Sámi Shamanism

	Sámi Shamanism Traditional Sámi spiritual practices and beliefs are based on a type of animism, polytheism, and what anthropologists may consider shamanism. The religious traditions can vary considerably from region to region within Sápmi. Traditional Sámi religion is generally considered to be Animism. The Sámi belief that all significant natural objects (such as animals, plants, rocks, etc.) possess a soul, and from a polytheistic perspective, traditional Sámi beliefs include a multitude of spirits. Sámi traditional beliefs and practices commonly emphasizes veneration of the dead and of animal spirits. The relationship with the local animals that sustain the people, such as the reindeer, are very important to the kin-group. Deities and animal spirits Aside from bear worship, there are other animal spirits such as the Haldi who watch over nature. Some Sámi people have a thunder god called Horagalles. Rana Niejta is "the daughter of the green, fertile earth". The symbol of the wo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon]
	Sieidi Sieidis (, , , ) are Sami cultural items, usually a rock with unusual shape. Sieidis are found in nature in certain sacred places, for example at the sea or river beaches or on the mountain. The word sieidi has also been used for holy rocks or wooden figures that have undergone some processing. The victory was a symbol of the divine power ruling over the natural resources that humans needed for their survival. Samis sacrificed parts of their catch at sea to get a successful hunting or fishing in the future. In southern Sami Southern may refer to: Businesses * China Southern Airlines, airline based in Guangzhou, China * Southern Airways, defunct US airline * Southern Air, air cargo transportation company based in Norwalk, Connecticut, US * Southern Airways Express ..., the name varies between viero-gierkie (sacrifice stone), viero-moere (sacrificial wood), soul-gierkie (goose-goat) and soul-nut (goose-tree). Physical characteristics Each stone is different from the others, an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon]
	Biejjenniejte Biejjenniejte ("Daughter of the Sun") was a deity of the Sami mythology.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. She is particularly helpful towards illnesses caused by her mother, the Sun. Notes References {{Deity-stub Sámi goddesses Health deities Health goddesses ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon]
	Bieggolmai Bieggolmai (other spellings ''Bieggaolmmái'', ''Biegolmai'', ''Biegkålmaj'', or ''Bieggålmåj'', , ; ) or Bieggagállis (other spellings ''Biegkegaellies'' or ''Biegga-galles''; ) is the god of wind in Sámi shamanism. He is generally portrayed with two shovels in his hands, which he used to shuffle the winds into and out of his cave. According to Johan Randulf in the Nærøy manuscript, he had a shovel in his right hand to put wind back into his caves after it had blown enough, and a club in his left hand to chase the wind back out to blow. He was asked to ease the blowing of harmful wind to reindeer, as well as calm down storms when in the waters. Henrik Forbus called him a summer god who ruled over air and wind, water and sea. On sun-centered Sámi drums, Bieggolmai resides on one of the sun's rays. Bieggolmai was among the most important Sámi gods. He could influence the movements of reindeer because reindeer tend to travel into headwind to minimize the number of mosquito ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon]
	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 the sun does not even reach the horizon in winter, the sun was widely venerated and played a major role in the cultic coherence. Beaivi is goddess of the sun, spring, and sanity, associated with the fertility of plants and animals, particularly reindeer. She made the plants grow so that the reindeer flourished and reproduced, and brought wealth and prosperity to the humans. On the winter solstice, a white female animal or animals, usually reindeer, were sacrificed in honor of Beivve, to ensure that she returned to the world and put an end to the long winter season. The sacrificed animals' meat would be threaded onto sticks, which were then bent into rings and tied with bright ribbons. This is called the Festival of Beaivi. At the time of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon]
	Almqvist & Wiksell Almqvist & Wiksell is a former Swedish printing company (1882–2005) and publishing company (1923–1990). In 1990, it was bought by the educational publisher , and is now an imprint owned by the latter. Almqvist & Wiksell Tryckeri Almqvist & Wiksell Tryckeri AB in Uppsala was founded in October 1882, when philosophy graduate Robert Almqvist (1857–1938), son of politician Ludvig Teodor Almqvist and father of , and student Julius Wiksell (1855–1897) bought & Berglund's printing house. The company became a limited company (''aktiebolag'') in 1888. In 1904, after a "drawn-out fight" with publisher Norstedts, it was granted exclusive rights by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences to print almanacs, calendars and other similar works, including the Swedish state calendar. The first catalogue of calendar publications was published in 1906, and the company's exclusive rights continued until 1972. In 1923 Carl Z Haeggström, who before 1918 had been managing director of , which ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon]
	Fadno Fadno is a reed instrument and domestic flute of the Sami people of Scandinavia, made from Angelica archangelica. The instrument features a reed and three to six (generally four) fingerholes and appears to have no parallels among the surrounding Scandinavian peoples. Characteristics The instrument is made from a 15–30 cm length of the angelica plant (''fadno'', the term for one-year-old angelica), from which the instrument derives its name. The instrument's reed categorized as an "idioglottic concussion reed", meaning the reed is fashioned from the tube itself. Fadnos were played with Sami drums together with joik A joik or yoik (anglicised, where the latter spelling in English conforms with the pronunciation; also named , , , or in the Sámi languages) is a traditional form of song in Sámi music performed by the Sámi people of Sápmi in Northern E .... References * {{Finnish folk music Single-reed instruments Sámi musical instruments ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon]