The Sámi Noaidi Grave in Kuusamo and the Significance of the North-South Orientation

Abstract The Sámi noaidi in Finland, often referred to as a shaman, has been studied primarily in a historical context and primarily within the framework of events that took place between the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries when the priests in Finland, Sweden, and Norway, during the upheaval ca...

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Published in:Journal of Finnish Studies
Main Author: Joy, Francis
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: University of Illinois Press 2016
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.5406/28315081.19.1.12
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