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The symbol of the world tree or pillar, which reaches up to the North Star and is similar to that found in Finnish mythology, may also be present. [ 3 ] Laib Olmai , the forest spirit of some of the Sámi people, is traditionally associated with forest animals, which are regarded as his herds, and he is said to grant either good or bad luck in ...
The Bindal drum has a typical Southern Sami decoration: a rhombus-shaped sun symbol in the center, with other symbols around the sun, representing people, animals, landscape and deities. A Sámi drum is a shamanic ceremonial drum used by the Sámi people of Northern Europe.
The symbols generally draw inspiration from old ornamental traditions such as duodji and the "runes" of the traditional shaman's drums. The symbols generally don't follow the rules of tincture, as the "Sámi colours" are traditionally placed colour on colour (rather than colour on metal and vice versa).
Sami noaidi with a meavrresgárri drum used for runic divination.Illustration printed from copperplates by O.H. von Lode, after drawings made by Knud Leem (1767). A noaidi (Northern Sami: noaidi, Lule Sami: noajdde, Pite Sami: nåjjde, Southern Sami: nåejttie, Skolt Sami: nåidd, Kildin Sami: нуэййт / но̄ййт, Ter Sami: ныэййтӭ) is a shaman of the Sami people in the Nordic ...
Beivve Sami Sun symbol Sami Shaman drum found in Nærøysund Municipality, Norway. 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. [1] [2] The Sami Sun-deity is usually depicted as female, but sometimes as male.
Depiction of Horagalles from a Sami shaman drum found in Norway. The drum symbols were copied by the Christian priest Thomas von Westen in the 18th century. [8] The two hammers of the thunder god depicted as a blue cross on a late 18th-century shaman drum from Porsanger Municipality, Western Finnmark, Norway, described by the Christian missionary Knud Leem.
Also among Kets (like at several other Siberian peoples, e.g. Karagas [40] [42] [43]), there are examples of using skeleton symbolics, [55] Hoppál interprets it as a symbol of shamanic rebirth, [44] although it may symbolize also the bones of the loon (the helper animal of the shaman, joining air and underwater world, just like the shaman who ...
The Sami were forcibly converted to Christianity and shamanistic practices forbidden. [1] Sami spirituality brings unearthliness—the spiritual world—to the Sami. The shaman is the intermediary between this world and the spiritual. Some Sami shamans have Noaidi drums, and at least one such drum with a Mano Moon symbol has been discovered. [3]