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Estonian folklore and beliefs including samples of folk songs appear in Topographische Nachrichten von Liv- und Estland by August W. Hupel in 1774–82. J.G von Herder published seven Estonian folk songs, translated into German in his Volkslieder in 1778 and republished as Stimmen der Völker in Liedern in 1807.
Such stories typically feature magic, enchantments, and mythical or fanciful beings. Pages in category "Estonian fairy tales" The following 5 pages are in this category, out of 5 total.
Estonian mythology is a complex of myths belonging to the Estonian folk heritage and literary mythology. Information about the pre- Christian and medieval Estonian mythology is scattered in historical chronicles, travellers' accounts and in ecclesiastical registers.
Estonian fairy tales (5 P) L. Estonian legends (2 P) M. Estonian mythology (4 C, 17 P) Pages in category "Estonian folklore" The following 12 pages are in this ...
The tale is classified as in the international Aarne-Thompson-Uther Index as tale type ATU 313, "The Magic Flight" (Estonian: Imeline põgenemine).In this type, the hero's father is helped by a mysterious person and, as payment for a favour, he unwittingly promises his own son to the devil; years later, the hero goes to work for the devil in difficult tasks, but he is helped by a Christian ...
The fairy tales research group was established in 1999 at the Department of Estonian and Comparative Folklore, University of Tartu. Since 2010 the group has been hosted by the Estonian Folklore Archives. From the very beginning the research group has focused on fairy tales stored in the Estonian Folklore Archives.
The main material is taken from Estonian folklore of a giant hero named Kalevipoeg ("Kalev's son"). These tales mainly interpret various natural objects and features as traces of Kalevipoeg's deeds and have similarities with national epics from neighbouring regions, especially the Finnish Kalevala.
The Dragon of the North (Estonian: Põhja konn, literally Frog of the North) is an Estonian fairy tale, collected by Dr. Friedrich Kreutzwald in Eestirahwa Ennemuistesed jutud. Andrew Lang included it in The Yellow Fairy Book ; he listed his source as "Der Norlands Drache" from Ehstnische Märchen , which was the German translation of ...