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, making it difficult to decipher whether a man or animal or some composite figure was represented. In ritual connected with Kied Kie Jubmel, a male reindeer was selected for sacrifice. The reindeer’s right ear was pierced and a red thread run through it; its blood was then preserved in a barrel.

A priest took the blood, some of the fat, the antlers, the bones of the head and neck, and the feet and hooves; he anointed the idol with the fat and blood. The antlers were placed behind the stone image—the right horn with the penis of the animal attached to it, the left horn bearing an amulet of tin and silver worked together with the red thread. The elaborate ritual was performed to guarantee the worshipper good hunting and fishing.

Kied Kie Jubmel was called Storjunka (the great lord) in Swedish. The term is sometimes generically applied to stone gods.

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Encyclopedia of World Mythology and Legend, Third Edition – Written by Anthony S. Mercatante & James R. Dow– Copyright © 2009 by Anthony S. Mercatante