Deities

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.
Mubpienlmaj - "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 Vraldarade - The main god, the great creator ot 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.
Tjaetsielmaj - The men of water.