Mythical Creatures, the Making of Wearing Apparel, and the Landscape
Volume 15 (2011): Archaeology, Religion and Folklore in the Baltic Sea Region, pp. 35–44
Pub. online: 20 September 2011
Type: Article
Open Access
Open Access
Received
28 January 2010
28 January 2010
Revised
5 May 2011
5 May 2011
Accepted
16 May 2011
16 May 2011
Published
20 September 2011
20 September 2011
Abstract
Stones where mythical creatures carry out work connected with wearing apparel appear in publications on the mythological stones of Lithuania and Belarus. This theme is not so widely considered in Latvian research literature. The aim of this work is to show that in Latvian folklore, by natural (stone, tree, stump, water, cave, etc) and man-made objects of the cultural space (threshing barn, cemetery, hill-fort, etc), mythical creatures tailor, spin, knit and mend for people or for themselves.