Biejjenniejte ("Daughter of the Sun") was a deity of the
Sami mythology
Acronyms
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[Karsten, Rafael, Samefolkets religion: de nordiska lapparnas hedniska tro och kult i religionshistorisk belysning, Stockholm, 1952]
She is the goddess of medicine and healing. She is the daughter of the sun goddess
Beaivi
Beaivi, Beiwe, Bievve, Beivve or Biejje is the Sami Sun-deity; the name of the deity is the same as the name of the Sun. The Sami Sun-deity is usually depicted as female, but sometimes as male. In Sápmi, north of the Polar circle, where th ...
. She is particularly helpful towards illnesses caused by her mother, the Sun.
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Sámi goddesses
Health goddesses