Radien-attje, also called Waralden Olmai, is the creator and high god of Sami religion, the head divinity who created the world. He is described as passive or sleeping and not often invoked in ordinary religious practice, having created the souls of human beings together with his spouse Raedieahkka; their children Rana Niejta, a spring goddess, and Radien-pardne, who acts as his father's proxy carrying out his will, complete his household.
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Attestation
Veneration TodayVenerated in a modern revival tradition 1 HistoricityNot a historical person: a divine or other-than-human being 1 Function
Domain / Function Belief
TheologyPolytheistic: many gods 1 Sources
1. The Facts on File Encyclopedia of World Mythology and Legend
Anthony S. Mercatante, revised and expanded by James R. Dow, Facts on File
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