Biejjenniejte ("Daughter of the Sun") was a deity of the Sami mythology.[1]

She is the goddess of medicine and healing. She is the daughter of the sun goddess Beaivi.[lower-alpha 1] She is particularly helpful towards illnesses caused by her mother, the Sun.

Notes

  1. ↑ In a Swedish-language dictionary, she is referred to as Beive-neida, translated as Soljungfrun ("Sun Maiden").[2]

References

  1. ↑ Karsten, Rafael, Samefolkets religion: de nordiska lapparnas hedniska tro och kult i religionshistorisk belysning, Stockholm, 1952
  2. ↑ Nordisk familjebok: Konversationlexikon och Realencyklopedi. Nittonde Bandet (19. Band.): Mykenai - Norrpada. Stockholm: Nordisk familjeboks förlags aktiebolag. 1913. p. 172.
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