{"id":6398,"date":"2026-05-13T20:35:14","date_gmt":"2026-05-13T20:35:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/saivo-sacred-mountain-and-lake-realm-of-the-sami\/"},"modified":"2026-06-04T09:29:21","modified_gmt":"2026-06-04T09:29:21","slug":"saivo-sacred-mountain-and-lake-realm-of-the-sami","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/en\/saivo-sacred-mountain-and-lake-realm-of-the-sami\/","title":{"rendered":"Saivo &#8211; Sacred Mountain and Lake Realm of the S\u00e1mi"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"6398\" class=\"elementor elementor-6398 elementor-2673 elementor-bc-flex-widget\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-iwgw-saivo-hero e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"iwgw-saivo-hero\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-iwgw-saivo-hl e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"iwgw-saivo-hl\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-iwgw-saivo-htxt e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"iwgw-saivo-htxt\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-iwgw-saivo-h1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"iwgw-saivo-h1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Saivo - Sacred Mountain and Lake Realm of the S\u00e1mi and Home of the Shamanic Helpers<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-iwgw-saivo-lead elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"iwgw-saivo-lead\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Saivo, also written S\u00e1jvva or Saaivo, is in <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"Originating from the period before the spread of Christianity.\" tabindex=\"0\">pre-Christian<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/en\/sami-and-finno-ugric-tradition-noaidi-and-drum\/\">S\u00e1mi<\/a> <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"The academic discipline that studies religions comparatively and without confessional commitment.\" tabindex=\"0\">religion<\/span> a distinct <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"An incorporeal being to which effects in the world are attributed.\" tabindex=\"0\">spirit<\/span> world localised within certain mountains and beneath lakes. The Saivo <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"A bodiless being to which agency in the world is attributed.\" tabindex=\"0\">spirits<\/span> dwell here, serving as the personal helper spirits of shamans. From a religious-studies perspective, Saivo represents one of the most distinctive configurations in S\u00e1mi <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"The academic study of the concept of God and the beliefs of a religion.\" tabindex=\"0\">theology<\/span>.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-iwgw-saivo-pillc e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"iwgw-saivo-pillc\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-iwgw-saivo-pills elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"iwgw-saivo-pills\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"iwg-pill-row\"><span class=\"iwg-klasse-badge\" tabindex=\"0\" data-tooltip=\"Spirit of the S\u00e1mi tradition.\">Spirit<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/en\/sami-and-finno-ugric-tradition-noaidi-and-drum\/\" class=\"iwg-kultur-badge\" tabindex=\"0\" data-tooltip=\"Mythology of the S\u00e1mi tradition.\">S\u00e1mi<\/a><span class=\"iwg-tradition-badge\" tabindex=\"0\" data-tooltip=\"Sacred world and spirit abode.\">Sacred World and Spirit Abode<\/span><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-iwgw-saivo-tocc e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"iwgw-saivo-tocc\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-iwgw-saivo-toc elementor-toc--minimized-on-tablet elementor-widget elementor-widget-table-of-contents\" data-id=\"iwgw-saivo-toc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;headings_by_tags&quot;:[&quot;h2&quot;,&quot;h3&quot;],&quot;minimize_box&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;marker_view&quot;:&quot;bullets&quot;,&quot;no_headings_message&quot;:&quot;Es wurden keine \\u00dcberschriften auf dieser Seite 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975Z\"><\/path><\/svg>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-iwgw-saivo-hr e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"iwgw-saivo-hr\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-iwgw-saivo-heroimg iwg-hero-image elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"iwgw-saivo-heroimg\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/geister_sami_saivo-683x1024.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-6399\" alt=\"Saivo - spirits from the S\u00e1mi tradition, historical illustration\" srcset=\"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/geister_sami_saivo-683x1024.webp 683w, https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/geister_sami_saivo-200x300.webp 200w, https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/geister_sami_saivo-768x1152.webp 768w, https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/geister_sami_saivo.webp 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-sec-iwgcomp2-saivo elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"sec-iwgcomp2-saivo\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-col-iwgcomp2-saivo\" data-id=\"col-iwgcomp2-saivo\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-iwgcomp2-saivo elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"iwgcomp2-saivo\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Saivo is in S\u00e1mi belief the home of the <strong>shamanic helpers<\/strong>, dwelling within <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"Belonging to the divine and thereby withdrawn from everyday use.