JEF Vol. 13. No 1

Journal of Ethnology and Folkloristics (JEF) is a multidisciplinary forum for scholars. Addressed to an international scholarly audience, JEF is open to contributions from researchers all over the world. JEF is a peer-reviewed journal, issued two times per year. JEF is the joint publication of the Estonian National Museum, the Estonian Literary Museum and the University of Tartu.

The journal was established in 2007 by merging three former periodicals dedicated to the study of ethnology and folkloristics: Pro Ethnologia (19 volumes in 1993-2005), published by the Estonian National Museum, Studies in Folklore and Popular Religion (3 volumes in 1996-1999) and Studies in Folk Culture (5 volumes in 2003-2005), published by the University of Tartu (Department of Estonian and Comparative Folklore and Department of Ethnology).

Table of Contents

Editorial Impressions: Feeling of Hybridity

Articles

Risto Järv
“The Goldfish and Little Red Riding Hood: Characters and Their Combinations in Fairy Tale Jokes and Parodies “

Julien d’Huy
“Folk-Tale Networks: A Statistical Approach to Combinations of Tale Types “

Marcas Mac Coinnigh
“A Life History of the ‘Irish’ Ecotype Tied Stones and Loose Dogs “

Tiina Sepp
“”The Narrative Is Ambiguous and That Location Isn’t the Right Location”: Presenting and Interpreting Medieval Saints Today in Canterbury, Durham and York “

Eva-Liisa Roht-Yilmaz
““Fortune telling Is a Curse on Your Children”: Conversion, Fortune telling, and Beliefs in Magic among Roma Women in Estonia “

Tenno Teidearu
“The Practice of Wearing Crystals in Contemporary New Spirituality in Estonia: Supporting Oneself in Everyday Life “

Notes and Reviews

Emese Ilyefalvi
“Witchcraft and Demonology – Topics, Methods and Trends in Witchcraft Research in Hungary, 2017 “

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