The Old Estonian Folk Religion (Uralic & Altaic)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: RoutledgeCurzon
Published: July 29, 1997
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 240
ISBN-13: 9780700709083
Subjects: Anthropology; Folklore; Non-Christian religions; Social Science; Religion - World Religions; Sociology; Estonia; Comparative Religion; Ethnic Studies - General; Social Science / Ethnic Studies
First sentence: "Belief" (usk), "believing" (uskumine) generally mean "opinion" in our linguistic consciousness; uskumus according to Saareste, "is a religious attitude toward the natural and supernatural world, and also the custom based on such an attitude".