Beaivi
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thumb|250px|Beivve Sami Solar symbol|Sun symbol thumb|250px|Sami Shamanism|Shaman [[drum found in Nærøysund Municipality, Norway]]
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- solar deity
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- female
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- Sámi mythology shaman drum Samisk mytologi schamantrumma 002.png
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- worshipped by
- Sámi people
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thumb|250px|Beivve Sami Solar symbol|Sun symbol thumb|250px|Sami Shamanism|Shaman [[drum found in Nærøysund Municipality, Norway]]
Beaivi (other spellings Beiwe, Bievve, Beivve or Biejje, ) is the Sami Sun-deity; the name of the deity is the same as the name of the Sun. The Sami Sun-deity is usually depicted as female, but sometimes as male. In Sápmi, north of the Polar circle, where the sun does not even reach the horizon in winter, the sun was widely venerated and played a major role in the cultic coherence.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Beaivi” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.