Virumaa vanasonad ja konekaanud

• Authors: Baran Anneli

Title variants

EN

PROVERBS AND SAYINGS OF VIRUMAA

• Languages of publication: ET

Abstracts

EN

The article tackles short forms of folklore in one of Estonian regions – Virumaa. The discussion maps the close ties that exist between old parishes in terms of folk material, characterised by archaic and dialectal traits as well as by a strong influence from the traditional folk songs in runo verse (regilaul). Another regional characteristic is the influence of kindred peoples who once lived in the same area as well as from neighbouring peoples. The proverbs and sayings display a richness of unique expressions but also the first mentions of well-known Estonian traditional expressions. Next to folk sayings, humour related to neighbours as well as pejorative sayings based on place names are also discussed, with a specific focus on regional characteristics.

Keywords

EN

dialectism; phraseological expressions; place name; proverbs; runic verse

• Publisher: Folk Belief and Media Group of the Estonian Literary Museum, Estonian Institute of Folklore, EKM Teaduskirjastus
• Journal: Mäetagused
• Year: 2017
• Volume: 66
• Pages: 139-160

Contributors

author

Baran Anneli

• Estonian Literary Museum, Vanemuise 42, 51003 Tartu, ESTONIA