ABSTRACT The aim of this article is to introduce what kind of place-lore concerning bog bodies can be found in Estonian folklore. How could this place-lore be used by archaeologists? There is folklore describing people buried in swamps and bogs and drowning in wetlands. Moreover, some place-lore mentions finds of human remains from wetlands, which refers to incidents where bog bodies were found in the past but of which we do not have any knowledge based on archaeological records. The case-study presented in this paper illustrates the complex relationship between an archaeologically documented find, the Rabivere bog body and place-lore. There are various stories about the Rabivere bog body, and this place-lore has been used to interpret the bog find. This paper gives an example how folkloric information can provide a rather different picture about the past in comparison with archaeological data, bringing out the possibilities and difficulties of this kind of interdisciplinary approach.

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与沼泽体有关的地方传说和与沼泽地有关的沼泽地方

摘要本文的目的是介绍在爱沙尼亚民间传说中可以找到有关沼泽体的哪些地方传说。考古学家如何使用这个地方传说？有民间传说描述人们被淹没在沼泽和沼泽中并淹没在湿地中。此外，一些地方传说提到从湿地发现人类遗体，这是指过去曾发现沼泽尸体但我们没有任何考古记录知识的事件。本文提供的案例研究说明了考古记录的发现，Rabivere沼泽体和地方传说之间的复杂关系。关于Rabivere沼泽的尸体有各种各样的故事，这个地方传说被用来解释发现的沼泽。