20.500.12556/DiRROS-27452 Forest spirits and their functions in the traditions of Estonians, Estonian Russians and Belarusians ЛЕСНЫЕ ДУХИ И ИХ ФУНКЦИИ В ТРАДИЦИЯХ ЭСТОНЦЕВ, ЭСТОНСКИХ РУССКИХ И БЕЛОРУСОВ This article gives a comparative analysis of data on forest spirits, including their names (terminology), functions, interactions with humans and how they protect people and animals. It examines the similarities and differences in the mythological narratives and practices of Finno-Ugric peoples (Estonians) and Slavic groups (the Russian minority in Estonia and Belarusians in Belarus). The available data reveals a wide variety of terminology and appearances: anthropomorphic, zoomorphic, phytomorphic and fantastical beings. One of the main functions of forest spirits was to lead people astray. The explanations given by narrators remain cognitively interesting to this day: while the causes are attributed to mythical beings, they are mostly related to general oral norms and values. forest spirit guardian spirit leading astray path of the spirits mythology true false true Angleški jezik Ruski jezik Imetniki avtorskih pravic na prispevkih so avtorji Neznano 2026-02-07 21:57:17 2026-02-07 21:57:18 2026-02-20 14:28:28 0000-00-00 00:00:00 2025 0 0 Raziskovalni podatki, na katerih temelji objava, so na voljo na www.folklore.ee/repo/metshaldjas str.143-162 letn. 28 2025 0000-00-00 Zaloznikova Objavljeno NiDoloceno 0000-00-00 0000-00-00 2025-07-28 398:2 1408-6271 10.3986/SMS20252807 267170307 https://ojs.zrc-sazu.si/sms/article/view/14602 1 9a564d4b-0467-11f1-93b0-001a4af901a5 https://dirros.openscience.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=40177 7_Koiva,+Boganeva,+Butov.pdf 7_Koiva,+Boganeva,+Butov.pdf 1 09501AA9AF93FE2B77627697874F4E2A 738e4bb083b7994ac847c8e37e82b5045a0244d15184549dc2fa5290de9f01f0 2c0a1df7-0468-11f1-93b0-001a4af901a5 https://dirros.openscience.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=40178 Znanstvenoraziskovalni center Slovenske akademije znanosti in umetnosti Studia mythologica Slavica 0 0 0