reports and accounts of Estonian folklore, consisting of over 115,000 pages of material contributed primarily by the noted

Estonian Folklore Archives

by M D Voldem, A R Su, M Berg, T He, Folk Medicine, Collect Ion, Of T He, Estoni An, M Useu, M Of

"... Based on the documents preserved in several museums and archives in Tartu and Tallinn (the Estonian Health Care Museum,1 the Estonian State Archives, the Esto-nian Historical Archives, the Estonian Folklore Archives and the Estonian National Museum), the article will give an overview of the views of ..."

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Based on the documents preserved in several museums and archives in Tartu and Tallinn (the Estonian Health Care Museum,1 the Estonian State Archives, the Esto-nian Historical Archives, the Estonian Folklore Archives and the Estonian National Museum), the article will give an overview of the views

HOW THE NAME ARNICA WAS BORROWED INTO ESTONIAN

by Renata Sõuk, Ain Raal

"... Abstract. The name of the classical medicinal plant, mountain arnica (Arnica montana), was well known among Estonians at the end of the 19th century, although mountain arnica itself does not grow in Estonia. The folklore collection of the Estonian Folklore Archives indicates that the name was used t ..."

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Abstract. The name of the classical medicinal plant, mountain arnica (Arnica montana), was well known among Estonians at the end of the 19th century, although mountain arnica itself does not grow in Estonia. The folklore collection of the Estonian Folklore Archives indicates that the name was used

THE TRANSFORMATION OF THE DEATH CULT OVER TIME: THE EXAMPLE OF THE BURIAL CUSTOMS IN HISTORIC VÕRUMAA COUNTY

by Marju Kõivupuu

"... My scholarly interest in the funereal customs of Võrumaa County began in the late 1980s as I started to supervise student field-work in the parishes of the historic Võrumaa region. Although there were records in the Estonian Folklore Archives on the topics I was inter- ..."

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My scholarly interest in the funereal customs of Võrumaa County began in the late 1980s as I started to supervise student field-work in the parishes of the historic Võrumaa region. Although there were records in the Estonian Folklore Archives on the topics I was inter-

The World of Seto Female

by Andreas Kalkun, Anne Kõiv, Pelagei Kõoleht, Maria Kütte, Irina Lepistik, Ksenia Linna, Anna Sonts (b, Anne Vabarna (b

"... At the beginning of the 20th century, many autobiographical improvisations from Seto women were collected. These texts have been written down not by educated folklorists but by the Seto people themselves. In these texts, the fiction and the reality, or the traditional and clearly individual subject, ..."

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stored in the Estonian Folklore Archives, whereas most of the texts have been found in Samuel Sommer’s folklore collection, four in Eisen’s collection and one in the ERA collection. None of the autobiographical songs nor any of their parts had been published 2 before I presented my research

NAMES IN ESTONIAN FOLK ASTRONOMY – FROM ‘BIRD’S WAY ’ TO ‘MILKY WAY’

by Andres Kuperjanov

"... This article offers an overview of the different names for the Milky Way and the accompanying beliefs and myths, based on the mate-rial in the Estonian Folklore Archives. Astronomically speaking, the Milky Way is a big stellar system – a galaxy. All stellar systems of similar type are called galaxie ..."

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This article offers an overview of the different names for the Milky Way and the accompanying beliefs and myths, based on the mate-rial in the Estonian Folklore Archives. Astronomically speaking, the Milky Way is a big stellar system – a galaxy. All stellar systems of similar type are called