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Cultural- and traditional-ecological perspectives in Saami religion

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ID16646209
AuthorsPhebe Fjellström (corresponding author)
Year1987
Volume12
Pages34-45
Publication date1987-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueScripta Instituti Donneriani Aboensis (CONFERENCE)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0582-3226 • E-ISSN: 2343-4937
PublisherScripta Instituti Donneriani Aboensis (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.30674/scripta.67151
OpenAlexW1587461072
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited1

The period of Christmas peace, established by the Hälsinge law, was a firmly established custom in the Nordic countries going back to the official Christmas celebrations laid down by the Catholic church at Tours in 867. Christmas Eve was respected as a day of fasting and "no meat was eaten", beliefs about Christmas folk were common in western Scandinavia and Celtic areas, –the Catholic celebrations of the twelve days of Christmas—the period of Christmas peace—was linked with these beliefs and the sacrificial rite took place relatively close to the tent with a sacrificial dish shaped like a boat complete with sail and oars being hung up in a tree, probably a tall tree so that the Christmas folk could reach it on their wanderings through the air. This last that-clause does not seem to have any Catholic connections but rather pre-Christian ones. An analysis of these different phenomena can perhaps provide us with examples of parallel phenomena in Saami materials

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Citations per year0,07
Citation span1999 - 2025 (27)
Citation velocityrecent
Highly citedNo
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