The following article provides an overview of the Estonians’ everyday customs related to departures and being on the way, paying someone a visit, cooking, eating, and clearing the table. These customs also include new, urban, and international material, known in many countries and by different nationalities.
The article about masking is dedicated to the masking traditions of the autumn and winter periods, starting with Michaelmas and ending with mumming at the end of the year.
The article discusses the 19th century as the period of great changes in Estonian folklore, which laid a foundation for folkloristics. The 19th century was characterised by the quick receding and even fading of folk culture; on the other hand, prerequisites emerged for extensive collecting of folklore and establishing foundations for national culture.
The article under the heading, What Oskar Loorits and Other Learned Estonian Men Thought about Estonians’ Character, provides an overview of the estimations of Estonians given, starting from older historical records, to the viewpoints expressed by several cultural figures and experts on folklore, such as Loorits and Masing.
The subheading of the article about M. J. Eisen’s road to folkloristics reads: From the Ancestors’ Treasures to the Riddles of Estonian Folk. Eisen’s bibliography is comprised of 761 items, written between the ages of 19 and 77. The article follows the path of the versatile writer to folklore and his first steps in the field of folkloristics.
The article about the runic verse in general and Vepsian runic verse in particular weighs the reasons why the Veps and especially southern Estonians preserved their song material, yet could not achieve the form of the runic verse.
A retrospective look at the work of the folklore section of the Institute of Estonian Language and Literature in 1947–1990 introduces the main directions in the work of the section, its publications, and international cooperation.
Article discusses Estonian mumming traditions at Christmastime: their spread, age and gender of the participants, costumes and masking, communication between the hosting family and the mummers, and the gifts given to the mummers.
The following writing is dedicated to the Institute of Estonian Language and Literature against the world level. Ülo Tedre and Rein Veidemann try to find an answer to why folklorists write monographs and not articles required by the academic system.
Writing is a discussion held by Ülo Tedre, Enn Ernits, Mikk Sarv, Madis Kõiv, Vello Lõugas, Tõnis Vint, Ants Viires, Ülo Stöör, and Heino Eelsalu about colours, numbers, and shapes in our ancestors’ worldview.
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