Radien-pardne

Sámi active creator-son (classed as deity). Radien-pardne / Rádienbárdni, 'the ruler's son' (rádie 'rule' + bárdni 'son'). The active deputy of the passive high god Radien-attje (and Radien-akka), executing the creator's will. Appears in the Radien family on the drums (with the daughter Rana Niejta). Secondary attestation (Holmberg, Friis; drum-iconography). The directional father-edge to the existing figure sami_radien_attje needs no reciprocal.

Parentage

• father: Radien-attjeSon of the high creator Radien-attje, whose orders he executes.Holmberg, Finno-Ugric Mythology (1927); Sámi ethnography: Radien-pardne the son of Radien-attje (secondary)
• parent: Radien-akka

Domains

• creation supreme

Powers

• Carry out in the world the orders of the passive high creator

Relations

• father: Radien-attjeSon of the high creator Radien-attje, whose orders he executes.Holmberg, Finno-Ugric Mythology (1927); Sámi ethnography: Radien-pardne the son of Radien-attje (secondary)
• sibling: Rana NiejtaReciprocal of sami_rana_niejta.sibling (alphabetical family sweep). (auto reciprocal)

Sources

• Radien-pardne (Rádienbárdni; rádie 'rule, power' + bárdni 'son') is the active son of the Sámi high creator Radien-attje (the passive 'ruler-father') and of Radien-akka; he carries out in the world the will of his remote father, doing the practical work of governing the cosmos.: U. Holmberg (Harva), Finno-Ugric Mythology (The Mythology of All Races IV), 1927 (secondary); J. A. Friis, Lappisk Mythologi (1871): the Radien family — Radien-attje, Radien-akka and Radien-pardne (secondary); E. Manker, Die lappische Zaubertrommel (1938–50): the Radien family among the drum-figures (secondary)