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THE COMPASS THAT STARTED THE WHOLE THING The compass was given to Maari as a birthday present. Of course she received other presents, too. It would be hard to remember all of them now, but there must have been a golliwog and a couple of rubber puppies. Or was it a rubber puppy and a couple of...

Es braucht nicht wunderzunehmen, daß in einer so alten Stadt wie Tallinn im Lauf von Jahrhunderten viele Sagen und Legenden entstanden sind. Oft hat sich dabei im Wandel der Zeiten Wahrheit mit Erdichtetem vermischt. Mannigfaltiger Aberglauben war einst weit verbreitet, man glaubte an...

Introduction Tartu with its one hundred thousand inhabitants is the second largest town in Estonia after Tallinn— the capital. During its centuries-long history the town has borne different names: Tarbatum and its derivations occur in the Chronicle of Henricus de Lettis. Most probably ancient...