Uudised

The newly redesigned academic journal Mäetagused addresses themes of fears, beliefs, and rituals in various cultural and historical contexts.

The articles explore:
•    fear discourse in media opposing conspiracy theories, by Andreas Ventsel & Mariliis Madisson. The authors define fear discourse as language use related to fear, including expressing fear, discussing one's own or others' fear.
•    folkloric metamorphoses of the biblical mythological creatures Behemoth and Leviathan  by Jaan Lahe. The article explores their depiction in the Bible, Jewish pseudepigraphic and rabbinic literature, early Christian theology, and Gnostic tradition, seeking to understand how their portrayal influenced texts beyond the Bible and how their roles evolved in different religious contexts. These creatures were not merely adopted from the Bible but began to "live their own lives" in these traditions, undergoing numerous transformations and becoming associated with various folkloric plots and motifs. 
•    challenges in translating historical texts by Sirje Kupp- Sazonov explores the writing style of article titled “How Would Ivan the Terrible Have Written in Estonian?”,
•    Mahendra Kumar Mishra speaks about the life’s work of Indian folkloristics figure Jawaharlal Handoo and the development of Indian folkloristics.
•    the functions of Narva’s main street in the 1920s by Olga Burdakova and Jelena Nõmm; 
•    rituals in the Chuvash Recruit tradition by Igor Petrov.
•     healing practices among South Ural Russians, where illnesses were transferred to other objects by Farida Galieva; 
•    the life’s work of Indian folkloristics figure Jawaharlal Handoo by Mahendra Kumar Mishra.
Additionally, the journal includes reports on professional events, conferences, and book presentations.  Mäetagused is printed and online academic peer-review journal with open access.

Welcome to read: https://www.folklore.ee/tagused

Supported by Cultural Endowment of Estonia, ELM Department of Folkloristics, NGO Estonian Folklore Institute, ELM Scholarly Press