Vaimud, tulnukad ja Slenderman: üleloomulikud kogemused tanapaeva õpilasparimuses

• Authors: Hiiemäe Reet

Title variants

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SPIRITS, ALIENS, AND SLENDERMAN: SUPERNATURAL EXPERIENCES IN TODAY’S SCHOOL LORE

• Languages of publication: ET

Abstracts

EN

The article concentrates on mapping continuities and changes in the contemporary Estonian school lore about experiences with supernatural beings: main characters, fears, and emotions connected with such supernatural beliefs as well as supernatural protective mechanisms are highlighted. One of the central topics of the article is cultural and linguistic loans (e.g. international newcomers like the Slenderman) and their sources (e.g. films, computer games, narrative folklore). I also investigate the interactions of fantasy and real life, believing and non-believing in schoolchildren’s memorates. The article is mainly based on materials that have been collected from schoolchildren since 1992, but I also draw parallels with traditional older folklore.

Keywords

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belief creatures; children’s folklore; fears; folk belief; modern folklore

• Publisher: Folk Belief and Media Group of the Estonian Literary Museum, Estonian Institute of Folklore, EKM Teaduskirjastus
• Journal: Mäetagused
• Year: 2019
• Volume: 74
• Pages: 31-50

Contributors

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Hiiemäe Reet

• Department of Folkloristics, Estonian Literary Museum, Vanemuise 42, 51003 Tartu, ESTONIA