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Uksáhkká
Uksáhkká (also Uksakka, Oksaahka ) is a goddess in Sámi shamanism related to childbirth. She is one of the daughters of Máttaráhkká along with Sáráhkká and Juoksáhkká and lived in the ground under the goahti, below the door specifically. She was only known to Sámi in Scandinavian parts of Sápmi but not, for example, in the area of modern day Finland. Uksáhkká protected people when they stepped in or out of the goahti. In childbirth, her role was to receive the child into the world. She also protected the child later, especially when learning to walk so the child wouldn't hurt themself. She also made sure a child wouldn't get lost from the goahti. She was offered drinks poured to her home, under the goahti's door. Christfried Ganander gave many of Juoksáhkká's features to Uksáhkká and vice versa, claiming that Uksáhkká could turn daughters into sons in the womb, typically Juoksáhkká's role. Uksáhkká would then also help women during menstruation, a role Ga ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Juoksáhkká
Juoksáhkká (also Juksakka, Joeksaahka ; Stäukedne ) is a goddess in Sámi shamanism related to childbirth. She is one of the daughters of Máttaráhkká along with Sáráhkká and Uksáhkká and lived in the ground under the goahti, at the back according to some sources. She was only known to Sámi in Scandinavian parts of Sápmi but not, for example, in the area of modern day Finland. Juoksáhkká helped with the development and birth of a child, and if she was brought offerings enough, she could change the child's sex from female to male in the womb. As sons were more wanted than daughters, she was given plentiful offerings. According to Christfried Ganander in 1789, she also helped women during menstruation and protected children from shots and falls. Ganander gave many of Juoksáhkká's features to Uksáhkká and vice versa and claimed that she was always at odds with Lieaibolmmai. After a woman had given birth, she ate the porridge of Sáráhkká. In the case of a son, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Máttaráhkká
Máttaráhkká (also Maderakka, Madderakka and Maadteraahka; ) is a mother goddess in Sámi shamanism. She lives in the ground under the goahti. She is connected to childbirth and has been said to give child its body and make female humans and animals fertile. It's been recorded drinks were offered to her so she'd be merciful towards a pregnant woman. In Western Sápmi, she was thought to have three daughters: Sáráhkká, Juoksáhkká and Uksáhkká. In Eastern Sápmi, such as in the area of modern-day Finland, these daughters were not known. This has lead some researchers to conclude the daughters were born out of later Scandinavian influence. According to Christfried Ganander in 1789, Máttaráhkká received a child from Radien-attje and gave it life, handing it over to Sáráhkká who then put it in the woman's womb. Her, as well as her daughters, are primarily known as helpers of women. After the arrival of Christianity, she came to be associated with Virgin Mary. On some Sá ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sáráhkká
Sáráhkká (also Sarakka, Saaraahka, Sadsla-akka and Saredne) is a goddess in Sámi shamanism connected to childbirth. She is one of the daughters of Máttaráhkká along with Juoksáhkká and Uksáhkká. After Radien-attje hands a fetus to Máttaráhkká who gives it life, she hands it over to Sáráhkká who puts it in the woman's womb and gives the fetus a body.. She lived in ground under the goahti with her mother and sisters. She was only known to Sámi in modern day Norway and Sweden, not in Finland or Russia. She is the most important and worshipped out of the Sámi goddesses of childbirth. She protected and eased with the birthing pains of not only humans but reindeer as well. She also felt the same pains as a woman giving birth, and she was very important for Sámi women. Before labour, the woman drank "Sáráhkká's booze" and after, she ate "Sáráhkká's porridge". She was also worshipped during menstruation, when women had to take off their collars and belts for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Salten
Salten is a traditional district in Nordland county, Norway. It includes the municipalities of Gildeskål, Bodø, Beiarn, Saltdal, Fauske, Sørfold, Steigen, and Hamarøy. Salten covers an area of about and has a population (2016) of about 73,375 people. The district borders Helgeland in the south (see Saltfjellet), Ofoten in the north, Sweden in the east, and Vestfjorden (and Lofoten) in the west. The geology in Salten is known in Norway for having the country's largest areas with marble. There are many fjords, and mountains often reaching to the sea. The town of Bodø is the main population center of the district, while the town of Fauske is a secondary center. Media gallery Storvika-fra-skaret-2009-08-18.jpg, Storvika (bay) in Gildeskål Skotstindan med Landego.JPG, Skotstindan in Steigen Rupsielva.jpg, Rupsi river, Fauske Landegode midnattsol.jpg, Landegode island illuminated by the midnight sun in Bodø Dialect The dialect of Salten is well known for its large ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sámi Goddesses
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Virgin Mary
