Võimalus süüvida muinasrahvaste uskumustesse
True Stories about Ancient Peoples

Summary/Abstract: Tarmo Kulmar. Tõsilood muinasrahvastest. (‘True Stories about Ancient Peoples’) Eesti Mõttelugu 76, Ilmamaa, Tartu, 2007, 348 pp. (Editors Simo Runnel and Urmas Tõnisson; foreword by Märt Läänemets). Peeter Espak reviews the book Tõsilood muinasrahvastest by Tarmo Kulmar, professor of comparative theology at the University of Tartu. The book is a collection of academic articles on the beliefs and history of ancient peoples. During his long scientific career, Tarmo Kulmar has mainly dealt with the history and religion of the Inca people in Peru and Aztecs in Mexican area as one of his main subjects. The book is divided into six different sub-topics: “Holy Text”, “Holy Creature”, “Holy Place”, “Holy Event”, “Holy History”, and “Holy State”. The use of the term “holy” refers to the fact that in his research Kulmar has taken the viewpoint of a theologian – and not that of an anthro­pologist or historian. The English version of the book review is available in vol. 38 of Folklore: Electronic Journal of Folklore (http://www.folklore.ee/folklore/vol38/books.pdf).

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