Radien-akka
Sámi · deity · mythic · Recorded classification
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
Domains
- creation supreme
Powers
- Receives the soul from the high god to be passed down for new birth
Relations
- spouse: Radien-attjeWife of the high creator Radien-attje.Holmberg, Finno-Ugric Mythology (1927); Friis, Lappisk Mythologi (1871) (secondary)
- mother of: Radien-pardneMother of the active son Radien-pardne.Holmberg, Finno-Ugric Mythology (1927): Radien-pardne son of Radien-attje and Radien-akka (secondary)
- mother of: Rana NiejtaMother of the daughter Rana Niejta.Sami religion scholarship: Rana Niejta daughter of Radien-attje and Radien-akka (secondary)
Sources
- existence: U. Holmberg (Harva), Finno-Ugric Mythology (The Mythology of All Races IV), 1927 (secondary); J. A. Friis, Lappisk Mythologi (1871); E. Manker, Die lappische Zaubertrommel (1938-50) (secondary)
- consort-of-radien-attje-and-mother-of-the-radien-children: Sami religion scholarship: Radien-akka wife of Radien-attje, mother of Radien-pardne and Rana Niejta (secondary)