Mary was a first-century Jewish woman of Nazareth, the wife of Saint Joseph, Joseph and the mother of Jesus. She is an important figure of Christianity, venerated under titles of Mary, mother of Jesus, various titles such as Perpetual virginity of Mary, virgin or Queen of Heaven, queen, many of them mentioned in the Litany of Loreto. The Eastern Orthodox Church, Eastern and Oriental Orthodox, Catholic, Anglican, Methodist, Reformed Christianity, Reformed, Baptist, and Lutheran churches believe that Mary, as mother of Jesus, is the Theotokos, Mother of God. The Church of the East historically regarded her as Christotokos, a term still used in Assyrian Church of the East liturgy. Other Protestant views on Mary vary, with some holding her to have lesser status. She has the Mary in Islam, highest position in Islam among all women and is mentioned numerous times in the Quran, including in a chapter Maryam (surah), named after her.Jestice, Phyllis G. ''Holy people of the world: a cros ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christianity
Christianity is an Abrahamic monotheistic religion, which states that Jesus in Christianity, Jesus is the Son of God (Christianity), Son of God and Resurrection of Jesus, rose from the dead after his Crucifixion of Jesus, crucifixion, whose coming as the Messiah#Christianity, messiah (Christ (title), Christ) was Old Testament messianic prophecies quoted in the New Testament, prophesied in the Old Testament and chronicled in the New Testament. It is the Major religious groups, world's largest and most widespread religion with over 2.3 billion followers, comprising around 28.8% of the world population. Its adherents, known as Christians, are estimated to make up a majority of the population in Christianity by country, 157 countries and territories. Christianity remains Christian culture, culturally diverse in its Western Christianity, Western and Eastern Christianity, Eastern branches, and doctrinally diverse concerning Justification (theology), justification and the natur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sweden
Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden, is a Nordic countries, Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. It borders Norway to the west and north, and Finland to the east. At , Sweden is the largest Nordic country by both area and population, and is the List of European countries by area, fifth-largest country in Europe. Its capital and largest city is Stockholm. Sweden has a population of 10.6 million, and a low population density of ; 88% of Swedes reside in urban areas. They are mostly in the central and southern half of the country. Sweden's urban areas together cover 1.5% of its land area. Sweden has a diverse Climate of Sweden, climate owing to the length of the country, which ranges from 55th parallel north, 55°N to 69th parallel north, 69°N. Sweden has been inhabited since Prehistoric Sweden, prehistoric times around 12,000 BC. The inhabitants emerged as the Geats () and Swedes (tribe), Swedes (), who formed part of the sea-faring peopl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Uno Harva
Uno Nils Oskar Harva (known as Uno Holmberg until 1927; 30 August 1882, Ypäjä – 13 August 1949, Turku) was a Finnish religious scholar, who founded the discipline in Finland together with Rafael Karsten. A major figure in North Eurasian ethnology and study of religion, Harva is best known for his body of work on Finno-Ugric and Altaic religions. He is considered to be one of the foremost 20th-century European interpreters of shamanism. Career Harva conducted fieldwork among the Siberian Ket and Evenk peoples in the 1910s, researching their mythology and religion. He also spent the summers of 1911–1913 with the Finno-Ugric Votyaks (Udmurts) in the Urals and the Cheremis (the Mari people) on the Volga. He is considered to be an important anthropologist of Siberia. His study ''Der Baum des Lebens'' (The Tree of Life; 1922–23) was the first to show that the world tree from Norse mythology had many parallels in Europe and Asia. Harva wrote the fourth volume of the book se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Finland
Finland, officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It borders Sweden to the northwest, Norway to the north, and Russia to the east, with the Gulf of Bothnia to the west and the Gulf of Finland to the south, opposite Estonia. Finland has a population of 5.6 million. Its capital and largest city is Helsinki. The majority of the population are Finns, ethnic Finns. The official languages are Finnish language, Finnish and Swedish language, Swedish; 84.1 percent of the population speak the first as their mother tongue and 5.1 percent the latter. Finland's climate varies from humid continental climate, humid continental in the south to boreal climate, boreal in the north. The land cover is predominantly boreal forest biome, with List of lakes of Finland, more than 180,000 recorded lakes. Finland was first settled around 9000 BC after the Last Glacial Period, last Ice Age. During the Stone Age, various cultures emerged, distinguished by differen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Menstruation
Menstruation (also known as a period, among other colloquial terms) is the regular discharge of blood and Mucous membrane, mucosal tissue from the endometrium, inner lining of the uterus through the vagina. The menstrual cycle is characterized by the rise and fall of hormones. Menstruation is triggered by falling progesterone levels, and is a sign that pregnancy has not occurred. Women use feminine hygiene products to maintain hygiene during menses. The first period, a point in time known as menarche, usually begins during puberty, between the ages of 11 and 13. However, menstruation starting as young as 8 years would still be considered normal. The average age of the first period is generally later in the developing world, and earlier in the developed world. The typical length of time between the first day of one period and the first day of the next is 21 to 45 days in young women; in adults, the range is between 21 and 35 days with the average often cited as 28 days. In the b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
