Laulu (Laul)
#Tallinn #Nõmme #Kivimäe
#Song, singing, ditty, ballad. Thought to be thus named for being squished between the #Kandle, #Sulevi and #Ilmarise quadrangle, but #TT states it was originally named – prior to the latters’ existence and irrespective of all three – after #PaulineLaulu,
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#Haldja (Haldjas)
#Tallinn #Nõmme #Hiiu
Guardian, spirit, genius, fairy, elf, pixie. Belonging to a #mythological zone which, paradoxically, exists, as does its double (tee not tänav) on #Naissaar, although it’s not part of Tallinn, but #Viimsi… See also #Ilmarise.
#TallinnStreets #TallinnaTänavad
#Ilmarise (Ilmarine)
Mythological gentleman: god of fire, weather (ilm) and smithing (its multiple meanings also reflect its age, Ilm is a word linguists believe they can track back some 5000-6000 years in Finno-Ugric, and, almost invariably,
#Kitseküla
#FinnoUgricLanguage #SoomeUgriKeel
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