Goden van de Sami
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Deities of the Sami
=Aske or Manna - The god of the Moon.
=Atja - The god of thunder, also called Bajanolmmai, Dierpmis or Hovrengalles, which means "Thor- man".
=Beaivi or Biejje - The great Goddess of the Sun, mother of human kind.
=Bieggagallis - The god of the storms, father of human kind, consort of Beaivi.
=Bieggolman - God of the summer winds.
=Biegkegaellies - God of the winter winds.
=Biejjenniejte - Goddess of healing and medicine; her name means "Daughter of the Sun" or "Maiden of the Sun", and she was especially helpful against sicknesses caused by her mother, the sun.
=Jabbmeaaakka - Goddess of death and queen of the underworld and the kingdom of death.
=Jipmel - "God"; possibly this was a late lative name of the Christian god, but it could also have been a name to include all good deities
=Juoksahkka - The protecter and guardian of children; "The woman with an arrow".
=Lieaibolmmai - God of the hunt, the god of adult men.
=Maadteraahka - Mother of the tribe, Goddess of women and children, she who gives humans their body; women belonged to her, and boys belonged to her until they were declared men. Maadteraahka is popular among modern sami feminists.
=Maadteraajja - The father of the tribe, husband of Maadteraahka; while his wife gives humans their body, he gives them their soul; and thus, they are born.
=Mubpienålmaj - "The evil one"; possibly the Christian god of evil, but also a name that included all the evil deities.
=Oksaahka - The former of the fetus; she shaped the fietus in the mother's womb and gave humans their gender. She was the sister of Juoksahka.
=Raedie or Väraldarade - The main god, the great creator of the world; he was, however, passive, some say even sleeping, and not very included in active religion.
=Raedieahkka - Wife of Raedie.
=Rana Niejta - Daughter of Raedie. "Rana" was a popular name of Sami girls.
=Raediengiedte - Son of Raedie.
=Ruohtta - The god of sicknesses and therefore also a death-god. He was depicted riding on a horse.
=Saaraahka - The Goddess of fertility, menstruation, love, sexuality, pregnancy and childbirth. Saaraahka was the most important female god; she is sometimes sister of Juoksahka and Oksaahka, sometimes they are a trinity of the same Goddess.
=Stallon - The feared giant of the woods.
=Tjaetsieålmaj - The men of water.
=Aske or Manna - The god of the Moon.
=Atja - The god of thunder, also called Bajanolmmai, Dierpmis or Hovrengalles, which means "Thor- man".
=Beaivi or Biejje - The great Goddess of the Sun, mother of human kind.
=Bieggagallis - The god of the storms, father of human kind, consort of Beaivi.
=Bieggolman - God of the summer winds.
=Biegkegaellies - God of the winter winds.
=Biejjenniejte - Goddess of healing and medicine; her name means "Daughter of the Sun" or "Maiden of the Sun", and she was especially helpful against sicknesses caused by her mother, the sun.
=Jabbmeaaakka - Goddess of death and queen of the underworld and the kingdom of death.
=Jipmel - "God"; possibly this was a late lative name of the Christian god, but it could also have been a name to include all good deities
=Juoksahkka - The protecter and guardian of children; "The woman with an arrow".
=Lieaibolmmai - God of the hunt, the god of adult men.
=Maadteraahka - Mother of the tribe, Goddess of women and children, she who gives humans their body; women belonged to her, and boys belonged to her until they were declared men. Maadteraahka is popular among modern sami feminists.
=Maadteraajja - The father of the tribe, husband of Maadteraahka; while his wife gives humans their body, he gives them their soul; and thus, they are born.
=Mubpienålmaj - "The evil one"; possibly the Christian god of evil, but also a name that included all the evil deities.
=Oksaahka - The former of the fetus; she shaped the fietus in the mother's womb and gave humans their gender. She was the sister of Juoksahka.
=Raedie or Väraldarade - The main god, the great creator of the world; he was, however, passive, some say even sleeping, and not very included in active religion.
=Raedieahkka - Wife of Raedie.
=Rana Niejta - Daughter of Raedie. "Rana" was a popular name of Sami girls.
=Raediengiedte - Son of Raedie.
=Ruohtta - The god of sicknesses and therefore also a death-god. He was depicted riding on a horse.
=Saaraahka - The Goddess of fertility, menstruation, love, sexuality, pregnancy and childbirth. Saaraahka was the most important female god; she is sometimes sister of Juoksahka and Oksaahka, sometimes they are a trinity of the same Goddess.
=Stallon - The feared giant of the woods.
=Tjaetsieålmaj - The men of water.