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Tiina Äikäs

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Animals in Saami Shamanism: Power Animals, Symbols of Art, and Offerings

Religions April 7, 2021 Tiina Äikäs, Trude Fonneland

In this paper, we study the role of power animals in contemporary Saami shamanism and how past and present are entwined in the presentation of power animals. In the old Saami worldviews, in addition to animals, spirits and sacred rocks (sieidi, SaaN) were also considered to be able to interact with people. Animals were an important part of offering rituals because livelihood and rituals were...