Radien-attje, Jubmel, Maylmen Olmai, Vearalden Olmai or Waralden Olmai is the superior or
celestial
Celestial may refer to:
Science
* Objects or events seen in the sky and the following astronomical terms:
** Astronomical object, a naturally occurring physical entity, association, or structure that exists in the observable universe
** Celest ...
deity
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of the
Sami
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. He is also called Jubmel or Ibmel, a parallel to the Finnish
Jumala
(), () or ( Mari)A History of Pagan Europe, P. 181 means in the (
god
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).
The superior deity is the ruler of the
Cosmos
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The cosmos is studied in cosmologya broad discipline covering ...
. In his
honour
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, the Sami erect a
sacrificial
Sacrifice is an act or offering made to a deity. A sacrifice can serve as propitiation, or a sacrifice can be an Offering (Christianity), offering of praise and thanksgiving.
Evidence of ritual animal sacrifice has been seen at least since an ...
pole every
autumn
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,
symbol
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izing the world-pillar, which is considered as a connection the
World
The world is the totality of entities, the whole of reality, or everything that Existence, exists. The nature of the world has been conceptualized differently in different fields. Some conceptions see the world as unique, while others talk ...
to the
firmament
In ancient near eastern cosmology, the firmament means a celestial barrier that separates the heavenly waters above from the Earth below. In biblical cosmology, the firmament ( ''rāqīaʿ'') is the vast solid dome created by God during the G ...
. The pillar reached from the
centre
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* Center (algebra), used in various contexts
** Center (group theory)
** Center (ring theory)
* Graph center, the set of all vertices of minimum eccentricity ...
of the
Earth
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to the fix point on the firmament - the
Pole star
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. The superior deity is also the “giver of
life
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” and is considered the god of
fertility
Fertility in colloquial terms refers the ability to have offspring. In demographic contexts, fertility refers to the actual production of offspring, rather than the physical capability to reproduce, which is termed fecundity. The fertility rate ...
.
Radien-attje is often portrayed as the main figure in a
Trinity
The Trinity (, from 'threefold') is the Christian doctrine concerning the nature of God, which defines one God existing in three, , consubstantial divine persons: God the Father, God the Son (Jesus Christ) and God the Holy Spirit, thr ...
, which besides him, consists of the Raedieahkka or Radien-akka (the superior
mother
A mother is the female parent of a child. A woman may be considered a mother by virtue of having given birth, by raising a child who may or may not be her biological offspring, or by supplying her ovum for fertilisation in the case of ges ...
) and their
son
A son is a male offspring; a boy or a man in relation to his parents. The female counterpart is a daughter. From a biological perspective, a son constitutes a first degree relative.
Social issues
In pre-industrial societies and some current ...
Radien-pardne
Radien-pardne or Raediengiedte is a Sami god, the son of Radien-attje and Raedieahkka in Sami mythology.
He is an active god with the task to perform the orders of his passive father.Karsten, Rafael, Samefolkets religion: de nordiska lapparna ...
. 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
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, 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, Jesus Christ the Son, and the third person, God th ...
,
Jesus
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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
A wife (: wives) is a woman in a marital relationship. A woman who has separated from her partner continues to be a wife until their marriage is legally dissolved with a divorce judgment; or until death, depending on the kind of marriage. On t ...
. In some versions, the
heaven
Heaven, or the Heavens, is a common Religious cosmology, religious cosmological or supernatural place where beings such as deity, deities, angels, souls, saints, or Veneration of the dead, venerated ancestors are said to originate, be throne, ...
ly
family
Family (from ) is a Social group, group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or Affinity (law), affinity (by marriage or other relationship). It forms the basis for social order. Ideally, families offer predictabili ...
also include the
daughter
A daughter is a female offspring; a girl or a woman in relation to her parents. Daughterhood is the state, condition or quality of being someone's daughter. The male counterpart is a son. Analogously the name is used in several areas to show r ...
Rana Niejta
Rana Niejta and Rana Niejte are variant forms of the Ume Sami name of a goddess in Sami religion, Sami mythology. In Northern Sami she is called Rana Neida and Rana Neide (names in other Sami languages are Rana Nieda, Ruona Neida, Radien-neide and ...
. As superior deity, Radien-attje is more of an
intellectual
An intellectual is a person who engages in critical thinking, research, and Human self-reflection, reflection about the nature of reality, especially the nature of society and proposed solutions for its normative problems. Coming from the wor ...