A Narrative Critique of The Saami Bear Myth

• Main Author: Lidström, Per-Gunnar
• Other Authors: University of Gothenburg/Department of Literature, History of Ideas, and Religion, Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för litteratur, idéhistoria och religion
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 2019
• Subjects: the Saami bear myth; narrative criticism; bear; bear myths; Saami indigenous religion; Perh Fjellström; Sigrid Drake; Johan Olafsson Turi; Harald Grundström; Jonas Andersson Nensén; Seymour Chatman; Mark Allan Powell; Seymour; Sigrid; saami
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/2077/58866

The Saami bear myth has in the research been closely tied to the bear hunting ritual. When the ritual has been discussed the myth has been narrated and after that the researcher has continued with the bear hunt. There has not yet been a thorough analysis of these bear myths. In this thesis five Saam...