ABOUT PROPER NAMES USED IN OLD ESTONIAN FAIRY TALES BY FRIEDRICH REINHOLD KREUTZWALD Cover Image

PÄRISNIMEDEST FRIEDRICH REINHOLD KREUTZWALDI KOGUMIKUS „EESTI RAHVA ENNEMUISTSED JUTUD“
ABOUT PROPER NAMES USED IN OLD ESTONIAN FAIRY TALES BY FRIEDRICH REINHOLD KREUTZWALD

Author(s): Enn Ernits
Subject(s): Customs / Folklore, Estonian Literature, Finno-Ugrian studies, Evaluation research, Theory of Literature
Published by: Teaduste Akadeemia Kirjastus
Keywords: Estonian language; toponyms; personal names; fairy tales; local folktales; Friedrich Reinhold Kreutzwald; onomastics; folkloristics; Estonian literature;

Summary/Abstract: The paper deals with proper names which occur in the collection Old Estonian Fairy Tales written by Friedrich Reinhold Kreutzwald, the author of the Estonian epic Kalevipoeg, and published for the first time in 1866 in Helsinki. The work includes 43 fairy tales and 18 local folk-tales. The main goal of the paper is systematic treatment of proper names. For this purpose, all possible toponyms and personal names have been localised and classified, had their use in the old written records identified, and as far as possible, had their etymology specified.

  • Issue Year: 2018
  • Issue No: 64
  • Page Range: 9-36
  • Page Count: 28
  • Language: Estonian
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