Mozart, (Johann Georg) Leopold

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“…using broader categories to specific terms (Remmel 2014b: 23-25). For example, two most prominent initiators of folklore collecting in 19th-century Estonia -Jakob Hurt and Johann Matthias Eisen -used the terms 'kohalised jutustustused' (Hurt 1989(Hurt [1896), meaning 'local tales' , and 'kohalised eesti muinasjutud' (Eisen 2000(Eisen [1882), meaning 'local Estonian folktales' , which refer to narratives describing natural locations. Jaan Jung, an amateur historian, used the German word 'Ortssage' , from which the Estonian term 'kohamuistend' ('place legend') was later derived (Remmel 2014b: 24).…”

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An ecosemiotic dimension of folklore: Reframing the concept of place-lore

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2022

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Place-lore, which has been systematically collected and archived in Estonia since the 19th century, is a part of various national, communal and institutional practices. Until now, Estonian researchers have resorted to conceptualizing place-lore from the perspective of archival texts, and the focus has been on collecting and archiving the material. At the same time, theoretical study of place-lore has remained in the background. In the article I approach place-lore from the perspective of ecosemiotics and suggest a new definition of place-lore that is based on semiotic relations these narratives have with the environment they represent. Outlining different ways of how vernacular tradition and the environment it represents are semiotically related, and analysing the ways in which these relations are expressed in place-related folklore allows seeing how place-lore can be defined through (1) localizability, (2) representation of the characteristics of a place, and (3) manifestation of place experience. Defining place-lore and presenting the preliminary conceptual tools is much needed in practical collection work and archiving and serves as an important prerequisite for studying the placerelated folklore in the context of contemporary challenges, such as changing textual practices, cultural disruptions, and environmental crisis. Examples are drawn from folklore associated with mires, specifically from narratives about the Kakerdaja Bog in northern Estonia.

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An ecosemiotic dimension of folklore: Reframing the concept of place-lore

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Mozart, (Johann Georg) Leopold

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