\" tabindex=\"0\">sacred<\/span> mountains and lakes.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-iwgw-saivo-s0 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"iwgw-saivo-s0\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-iwgw-saivo-s0h elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"iwgw-saivo-s0h\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Classification and Brief Profile<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-iwgw-saivo-s0c e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"iwgw-saivo-s0c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-iwgw-saivo-s0t elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"iwgw-saivo-s0t\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Saivo is simultaneously a topographic and a religious designation: a sacred place in the landscape (sacred mountains, sacred lakes) and a world of spirits that inhabit those places. This dual designation is independently significant in the phenomenology of religion and distinguishes Saivo from purely topographic or purely <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"The academic study of God and the doctrines of a religion.\" tabindex=\"0\">theological<\/span> concepts.<\/p><p>The Saivo spirits are the most important personal helper spirits of the S\u00e1mi shamans (noaidi). Every <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"A religious specialist credited with mediating between humans and the spirit world.\" tabindex=\"0\">shaman<\/span> had one or more Saivo helpers who accompanied him during <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"An altered state of consciousness with narrowed attention; deliberately induced in shamanic and mediumistic practice.\" tabindex=\"0\">trance<\/span>. These helper spirits could take on various forms: animal, human, <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"A being that combines features of different living creatures.\" tabindex=\"0\">hybrid creature<\/span>.<\/p><p>From a religious-studies perspective, Saivo is a distinctive configuration that bears structural resemblance to the <a href=\"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/en\/inuit-and-the-arctic-sedna-tornit-and-protective-practice\/\">Inuit<\/a> Tornarssuk concept, yet differs in its topographic anchoring. That anchoring is itself a distinct phenomenon in the phenomenology of religion and makes Saivo a particularly compelling subject of research.<\/p><p>The sacred mountain and lake realm of Saivo has been examined in recent scholarship through expanded approaches that bring together ethnographic precision, linguistic source criticism, and comparative perspective. S\u00e1mi scholars are today directly involved in this work and are correcting earlier Western attributions that partly bore the marks of colonial framing.<\/p><p>With its dual nature as sacred place and spirit world, Saivo fits into the pattern of a circumpolar religious topography that recurs across vast distances.<\/p><p>The fact that this structure remains stable over thousands of kilometres is regarded by comparative <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"The academic discipline that studies religions comparatively and without doctrinal commitment.\" tabindex=\"0\">religious studies<\/span> as one of its most striking findings, and it continues to be the subject of ongoing discussion.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-iwgw-saivo-s1 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"iwgw-saivo-s1\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-iwgw-saivo-s1h elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"iwgw-saivo-s1h\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Name and Etymology<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-iwgw-saivo-s1c e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"iwgw-saivo-s1c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-iwgw-saivo-s1t elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"iwgw-saivo-s1t\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The name Saivo has not been conclusively explained linguistically. One hypothesis connects it to Old Norse <em>s\u00e6<\/em>, meaning sea or lake, which fits the water symbolism. Another hypothesis posits an independent Uralic root meaning <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"Belonging to the divine and thereby withdrawn from everyday use.\" tabindex=\"0\">sacred<\/span> or hidden.<\/p><p>Etymologically, the relationship with Finnish <em>s\u00e4iv\u00f6<\/em>, which designates similar sacred places, has been discussed. This connection is productive in the phenomenology of religion and points to an <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"Epoch of Greek and Roman culture, roughly 800 BC to 600 AD.\" tabindex=\"0\">ancient<\/span> Finno-Ugric stratum.<\/p><p>Dialectal variants include Saivve in Southern S\u00e1mi, S\u00e1jvva in Ume S\u00e1mi, and S\u00e1ivvu in Northern S\u00e1mi usage. This variety reflects the general dialectal differentiation of the S\u00e1mi language.<\/p><p>From a sociology of religion perspective, the question arises as to what function Saivo fulfilled in the social order of the traditional S\u00e1mi community.<\/p><p>Because the Saivo spirits, as the personal helpers of the noaidi shamans, sustained <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"An ordered sequence of symbolic actions with religious or cultural meaning.\" tabindex=\"0\">ritual<\/span> practice, the religious structure was closely intertwined with communal life. This connection forms a distinct field of religious anthropology research, examined systematically above all by H\u00e5kan Rydving and Konsta Kaikkonen.