Máttaráhkká
Sign in to savethumb|150px|right|Máttaráhkká as depicted on a Sámi drum. Máttaráhkká (also Maderakka, Madderakka and Maadteraahka; ) is a mother goddess in Sámi shamanism. She lives in the ground under the goahti. She is connected to childbirth and has been said to give child its body and make female humans and animals fertile. It's been recorded drinks were offered to her so she'd be merciful towards a pregnant woman.
~2 min read
Encyclopedic overview
1 sectionsContents
- References
thumb|150px|right|Máttaráhkká as depicted on a Sámi drum. Máttaráhkká (also Maderakka, Madderakka and Maadteraahka; ) is a mother goddess in Sámi shamanism. She lives in the ground under the goahti. She is connected to childbirth and has been said to give child its body and make female humans and animals fertile. It's been recorded drinks were offered to her so she'd be merciful towards a pregnant woman.
In Western Sápmi, she was thought to have three daughters: Sáráhkká, Juoksáhkká and Uksáhkká. In Eastern Sápmi, such as in the area of modern-day Finland, these daughters were not known. This has led some researchers to conclude the daughters were born out of later Scandinavian influence.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Máttaráhkká” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.