Kalevipoeg and his South Slavic relations
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11264745 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Felix J Oinas (Indiana University Bloomington, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1979 |
| Volume | 10 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 369-380 |
| Publication date | 1979-12-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Baltic Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0162-9778 • E-ISSN: 1751-7877 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/01629777900000381 |
| OpenAlex | W2051541795 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 2 |
The culmination of the life work of the great Estonian folklorist August Annist is his three-volume study of Kalevipoegboth of the hero of the legends and of the epic compiled by Friedrich Reinhold Kreutzwald and bearing the same name.1 In this work Annist clarifies the folklore background of the Kalevipoeg traditions, traces the history of the compilation of Kreutzwald's epic and analyzes the epic as a work of art. In his treatment of Kalevipoeg in Estonian folklore, Annist gives abundant parallels both from the East and the West. However, he and the other Kalevipoeg scholar, Eduard Laugaste, hardly ever touch upon the South Slavic tradition.2 My studies have revealed that there are considerable coincidences between the legends of Kalevipoeg and the South Slaivc (and Caucasian) heroic traditions, the comparative discussion of which will provide further insights into both of them. In this study I am going to discuss one group of such legendsthose about the heroes' tragic downfalls, their causes and consequences
Ancient history · Art · EPIC · Estonian · Folklore · Folkloristics · HERO · Linguistics · Literature · Parallels · Slavic languages · Classics · European Linguistics and Anthropology · Folklore, Mythology, and Literature Studies · Historical and Archaeological Studies · History · Philosophy
| Highly cited | No |
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