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dc.contributor.editorSiikala, Anna-Leena
dc.date.accessioned2017-09-01 23:55:55
dc.date.accessioned2018-07-02 19:37:23
dc.date.accessioned2020-04-01T13:24:28Z
dc.date.available2020-04-01T13:24:28Z
dc.date.issued2002
dc.identifier638217
dc.identifier.issn1235-1946
dc.identifier.urihttp://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/31122
dc.description.abstract"The recent fascination in Finnish folklore studies with popular thought and the values and emotions encoded in oral tradition began with the realisation that the vast collections of the Finnish folklore archives still have much to offer the modern-day researcher. These archive materials were not only collected by scholars, but also by the ordinary rural populace interested in their own traditions, by performers and their audiences. With its myriad voices, this body of source material thus provides new avenues for the researcher seeking to penetrate popular thought. What does oral tradition tell us about the way its performers think and feel? What sorts of beliefs and ideas are transmitted in traditional songs and narratives? Perspectives from the study of mentalities and cultural cognition research provide a framework for investigating these issues. This collection of articles works from the premise that the cultural models which shape mentalities give rise to manifest expressions of culture, including folklore. These models also become embedded in the representations appearing in folklore, and are handed down from one generation to the next. The topics of the book cover age-old myths and world views, concepts of witchcraft and the Devil stretching back to the Middle Ages, and the values and collective emotions of Finnish and Hungarian agrarian communities. "
dc.languageEnglish
dc.relation.ispartofseriesStudia Fennica Folkloristica
dc.subject.classificationthema EDItEUR::1 Place qualifiers::1D Europe::1DN Northern Europe, Scandinavia::1DNF Finlanden_US
dc.subject.classificationthema EDItEUR::2 Language qualifiers::2A Indo-European languages::2AC Germanic and Scandinavian languages::2ACS Scandinavian languages::2ACSW Swedishen_US
dc.subject.classificationthema EDItEUR::D Biography, Literature and Literary studies::D Biography, Literature and Literary studies::DC Poetryen_US
dc.subject.classificationthema EDItEUR::Q Philosophy and Religion::QR Religion and beliefs::QRA Religion: generalen_US
dc.subject.classificationthema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBG Popular beliefs and controversial knowledge::JBGB Folklore studies / Study of myth (mythology)en_US
dc.subject.classificationthema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JH Sociology and anthropology::JHB Sociologyen_US
dc.subject.classificationthema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBC Cultural and media studies::JBCC Cultural studies::JBCC6 Cultural studies: customs and traditionsen_US
dc.subject.othermentality history
dc.subject.othermythology
dc.subject.othermentality
dc.subject.otherfolklore
dc.subject.othermyths
dc.subject.otherfolk poetry
dc.subject.otherFinland
dc.subject.otherFinnish paganism
dc.titleMyth and Mentality: Studies in Folklore and Popular Thought
dc.typebook
oapen.identifier.doi10.21435/sff.8
oapen.relation.isPublishedBy51db0f72-616d-4d86-b847-ade19380e08f
oapen.relation.isFundedBy7f68f45f-a677-4ca9-a69c-989c298c9cf6
oapen.relation.isFundedBy152df1b1-beba-4394-8522-dab76828c3a4
oapen.relation.isbn9789522228499;9789522228482
oapen.series.number8
oapen.pages317
oapen.place.publicationHelsinki, Finland
oapen.remark.publicRelevant Wikipedia pages: Finland - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finland; Finnish paganism - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finnish_paganism; Folklore - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Folklore


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