Radien-akka

Sami high mother-goddess, wife of the supreme creator Radien-attje (sami_radien_attje) and mother of the active son Radien-pardne (sami_radien_pardne) and of the spring-and-fertility daughter Rana Niejta. The Radien family (father, mother, son and daughter) stands among the upper-world figures of the southern Sami drums. Secondary attestation (Holmberg, Friis; drum-iconography).

Children

• Radien-pardne
• Rana Niejta

Domains

• creation supreme

Powers

• Receives the soul from the high god to be passed down for new birth

Relations

• spouse: Radien-attje
• mother of: Radien-pardne
• mother of: Rana Niejta

Sources

• U. Holmberg (Harva), Finno-Ugric Mythology (The Mythology of All Races IV), 1927
• J. A. Friis, Lappisk Mythologi (1871); E. Manker, Die lappische Zaubertrommel (1938-50)
• Sami religion scholarship: Radien-akka wife of Radien-attje, mother of Radien-pardne and Rana Niejta