[[sacred-sites]] # Gardens ## Estonian Offering Gardens Small sacred areas--at old farms-- surrounded with a fence, without any visibly specific characteristics. They were taboo, only visited for offering purposes Offerings: money, food, clothing, ribbons (Often 'the new' or 'the first' is mentioned as a gift.) Remembered in oral tradition Common in Mulgimma district of (Southern) Estonia Sources *Christianization in Estonia: A Process of Dual-Faith and Syncretism by Heiki Valk In: The Cross Goes North ed. Martin Carver