Folk Belief TodayMare Kõiva, Kai Vassiljeva Estonian Academy of Sciences, Institute of the Estonian Language & Estonian Museum of Literature, 1995 - Folklore - 527 pages |
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According Akashka Albasty ancestors ancient animals Archives Armenian bear feast beliefs bride bridegroom's calendar called century ceremony Cheptsa child Christian Chuvash collection common connected cult culture custom dance dead seers death deceased deity disease drum epic Estonian evil spirit example fable Finno-Ugric folk medicine folk music folklore forest fairies function genre ghosts healers healing hero horse human incantations Inmar Izhevsk Kalmez Keremet Kestenga Khanty Kihnu kikimora Komi legends living Livonian Loorits lyuli magic Mansi Mari means medicine melody Moscow mother motifs mythological Nanay narratives nature Nenets Nganasan night Note Ob-Ugrians Old Man's Lake origin pagan Palesmurt person prayer priest refrains region religious rite ritual role Russian sacrifice shaman Shingû Shinto singing songs souls supernatural Syktyvkar symbolic Tallinn Tartu threshold tion tradition tree tunes Udmurt Udmurtia Vatka Vepsian village wedding witch woman words worship