A Mortal Visits the Other World – the Relativity of Time in Estonian Fairy Tales
This article analyses Estonian fairy tales with regard to perceiving supernatural lapses of time, focusing on the tale type cluster A Mortal Visits the Other World, which includes tale types ATU 470, 470A, 471, and 471A. In these tales the mortal finding himself in the world of the dead, heaven or f...
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Main Author: | Mairi Kaasik |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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2013-12-01
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Series: | Journal of Ethnology and Folkloristics |
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Online Access: | https://www.jef.ee/index.php/journal/article/view/148 |
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