Category: Sami mythology
CHRISTMAS IN SÁPMI
By Elin Kåven Every year I get asked about Sami Christmas traditions. People say it is really hard to find anything about this topic. Here is why: It’s because the.
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STÁLLO AT CHRISTMAS
This is an interview from 1973 with Nils Jernsletten done by Dag Skogheim, a Norwegian researching about Sami culture and mythologi. This text is transcribed directly from the interview and.
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WOLF HUNTING
by Jungle Svonni That we Sámis, my ancestors used to hunt bears with spear back in the old times is a quite well known fact in the Nordic countries. That.
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SAMI CHRISTMAS?
When people ask us about the Sami Christmas, again we say that there is not one easy short answer to this question. Again, because of Christianization and colonization. But to.
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JOTUNHEIMEN – HOME OF THE JOTNER
The area with the highest mountains of Scandinavia is named Jotunheimen and is located in southern Norway. Jotunheimen means: The home of the Jotner. Jotner is a word from the.
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FREE COURSE ABOUT YOIK
Our free course that you will get directly to your mailbox is ready! This course gives you basic knowledge about yoik, so that you can continue your yoiking-journey with essential.
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OTTERS IN THE OLD SÁMI TIMES
Another curiosity from the old times is regarding otters. As far back as I can remember when I was a kid, I always dreamt about having an otter as a.
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STÁINNAK – A HOLY REINDEER
Back in the old times, before the 60s when the engines started to arrive here in Sapmi and enter the reindeer herding. We Samis had a closer relationship with nature.
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ARCTIC TASTE
Jungles homeplace is still more or less like it was when he grew up. No roads, no electricity, no people (even fewer then eariler), and no shops. So to be.
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