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Treasure Legend Emotion Atlas

4,287 Estonian treasure legends plotted across 105 parishes, coloured by emotional content. Sadness dominates the corpus — the fear and supernatural domains reveal the most striking regional variation. Pick a single emotion, then switch the map from Share (how much a parish talks about it) to Distinctiveness (how far above or below the corpus average it sits) to separate volume from genuine regional character.

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Each circle is a parish. The atlas lets you focus on a single emotion domain — fear, supernatural, sadness, joy, etc. — and see where in Estonia the treasure-legend tradition is most saturated with that emotion. Colour intensity encodes the share of that emotion among all emotion tokens at the parish, circle size encodes total emotional intensity of the parish's treasure legends.

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Emotion domains and parishes mapped for fear

Map of 4,287 Estonian treasure legends across 105 parishes, coloured by emotional content. Where in Estonia is the treasure-legend tradition most fearful, sorrowful, or hopeful?

Emotion domainEmotion tokensParishes
sadness4,540116
desire2,576116
fear2,528114
danger1,962109
joy1,881114
supernatural1,252102
courage1,071100
trust998105
anger962102
love60192
confidence33181
guilt28567
surprise21872
grief5728
anxiety3321
general positive3219
shame2017
pain1610
distress1411
care108
contempt65
bitterness42
general negative21
regret21
pride11
ParishLegendsCount (fear)Total TokensShare %
Haljala453517819.7
Iisaku4591217.4
Jõhvi514625917.8
Kadrina646038915.4
Lüganuse255726.9
Rakvere102306.7
Simuna692316913.6
Vaivara321815511.6
Viru-Jaagupi552019910.1
Viru-Nigula382115014.0
Väike-Maarja783730612.1
Ambla839979012.5
Anna72229.1
Järva-Jaani30109310.8
Järva-Madise1584020.0
Koeru653731011.9
Peetri1243212.5
Türi1643710.8
Hageri412113016.2
Jõelähtme25139014.4
Jüri643421216.0
Keila322515016.7
Kose862828010.0
Kuusalu1308948218.5
Nissi41209122.0
Rapla623225112.7
Risti333025012.0
Hanila332619813.1
Karuse1585514.5
Kullamaa572722811.8
Lääne-Nigula373513725.5
Martna20118812.5
Märjamaa884332913.1
Pühalepa63329.4
Reigi611010.0
Ridala2861045.8
Tartu-Maarja483319117.3
Noarootsi1343212.5
Varbla1062524.0
Vigala251710815.7
Karja401513910.8
Kihelkonna692523210.8
Kärla183407.5
Muhu287729.7
Pöide521914812.8
Püha150540.0
Halliste975947412.4
Häädemeeste543019115.7
Karksi46192258.4
Kihnu633417519.4
Mihkli1495715.8
Pärnu-Jaagupi283228311.3
Saarde1389965815.0
Tori46172058.3
Tõstamaa714132012.8
Vändra35192158.8
Helme816136516.7
Kolga-Jaani411913514.1
Paistu46293278.9
Pilistvere3691535.9
Põltsamaa18108012.5
Suure-Jaani32131339.8
Tarvastu59273009.0
Viljandi705554110.2
Võnnu191687349.3
Kambja211611913.4
Kodavere432114714.3
Kursi211611613.8
Laiuse737547115.9
Maarja-Magdaleena22158717.2
Nõo271812414.5
Otepää493221714.7
Palamuse305537114.8
Puhja2075612.5
Rannu964314.0
Rõngu855536415.1
Sangaste174586.9
Äksi401411212.5
Torma964339011.0
Hargla49101875.3
Kanepi401912814.8
Urvaste593426013.1
Karula241110410.6
Põlva894935913.6
Rõuge1169270113.1
Räpina933228311.3
Vastseliina554328115.3
Tallinn1174117.1
Paide81352.9
Harju-Jaani15118712.6
Emmaste81224.5
Anseküla13144928.6
Mustjala82248.3
Käina10173745.9
Jämaja12126917.4
Pärnu312417713.6
Harju-Madise743810.5
Juuru164517.8
Jaani40180.0
Kaarma13108012.5
Kõpu875413.0
Valjala86688.8
Lihula321118.2
Audru41175.9
Kirbla21166.3

This is a static summary — the full, searchable dataset is in the interactive explorer above.