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
doi:10.7592/FEJF2009.42.wessman

Hiis Sites in the Research History of Estonian Sacred Places 23

Tõnno Jonuks
doi:10.7592/FEJF2009.42.jonuks

Sacred Natural Places of Estonia: Regional Aspects 45

Heiki Valk
doi:10.7592/FEJF2009.42.valk

The Sacred Groves of the Curonian Ķoniņi: Past and Present 67

Sandis Laime
doi:10.7592/FEJF2009.42.laime

The Sacred Groves of the Balts: Lost History and Modern Research 81

Vykintas Vaitkevičius
doi:10.7592/FEJF2009.42.vaitkevicius

On a Grave Symbol from Northwest Belarus 95

Andrei Prokhorov
doi:10.7592/FEJF2009.42.prokhorov

Die heiligen Wälder der Slawen in Pommern im frühen Mittelalter 111

Andrzej Kuczkowski, Kamil Kajkowski
doi:10.7592/FEJF2009.42.pommern

The Changing Meaning of ‘Thunderbolts’ 129

Kristiina Johanson
doi:10.7592/FEJF2009.42.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 authors 199

Electronic Journal of Folklore
Folklore
vol. 42. 2009
ISSN 1406-0949
Published by: FB and Media Group of LM

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