SATOR 28


Current Research in Mythology and Folklore

Nikolay Antropov, Timofey Avilin, Elena Boganeva, Anastasiya Gulak, Reet Hiiemäe, Katre Kikas, Mare Kõiva, Pavel Limerov, Tatsiana Valodzina

Bibliograafilised andmed / Bibliographic data

Autorid / Authors: Nikolay Antropov, Timofey Avilin, Elena Boganeva, Anastasiya Gulak, Reet Hiiemäe, Katre Kikas, Mare Kõiva, Pavel Limerov, Tatsiana Valodzina

Peatoimetaja / Editor-in-Chief: Mare Kalda

Väljaande toimetaja / Editor for this issue: Mare Kõiva

Sarja toimetajad / Editors of Series: Nikolay Anisimov, Natalia Ermakov, Mare Kalda, Nikolay, Kuznetsov, Mare Kõiva

Keeletoimetaja / Language editor: Daniel Edward Allen

Kujundus / Layout: Rahel Laura Vesik

Kaanekujundus / Cover: Rahel Laura Vesik, cover photo: Sander Vesik 2026

ISSN 1406-2011 (print)

ISSN 1736-0323 (e-version)
DOI: https://doi.org/10.7592/Sator.2026.28
ISBN 978-9916-742-82-2 (print)

ISBN 978-9916-742-83-9 (pdf)

Toimetuse aadress / Editorial address:
EKM Teaduskirjastus / The Estonian Literary Museum Scholarly Press

Vanemuise 42, Tartu 51003, Estonia
Phone: +372 737 7740

E-mail: kirjastus@folklore.ee

Koduleht / Journal webpage: https://folklore.ee/sator

Raamatu täistekst (PDF) / Full text (PDF): “Current Research in Mythology and Folklore”

Raamat peatükkide kaupa / Book by chapter

Introduction 7

The First People in Belarusian and Estonian (Baltic-Finnic)
Tradition 17

Belarusian Mermaids:
Appearance and the Pragmatics of the Image 49

Sky Observation and Moon Mythology in
Baltic-Finnic, Baltic, and Slavic Tradition 84

On the Religious Manuscript Tradition of the
Upper Vychegda: The ‘Singers of the Good News’ as
Part of Komi Religious Folklore 112

Estonian Plague Lore between the Eastern and Western
European Traditions:
A Combination of Period-Specific Disease Theories,
Medicinal Observations and Legend Motifs 137

Ethnomedical Ritual in the Context of Rites of Passage.
Belarusian Tradition 158

Imperial History in an Estonian Folktale:
Discussion in the Estonian Media in the 1890s 198

Notes on Belarusian Mythology Studies:
Personalities and Research 221