Maailma esimesed inimesed – Valgevene ja Eesti etioloogiads

• Authors: Boganeva Alena , Kõiva Mare

Title variants

EN

The first people in the world: Belarusian and Estonian aetiologies

• Languages of publication: ET

Abstracts

EN

Belarusian and Estonian mythological and legendary narratives, especially aetiologies, share a number of similar motifs and characters, despite the fact that Estonian and Belarusian belong to different language families and share no common borders. However, some matches in the motifs are so complete and expressive that they, we believe, cannot be explained by typology or universals. Since the topic of ties between Estonian-Belarusian folklore is relatively unexplored, along with their historical contacts, the aim of this article is to point out the similarities in the motifs of Estonian and Belarusian legends regarding the first people in the context of Slavic and Finno-Ugric legends, as well as to represent some of the original Estonian and Belarusian aetiologies. The motives under examination are the recreation of humans, the skin of the nails, creation of a woman, the death of the first people, the motifs of the snake, eel, and weather loach, the cross of Christ, and others.

Keywords

EN

Adam; aetiology; bible-influenced folklore; Eve; parabible

• Publisher: Folk Belief and Media Group of the Estonian Literary Museum, Estonian Institute of Folklore, EKM Teaduskirjastus
• Journal: Mäetagused
• Year: 2021
• Volume: 80
• Pages: 5-30

Contributors

author

Boganeva Alena

• Center for Belarusian Culture, Language and Literature Research, National Academy of Sciences, BELARUS / Department of Folkloristics, Estonian Literary Museum, Vanemuise 42, 51003 Tartu, ESTONIA

author

Kõiva Mare