Máttaráhkká
deity single tradition · 2
Máttaráhkká is a Sámi goddess who helps with giving birth. Among the Sámi in Kola Peninsula, mändir-ähke means a "parent's grandmother".
↻ synthesized from 2 sources
When
- Attested period
- 1700 – 2020
- Historical notes
- Worshipped by the Sámi in Kola Peninsula.
Relationships
- co occurs with
- Jiukom-akka, Rauni, Maan-Emonen
- parent of
- Uksáhkká, Sáráhkká, Juoksáhkká
- syncretized with
- Manteren akka
Mentioned by
Sources
Source passages
“If she is the same as Manteren akka mentioned in runic songs, then her equivalent would be the Sámi goddess Máttaráhkká, who helps with giving birth. Among the Sámi in Kola Peninsula, mändir-ähke means a "parent's grandmother".”
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“She is one of the daughters of Máttaráhkká along with Sáráhkká and Juoksáhkká and lived in the ground under the goahti, below the door specifically.”
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