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The Sámi belief that all significant natural objects (such as animals, plants, rocks, etc.) possess a soul, and from a polytheistic perspective, traditional Sámi beliefs include a multitude of spirits. [1] Sámi traditional beliefs and practices commonly emphasizes veneration of the dead and of animal spirits.
In the Kingdoms of Denmark-Norway, the Sami religion was banned on pain of death as witchcraft. During the 17th-century, the persecution of the followers of Sami religion were more intensely persecuted than before by Christian missionaries, and several Sami were persecuted for sorcery because they practiced the Sami religion. [2]
This holds true for the practices of the noaidi among Sami groups. Although the Sami people live outside of Siberia, many of their shamanistic beliefs and practice shared important features with those of some Siberian cultures. [9] The joiks of the Sami were sung on shamanistic rites. [10]
This holds e. g. for shamanism among Sami groups.Some of their shamanistic beliefs and practice shared important features with those of some Siberian cultures. [5] Some of the Sami yoiks were sung during shamanistic rites,; [6] this memory is conserved also in folklore tales of shamans. [7]
While they practice a religion based on that of their ancestors, widespread anti-pagan prejudice has caused these shamans to be generally not viewed as part of an unbroken Sámi religious tradition. [ citation needed ] Traditional Sámi beliefs are composed of three intertwining elements: animism, shamanism, and polytheism.
Sami noaidi with a meavrresgárri drum used for runic divination.Illustration printed from copperplates by O.H. von Lode, after drawings made by Knud Leem (1767). A noaidi (Northern Sami: noaidi, Lule Sami: noajdde, Pite Sami: nåjjde, Southern Sami: nåejttie, Skolt Sami: nåidd, Kildin Sami: нуэййт / но̄ййт, Ter Sami: ныэййтӭ) is a shaman of the Sami people in the Nordic ...
Some of the Sami people's traditional Noaidi beliefs and practices shared important features with those of some Siberian cultures. [12] Some of their joiks were sung during shamanistic rites, [13] and this memory is conserved also in a folklore text (a shaman story). [14]
A Sámi drum is a shamanic ceremonial drum used by the Sámi people of Northern Europe. Sámi ceremonial drums have two main variations, both oval-shaped: a bowl drum in which the drumhead is strapped over a burl, and a frame drum in which the drumhead stretches over a thin ring of bentwood.