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
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sciendo 2013-12-01
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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