Estonica

Encyclopedia about Estonia

World tree

The wish of the forest people to maintain good relations with all worlds, expressed in the relief of the half-pagan World Tree in a wall of one of the oldest churches in Estonia has, despite all inborn scepticism, an impact on the way of thinking of Estonians even today.

Did you know...

  • ...the legality of the activity of executive power is inspected by the administrative courts?

  • ...Estonian is among the top two hundred languages in the world in terms of number of speakers?

  • ...a Setu bride had to have at least two kilos of silver around her neck at her wedding?