Radien-attje, Jubmel, Waralden Olmai, Maylmen Olmai, Vearalden Olmai or Waralden Olmai is the superior or
celestial deity
A deity or god is a supernatural being who is considered divine or sacred. The ''Oxford Dictionary of English'' defines deity as a god or goddess, or anything revered as divine. C. Scott Littleton defines a deity as "a being with powers greate ...
of the
Sami. He is also called Jubmel or Ibmel, a parallel to the
Finnish Jumala (
god).
The superior deity is the ruler of the
Cosmos. In his
honour, the Sami erect a
sacrificial pole every
autumn
Autumn, also known as fall in American English and Canadian English, is one of the four temperate seasons on Earth. Outside the tropics, autumn marks the transition from summer to winter, in September ( Northern Hemisphere) or March ( Sou ...
,
symbol
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izing the world-pillar, which is considered as a connection the
World to the
firmament. The pillar reached from the
centre of the
Earth to the fix point on the firmament - the
Pole star. The superior deity is also the “giver of
life” and is considered the god of
fertility.
Radien-attje is often portrayed as the main figure in a
Trinity, which besides him, consists of the
Raedieahkka
Raedieahkka or Radien-akka is a goddess in the Sami mythology. She is the wife of the Sami high god Radien-attje, and the mother of Rana Niejta
Rana Niejta and Rana Niejte are Ume Sami names on a goddess in Sami mythology. In Northern Sami she ...
or Radien-akka (the superior
mother) and their
son Radien-pardne
Radien-pardne or Raediengiedte is a Sami god, the son of Radien-attje and Raedieahkka in Sami mythology
Acronyms
* SAMI, ''Synchronized Accessible Media Interchange'', a closed-captioning format developed by Microsoft
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. There are
critic
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s who claim, that this Trinity is a consequence of the meeting with the
Christian
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religion, and that it is a match to
God the Father
God the Father is a title given to God in Christianity. In mainstream trinitarian Christianity, God the Father is regarded as the first person of the Trinity, followed by the second person, God the Son Jesus Christ, and the third person, God t ...
,
Jesus the Son and the
Holy Spirit
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. If this is the case, the Sami have replaced the Holy Spirit with a
wife. In some versions, the
heaven
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ly
family also include the
daughter Rana Niejta. As superior deity, Radien-attje is more of an
intellectual superior, as his son, Radien-pardne, performs the practical things.
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Waralden Olmai is also cognate with an epithet for the Germanic god Freyr.
Sources
Sphinx-Suche
(in German) - retrieved January 16, 2006 .
References
Sámi gods
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