The Saami shaman's drum and the star horizons
The aim of this contribution is to examine the possible influences of stellar constellations on the positioning of the drum figures on the drums used by the Saami people during the 17th and 18th centuries. Certain of the drum figures seem to have a similar position to corresponding figures on tradit...
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fttsvojs:oai:journal.fi:article/67201 2023-05-15T15:04:15+02:00 The Saami shaman's drum and the star horizons Sommarström, Bo 1991-01-01 application/pdf https://journal.fi/scripta/article/view/67201 https://doi.org/10.30674/scripta.67201 eng eng The Donner Institute https://journal.fi/scripta/article/view/67201/27499 https://journal.fi/scripta/article/view/67201 doi:10.30674/scripta.67201 Copyright (c) 1991 Bo Sommarström https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0 CC-BY-NC-ND Scripta Instituti Donneriani Aboensis; Vol 14 (1991): The Saami Shaman Drum; 136-168 2343-4937 0582-3226 Shamanism Shamans Sami (European people) Drum Astrology Cosmology Zodiac Scandinavia Arctic regions Musical instruments info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion 1991 fttsvojs https://doi.org/10.30674/scripta.67201 2020-05-29T23:18:42Z The aim of this contribution is to examine the possible influences of stellar constellations on the positioning of the drum figures on the drums used by the Saami people during the 17th and 18th centuries. Certain of the drum figures seem to have a similar position to corresponding figures on traditional star maps, both with respect to single star constellations and to some members of the Zodiac circle. The most general correspondences between star maps and the painted designs on drums depend on the existence of a cross for determining the four cardinal points in both cases. The star constellations compared here with the drum-figures are in fact peripheral Saami skies. It is hard to believe that they can have played any vital role in their capacity as star symbols within the frame of the Saamis' own astral cosmology. It is more probable that the earthly meanings of most of the figures were more important to the drummer. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic saami sami Federation of Finnish Learned Societies: Scientific Journals Online Arctic Scripta Instituti Donneriani Aboensis 14 136 168 |
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The aim of this contribution is to examine the possible influences of stellar constellations on the positioning of the drum figures on the drums used by the Saami people during the 17th and 18th centuries. Certain of the drum figures seem to have a similar position to corresponding figures on traditional star maps, both with respect to single star constellations and to some members of the Zodiac circle. The most general correspondences between star maps and the painted designs on drums depend on the existence of a cross for determining the four cardinal points in both cases. The star constellations compared here with the drum-figures are in fact peripheral Saami skies. It is hard to believe that they can have played any vital role in their capacity as star symbols within the frame of the Saamis' own astral cosmology. It is more probable that the earthly meanings of most of the figures were more important to the drummer. |
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