Juoksáhkká

Sámi 'bow-woman' goddess of children and the male child (classed as deity). Juoksáhkká / Juksakka (juoksa 'bow' + áhkká). Daughter of Máttaráhkká, sister of Sáráhkká and Uksáhkká; could change the sex of the unborn from girl to boy. Her attribute is the bow. Secondary attestation (Holmberg, Rydving, Læstadius).

Parentage

• Máttaráhkká

Domains

• childbirth
• protection

Powers

• Turn a girl-child in the womb into a boy
• Guard children and watch over the growing child

Relations

• sibling: Sáráhkká
• sibling: Uksáhkká

Sources

• U. Holmberg (Harva), Finno-Ugric Mythology (The Mythology of All Races IV), 1927
• H. Rydving, The End of Drum-Time: Religious Change among the Lule Saami, 1670s–1740s (1993)
• L. L. Læstadius, Fragments of Lappish Mythology (ms. 1838–1845; ed. Pentikäinen, 2002)