Estonian neopaganism

[3] A 2002 survey suggested 11% of the population of Estonia claimed having "the warmest feelings towards Taaraism and Maausk" among all religions.

[5] Taaraism was founded in 1928 by members of the intelligentsia,[6] including soldier Kustas Utuste [et] and writer Marta Lepp, with the aim of reaffirming traditional Estonian culture and identity.

[4] Taaraists hold a monistic or monotheistic worldview in which all the gods are aspects of one only pantheistic reality, which they identify with the god Tharapita or Taara (a deity connected to Indo-European deities such as the Germanic Thor or Thunor, the Gallic Taranis and the Hittite Tarhunt).

A shrine is a location which may have ancient trees, glacial boulders, bodies of water or unique plants.

[9] Their ethics emphasises mõnu or mõnus, "enjoyment" or more accurately "harmonious life" or "balance".