Deities
- Mano, Aske or Manna - The god of the Moon.
- Atja - The god of thunder, also called Bajanolmmai, Dierpmis, Hovrengalles, Tordöm or Horagalles, which means "Thor- man".
- Beaivi, Biejje or Biejvieh - The great Goddess of the Sun, mother of humankind.
- Bieggagallis - The god of the storms, father of human kind, consort of Beaivi.
- Bieggolman or Biegkeålmaj - God of the summer winds.
- Biegkegaellies - God of the winter winds.
- Biejjenniejte - Goddess of healing and medicine; her name means "Daughter of the Sun" or "Maiden of the Sun", and she was especially helpful against sicknesses caused by her mother, the sun.
- Jabbmeaaakka - Goddess of death and queen of the underworld and the kingdom of death.
- Ipmeláhcchi/Ipmil/Jipmel/Ipmilbalolaš (trans. Heaven Father) - "God" ; possibly this was a late lative name of the Christian God, but it could also have been a name to include all good deities
- Juoksahkka - The protecter and guardian of children; "The woman with an arrow".
- Lieaibolmmai - God of the hunt, the god of adult men.
- Maadteraahka - Mother of the tribe, Goddess of women and children, she who gives humans their body; women belonged to her, and boys belonged to her until they were declared men. Maadteraahka is popular among modern Sámi feminists.
- Maadteraajja - The father of the tribe, husband of Maadteraahka; while his wife gives humans their body, he gives them their soul; and thus, they are born.
- Mubpienålmaj - "The evil one"; possibly the Christian god of evil, but also a name that included all the evil deities.
- Oksaahka - The former of the fetus; she shaped the fietus in the mother's womb and gave humans their gender. She was the sister of Juoksahka.
- Raedie, Väraldarade or Waralden Olmai - The main god, the great creator of the world; he was, however, passive, some say even sleeping, and not very included in active religion.
- Raedieahkka - Wife of Raedie.
- Rana Niejta - Daughter of Raedie. "Rana" was a popular name of Sámi girls.
- Raediengiedte - Son of Raedie.
- Ruohtta/Rohttu - The god of sicknesses and therefore also a death-god. He was depicted riding on a horse.
- Saaraahka - The Goddess of fertility, menstruation, love, sexuality, pregnancy and childbirth. Saaraahka was the most important female god; she is sometimes sister of Juoksahka and Oksaahka, sometimes they are a trinity of the same Goddess.
- Stallon/Stalu/Stalo - The feared giant of the woods.
- Tjaetsieålmaj - The men of water.
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