Symbol in a Sami shaman drum. While I don’t really know where this particular one comes from, let’s just remember one big symbol before proceeding:
La Candelabra, Nazca, Perú.
The following descriptions can be found in this article called Shaman’s drum symbols in Scandinavia, which I will be pasting here for convenience:
Groups of symbols in the drum
Church and priest (symbols of the younger era, when christianity came to Lapland)
Jabmeaimo
Saivo, sacred lake and Jabmeaimo (World of the dead under the saivo)
Saivo, sacred lake and Jabmeaimo (World of the dead under the saivo)
Seita, holy place of offering. From Shaman's drum symbols in Scandinavia.
Men of the holy days (or friday-saturnay-sunday-men)
Akka-goddesses. In Sámi mythology, the first akka was Maderakka and her daughters were Sarakka, Uksakka and Juksakka. Some Sámi thought they lived under their kota tents. Sarakka helped during the pregnancy. Juksakka had a bow and she guided boys.
Groups of gods.
Groups of gods.
Gods (Radien) with branch or halo
God of the wind Bieggolmai (Bieggagallis)
Tiermes or Horagalles, god of the thunder and his symbol doublehammer.
Symbols of sky god Radien
Figures with trees, maybe gods/goddesses?
Rana Neida / Rana Niete is a goddess of spring and fertility, daughter of the earth.
Her name means “the green, fertile fields”. Leibolmai is the god of the hunt and wild animals. Radien or Veralden Olmai is the god of the sky, Ruler of the World.
Ruto or Rota, bringer of the illness.
Storage for meat (luovve)
Storage for food, aitta
Storage for food, njalla
Lappish hut, kota
Sun in the middle of heliocentric drum. From Shaman's drum symbols in Scandinavia.
Sun, moon, stars. From Shaman's drum symbols in Scandinavia.
Reindeer with sledge, ahkio or skis
Boats and ships. From Shaman's drum symbols in Scandinavia.
Boats and fishing equipments
Fish and fishing equipments
Reindeer Reindeers in holy hill, Passevare and reindeers near camp/hut and fence. From Shaman's drum symbols in Scandinavia.
Snake
Birds
Beaver
Bow as a weapon and magical tool
Hunting
Animals: fox, marten, weasel, otter
Bear and the bear's cave
Wolf
Dog
Elk
The Drum and the shaman/witch, noide, noidde
Symbol of the witch, noide-dirre and a witch/shaman or a person who is spellbound. From Shaman's drum symbols in Scandinavia.
People. From Shaman's drum symbols in Scandinavia.
On this lower half of a sami drum from Åsele tre frequent motives are hightlighted: Two Njalla are marked with No 1; The reindeer herd gathered within its fence is marked with No 2, this is a frequent motive on the southern sami drums; The three mother goddesses are marked as No 3-5. They are named Sáráhkká, Juoksáhkká og Uksáhkká, and appear mostly together. CC-BY-SA by Orland via Wikimedia Commons.
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