Leib-olmai
Leib-olmai In Lapland mythology, bear spirit worshipped by the Scandinavian Lapps. Leibolmai protected the bear, who was a holy animal, during the hunt. Only if…
Category: Lapland Mythology
Kied Kie Jubmel
Kied Kie Jubmel In Lapland mythology, a stone god worshipped as late as the 17th century. The images of stone gods usually were extremely crude,…
Aino
Aino (peerless, splendid) In the Finnish epic poem The Kalevala (runes 3–5), a Lapp maiden who was to marry the culture hero Vainamoinen but was…
Aijeke
Aijeke In Lapland mythology, a wooden god worshipped as late as the 17th century, even though the country was nominally Lutheran. John Scheffer, a professor…