Folklore and landscape are deeply interconnected. Landscapes embody stories, rituals, material culture, and historical events through a variety of cultural practices and forms that contribute to place-making, shape collective identities, and influence heritage and conservation processes. The contributions to the themed issue of Arv 2025 explore how memory and belief are articulated in placelore. Through case studies of both physical and narrated landscapes, the volume presents analysis of the complex interplay between culture and natural environments, drawing on material from the Nordic and Baltic regions. The volume also includes independent research articles and book reviews.
About the Journal
ARV means heritage. ARV. Nordic Yearbook of Folklore presents our mental heritage, folklore, as the foundation of our culture, our patterns of interaction and our world view. Folklore, i.e. popular poetry, belief and custom, is an important identity factor for every nation in historical as well as recent times. The journal’s target readership is academics, teachers and local historians.
Arv is published by The Royal Gustavus Adolphus Academy for Swedish Folk Culture.
ARV. Nordic Yearbook of Folklore | ISSN (Online) 2002-4185 | ISSN (Print) 0066-8176
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