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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 ...
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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 ...
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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, ...
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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 ...
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Reindeer
The reindeer or caribou (''Rangifer tarandus'') is a species of deer with circumpolar distribution, native to Arctic, subarctic, tundra, taiga, boreal, and mountainous regions of Northern Europe, Siberia, and North America. It is the only representative of the genus ''Rangifer''. More recent studies suggest the splitting of reindeer and caribou into six distinct species over their range. Reindeer occur in both Animal migration, migratory and wiktionary:sedentary#Adjective, sedentary populations, and their herd sizes vary greatly in different regions. The tundra subspecies are adapted for extreme cold, and some are adapted for long-distance migration. Reindeer vary greatly in size and color from the smallest, the Svalbard reindeer (''R.'' (''t.'') ''platyrhynchus''), to the largest, Osborn's caribou (''R. t. osborni''). Although reindeer are quite numerous, some species and subspecies are in decline and considered Vulnerable species, vulnerable. They are unique among deer (Ce ...
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Sámi Goddesses
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Menstruation
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