TÄNAPÄEVA EESTI INIMESE KUJUTLUS HALDJAST EHK KES HALDJAS ON OLNUD JA KELLEKS TA ON SAANUD
Seda uskumust võib laiendada ka
inimestevahelistesse suhetesse keskaegses kultuuriruumis - nii selgitati ja põhjendati
klassisüsteemi paikapidavust ning näidati, et inimene ei tohiks ihaldada kättesaamatut/keelatut.
Haldjas on alati inimesest võimsam.
4 “Selles, et metshaldja ja inimese ühistel lastel on üliinimlikud võimed, peituvad kreeka
mütoloogia jumalate laste juttude algmed.” (Masing 1998:180)
5 “The Esthonians believe that the Neck has fish’s teeth. An Esthonian legend relates that one time a girl was stopt
by a pretty boy that had on him a handsome peasant’s belt and forced to scratch his head a little. She did so, and
while she was so engaged she was,without her knowledge, fastened to him by his belt, but the rubbing of her hand
set him to sleep. Meanwhile a woman passed by, who came up and asked the girl what she was doing there. She told
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