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Radien-attje, Jubmel, Maylmen Olmai, Vearalden Olmai or Waralden Olmai is the superior or Heaven deity of the Sami people.Karsten, Rafael, Samefolkets religion: de nordiska lapparnas hedniska tro och kult i religionshistorisk belysning, Stockholm, 1952 He is also called Jubmel or Ibmel, a parallel to the Finns Jumala (deity).
The superior deity is the ruler of the Cosmos. In his honour, the Sami erect a Sacrifice pole every autumn, the world-pillar, which is considered as a connection the World to the firmament. The pillar reached from the centre of the Earth to the fix point on the firmament - the Pole star. The superior deity is also the "giver of life" and is considered the god of fertility.
Radien-attje is often portrayed as the main figure in a Trinity, which besides him, consists of the Raedieahkka or Radien-akka (the superior mother) and their son Radien-pardne. There are who claim, that this Trinity is a consequence of the meeting with the Christianity religion, and that it is a match to God the Father, Jesus the Son and the Holy Spirit. If this is the case, the Sami have replaced the Holy Spirit with a wife. In some versions, the family also include the daughter Rana Niejta. As superior deity, Radien-attje is more of an intellectual superior, as his son, Radien-pardne, performs the practical things.
Waralden Olmai is also cognate with an epithet for the Germanic god Freyr.
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