The Hero of Esthonia and Other Studies in the Romantic Literature of That CountryKirby, W. F. (William Forsell)
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The Hero of Esthonia and Other Studies in the Romantic Literature of That Country
Kirby, W. F. (William Forsell)
Estonian literature; Estonian literature -- History and criticism
Kirby, W.F. _On the Progress of Folk-lore Collections in Esthonia, with
special reference to the work of Pastor Jacob Hurt_. _Papers and
Transactions of International Folk-lore Congress_, 1892, pp. 427-429.
Based on information published by, or received from, Prof. Kaarle Krohn
of Helsingfors.
Kreutzwald, F.R. _Eestirahwa ennemuisted jutud. Rahwa suust korjanud ja
üleskirjutanud_. Helsingfors, 1866. One of the first and best
collections of Esthonian tales, but without notes. I believe that
several later editions have been published at Dorpat.
---- _Ehstnische Märchen, aufgezeichnet von Friedrich Kreutzwald_. _Aus
dem Ehstnischen übersetzt von F. Löwe, ehem. Bibliothekar a. d.
Petersb. Akad. d. Wissenschaften_. _Nebst einem Vorwort von Anton
Schiefner, und Anmerkungen von Reinhold Köhler und Anton Schiefner_.
Halle, 1869. Includes a very close translation of most of the longer
tales in Kreutzwald's collection. The notes, too, are valuable.
Kreutzwald, Fr., und Neus, H. _Mythische und Magische Lieder der
Ehsten_. St. Petersburg, 1854. In Esthonian and German.[Pg 302]
Krohn, Kaarle. _Die geographische Verbreitung Estnischer Lieder_.
Kuopio, 1892. This paper is noted in "Folk-Lore," IV. p. 19 (March,
1893).
Latham, R. _Nationalities of Europe_. 2 vols. London, 1863. Vol. i.
includes translations of fourteen of the principal poems from Neus'
_Ehstnische Volkslieder_.
Löwe, F. _See_ Kreutzwald.
Neus, H. _Ehstnische Volkslieder. Urschrift und Uebersetzung_. Reval,
1850-52. A collection of 119 poems in Esthonian and German, with notes.
Oxenford, John. _The Esthonian Hercules_. _Macmillan's Magazine_, vol.
30, pp. 263-272 (July 1874). An outline of the story of the
_Kalevipoeg_, based on Israel's little book.
Popular Poetry _of the Esthonians_. Varieties of Literature from
Foreign Literary Journals and Original MSS., now first published.
London, 1795, pp. 22-44 (reprinted in "Folk-Lore Journal," iii. pp.
156-169, 1885). Contains twelve specimens of lyric poetry, undoubtedly
based on some German publication. The anonymous compiler makes the
strange mistake of regarding the Esthonians as "Sclavonians."
Schiefner, A. _Ueber die ehstnische Sage vom Kalewipoeg_. _Bulletin de
l'Académie Imperiale des Sciences de St. Petersburg_, ii. pp. 273-297
(1860). Contains an analysis of the first thirteen cantos of the
_Kalevipoeg_, with reference to Finnish, Scandinavian, and Classical
parallels.
Schott. _Ueber finnische und estnische Heldensagen, Monatsbericht d.
k.k. Akademie der Wissenschaft zu Berlin_, 1866, pp. 249-260.
I am indebted to Mr. Sydney Hartland for kindly calling my attention to
one or two papers which I might otherwise have overlooked.
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INDEX AND GLOSSARY
Abercromby, Hon. J., specimens of Finnish charms, ii. 298 note.
Adam and Eve, i. 252 note.
Aennchen, Cinderella sometimes called in German, ii. 4.
Äike, one of the names of the Thunder-God, i. xxviii., 24.
Ämarik (Evening-Glow), ii. 30, 299.
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