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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YOIK COURSE IN OSLO
We have been working on a joik-course for a while now. It is a physical/live course in Norwegian or English, and soon an online course in English version will be.
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MY DRUM TAUGHT ME TO YOIK
Photo: Fredrik Prost and I back in 2011 with the drum I built. I did not learn to joik in my childhood and I never thought that I would be joiking ever..
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SAMI FOLKLORE – “IN THE HOUSE OF ULDA”
In house of the Ulda – (the underground peope/ the hidden people/one of the sáivu-people) Read about the realm of Saivu here. The underground people are richer than people living.
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MY BIRCH SPRING EXPERIMENT
Birch is one of the most common trees in Scandinavia and has so many uses it is impossible to list them all… But lets give you an idea: burning wood,.
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WHEN THE YOIK CAME TO ME
Written by guestblogger Stéphane Aubinet, a researcher from Belgium. The yoik first came to me long before I started to do “research” about it, when I was a teenager living.
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SAMI GODS, GODDESSESS AND MYTHICAL ENTITIES
Here is a list of Sámi gods, goddesses and other mythical entities. So much has been forgotten about the Sami world view and beliefs and words over the years and.
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THEY DONT KNOW WHO WE ARE, BUT THEY DONT KNOW WHO THEY ARE, SO WE DONT KNOW WHO THEY ARE, BUT DO WE KNOW WHO WE ARE?
Photo: A view from the first printed map of the Nordic countries, designed by Olaus Magnus and published in Venice in 1539. Carta Marina by Olaus Magnus / Northern Lights.
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