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Matthias Johann Eisen (28 September 1857 – 6 August 1934) was an Estonian folklorist, and from 1920 to 1927 served as a professor of folk poetry at University of Tartu. Eisen is best known for his thorough collection and a systematic typology of Estonian folk tales, totaling over 90,000 pages.
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.
Kalevipoeg as well as other Estonian folk tales. The English version (translated by W. F. Kirby) at Sacred Texts. Kalevipoeg as well as other Estonian folk tales. Kalevipoeg; An article exploring the meaning and depth of the Kalevipoeg; An article on the compilers of the Kalevipoeg; A site containing the five initial Cantos of Kalevipoeg (in ...
Until now in this series have been published two volumes (2009, 2014) that concentrate on fairy tales. These scholarly editions of fairy tale types stored at the Estonian Folklore Archives provide an overview of all types of Estonian fairy tales (the first volume contains stories of ATU 300–480, the second volume ATU 500–749).
This prompted Friedrich Robert Faehlmann to collect Estonian folk poetry, and Friedrich Reinhold Kreutzwald to arrange and publish them as Kalevipoeg, the Estonian national epic. The first periodical publication in Estonian was Lühhike öppetus (1766–1767). The first Estonian-language newspaper Tarto maa rahva Näddali-Leht was published in ...
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.
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.