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Jousiakka - Juoksakka

Juoksakka (Juks-Akka) on saamelainen syntymän jumalatar. Saamelaisessa mytologiasssa Juks-Akka suojelee kotaa ja erityisesti naisia, raskautta ja synnytystä. Juoksakka määrittelee myös lapsen sukupuolen.

Juks-Akkaa pidetään myös poikien erityisenä suojelijajumalattana, joka opettaa heille jousiammuntaa ja muita metsästystaitoja. Puu, josta jouset tehdään metsästykseen, vihitetään hänelle.

Jousiakka on metsäsaamelaisten tärkeimpiä jumaluuksia.

 

Juks-Akka - Sámi (Finnish, Lapland) goddess of birth

 

In the Sámi tradition, Juks-Akka protects the house, especially women, pregnancy and childbirth. He lives in the innermost part of the house or tent, in a holy place behind a fireplace or fireplace.

Bring the boys

 

Juks-Akka is the daughter of Madder-Akka, the goddess of fertility and creation. Together with his sisters Sar-Akka and Uks-Akka, he forms the trinity of goddesses of destiny.

 

In the Sámi tradition, she protects the house, especially women, pregnancy and childbirth. He lives in the innermost part of a house or tent, in a holy place behind a fireplace or fireplace.

 

Juks-Old Woman to determine the sex of embryos and ensures that was born in the same number of boys and girls. Juks-Akka can turn a female embryo in the womb into a male (this is also necessary because all the embryos were initially female!); she is therefore the goddess of youth.

 

Women who wanted a boy ask Juks-Akka for it.

As the "old goddess of the bow," she gives the boys a little bow when they are born so they always have the good fortune to hunt. This little spring is placed in the porridge of his sister Sar-Akka.

 

Teponoja, Meltaus. Lappi.

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