Folklore vol. 42

Electronic Journal of Folklore

Sacred Natural Places
Guest editor Tõnno Jonuks

Iron Age Cemeteries and Hiisi Sites: Is There a Connection? 7
Anna Wessman
Hiis Sites in the Research History of Estonian Sacred Places 23
Tõnno Jonuks
Sacred Natural Places of Estonia: Regional Aspects 45
Heiki Valk
The Sacred Groves of the Curonian Ķoniņi: Past and Present 67
Sandis Laime
The Sacred Groves of the Balts: Lost History and Modern Research 81
Vykintas Vaitkevičius
On a Grave Symbol from Northwest Belarus 95
Andrei Prokhorov
Die heiligen Wälder der Slawen in Pommern im frühen Mittelalter 111
Andrzej Kuczkowski, Kamil Kajkowski
The Changing Meaning of ‘Thunderbolts’ 129
Kristiina Johanson
 In Memoriam
Harry William Mürk (8 June 1954 – 24 February 2009)
175
 News in brief
International Conference “Natural Holy Places in Archaeology and Folklore in the Baltic Sea Region” - Vykintas Vaitkevičius [177]
The Second Seminar of Estonian and Lithuanian Folklorists: “Traditions and Innovations in Contemporary Society 2” - Piret Voolaid [179]
20 Years of the Estonian Society of Prehistoric Art - Enn Ernits, Väino Poikalainen [182]
2008 President’s Folklore Awards - Astrid Tuisk [184]
 		News
 Book review
A Book on Sacred Sites of a Region in Latvia - Tõnno Jonuks [187]
A Book about Changes in the Religion of the Vasyugan Khanty - Virág Dyekiss [190]
Review of Michael Berman’s The Nature of Shamanism and the Shamanic Story - Andrew O. Wiget [195]
Books
 List of contributors
Our authors199


Electronic Journal of Folklore
Folklore
vol. 42. 2009

ISSN 1406-0949
Published by: FB and Media Group of LM
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Edited by Mare Kõiva & Andres Kuperjanov
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