Nature and Magic as Representation of “The Sami”—Sami Shamanistic Material in Popular Culture

• Published in: Religions
• Main Author: Anne Kalvig
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: MDPI AG 2020
• Subjects: Sami; Sami shamanism; animism; popular culture; ludism; materialist turn; Religions. Mythology. Rationalism; BL1-2790; Klaus; sami; midnight sun
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3390/rel11090453; https://doaj.org/article/c91c85b8bacc46e48c250024501cb97c

This article examines how magic and nature become representations of both “the Sami” and “Sami shamanism” in animation films Frozen 2 and Klaus , in the television crime series Midnattssol ( Midnight Sun ) and in three Eurovision Song Contest contributions partly by Sami artists, containing joik. Wi...