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Samuel Rheen (ca 1615–1680) was a Swedish priest, known for the work ''En kortt Relation om Lapparnes Lefwarne och Sedher, wijdskiepellsser, sampt i många Stycken Grofwe wildfarellsser'' 'A brief treatise of the life and culture of the Sami, and their superstitions''(1671), being one of the earliest descriptions of
Samuel Rheen (ca 1615–1680) was a Swedish priest, known for the work ''En kortt Relation om Lapparnes Lefwarne och Sedher, wijdskiepellsser, sampt i många Stycken Grofwe wildfarellsser'' 'A brief treatise of the life and culture of the Sami, and their superstitions''(1671), being one of the earliest descriptions of Sami mythology
Acronyms
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and Sami noaidi
A noaidi ( sme, noaidi, smj, noajdde, sma, nåejttie, sms, nōjjd, sjt, niojte, sjd, noojd/nuojd, italic=yes, sje, nåjjde) is a shaman of the Sami people in the Nordic countries, playing a role in Sámi religious practices. Most ''noaidi'' ...
.
He grew up in Böle in Piteå
Piteå () is a locality and the seat of Piteå Municipality in Norrbotten County, Sweden. Piteå is Sweden's 58th largest city, with a population of 23,326.
Geography
Piteå is located at the mouth of the Pite River ( sv, Piteälven), at th ...
and worked as a minister in Jokkmokk
Jokkmokk (; smj, Jåhkåmåhkke or ; se, Dálvvadis; fi, Jokimukka) is a locality and the seat of Jokkmokk Municipality in Norrbotten County, province of Lapland, Sweden, with 2,786 inhabitants in 2010. The Lule Sami name of the place (composed ...
1664/6-1671 and then in Råneå
Råneå () is a locality situated in Luleå Municipality
Luleå Municipality () is a municipality in Norrbotten County in northern Sweden. Its seat is located in Luleå, which is also the county seat of Norrbotten County.
Localities
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in Luleå
Luleå ( , , locally ; smj, Luleju; fi, Luulaja) is a city on the coast of northern Sweden, and the capital of Norrbotten County, the northernmost county in Sweden. Luleå has 48,728 inhabitants in its urban core (2018) and is the seat of Lu ...
until 1680.
His treatise was commissioned by the government as a part of a larger work describing the life and faith of the Sami. Together with other, similar "clergy correspondences", it served as a source for Johannes Schefferus
Johannes Schefferus (February 2, 1621 – March 26, 1679) was one of the most important Swedish humanists of his time. He was also known as Angelus and is remembered for writing hymns.See the link below "German Classics"
Schefferus was born in ...
and his book ''Lapponia Lapponia may refer to:
* Laponia (historical province), a historical Swedish province
* ''Lapponia'' (book), a 1673 ethnographic account of the region by Johannes Schefferus
* Lapponia (train) The ''Lapponia'' was an express passenger train operate ...
'' in 1673. His treatise contained a drawing of a sami drum, with explanations of the symbols on the membrane. Rheen was also one of the sources to professor K.B. Wiklund's assumption that Swedish reindeer herding Sami had used Norwegian islands during summer.
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