<\/p><p>There is also the contemporary significance of Saivo for S\u00e1mi identity politics. In the course of S\u00e1mi self-governance and the legal recognition of indigenous rights, the sacred sites and their spirit world are gaining renewed visibility.<\/p><p>The interplay of religious research and political recognition is itself a distinct field of inquiry that has received increasing attention in recent years.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-iwgw-saivo-s2 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"iwgw-saivo-s2\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-iwgw-saivo-s2h elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"iwgw-saivo-s2h\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Topography of the Saivo Sites<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-iwgw-saivo-s2c e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"iwgw-saivo-s2c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-iwgw-saivo-s2t elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"iwgw-saivo-s2t\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Saivo sites are concretely located within the S\u00e1mi landscape. Certain mountains, certain lakes, certain rock formations are identified as Saivo. These sites serve as addresses for <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"An offering to a deity to express gratitude, petition, or veneration.\" tabindex=\"0\">offerings<\/span> and invocations.<\/p><p>Characteristic is the idea of an inverted world beneath the Saivo mountain or the Saivo lake. While the S\u00e1mi live on the surface, the Saivo spirits inhabit a mirrored world below. This mirror concept is a distinct phenomenon in the phenomenology of religion.<\/p><p>Specific Saivo sites have been ethnographically documented. They lie within the traditional S\u00e1mi settlement areas and are often marked by distinctive visual features, such as striking rock formations, unusual lakes, or mountains of a particular shape.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-iwgw-saivo-s3 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"iwgw-saivo-s3\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-iwgw-saivo-s3h elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"iwgw-saivo-s3h\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The Saivo Spirits as Helper Spirits<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-iwgw-saivo-s3c e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"iwgw-saivo-s3c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-iwgw-saivo-s3t elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"iwgw-saivo-s3t\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The Saivo spirits are the personal helper spirits of the shamans. They can appear in various forms: Saivo-Lodde as a bird <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"An incorporeal being credited with agency in the world.\" tabindex=\"0\">spirit<\/span>, Saivo-Guelie as a fish <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"An incorporeal being credited with agency in the world.\" tabindex=\"0\">spirit<\/span>, Saivo-Sarvva as a reindeer <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"An incorporeal being credited with agency in the world.\" tabindex=\"0\">spirit<\/span>, Saivo-Olmm\u00e1i as a human <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"An incorporeal being credited with agency in the world.\" tabindex=\"0\">spirit<\/span>.<\/p><p>Every <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"A religious specialist credited with mediating between humans and the spirit world.\" tabindex=\"0\">shaman<\/span> had one or more personal Saivo spirits that had come to him at the beginning of his shamanic calling. These helper spirits were bound to the shaman for his entire life and could be passed on to the next generation.<\/p><p>From a religious-studies perspective, this helper spirit constellation is structurally related to the <a href=\"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/en\/inuit-and-the-arctic-sedna-tornit-and-protective-practice\/\">Inuit<\/a> Tornait concept (see <a href=\"\/en\/tornarssuk-great-protective-spirit-of-the-inuit-shamans\/\">Tornarssuk<\/a>). The structural correspondence is a distinct finding in the phenomenology of religion and points to circumpolar shamanic universals.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-iwgw-saivo-s4 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"iwgw-saivo-s4\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-iwgw-saivo-s4h elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"iwgw-saivo-s4h\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Shamanic Practice with Saivo<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-iwgw-saivo-s4c e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"iwgw-saivo-s4c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-iwgw-saivo-s4t elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"iwgw-saivo-s4t\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Noaidi practice was closely bound up with Saivo. In every trance journey the <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"A religious specialist credited with mediating between humans and the spirit world.\" tabindex=\"0\">shaman<\/span> called upon his Saivo helpers, who showed him the way into the otherworld. The trance was induced through drum and joik.<\/p><p>The Saivo helpers could assist the shaman with various tasks: healing illnesses, weather forecasting, searching for lost animals, and contact with the dead in <a href=\"\/en\/jabmiidaibmu-land-of-the-dead-and-realm-of-the-deceased-of-the-sami\/\">Jabmiidaibmu<\/a>. This breadth of functions is typical in the phenomenology of religion.<\/p><p>Concrete accounts of shamanic journeys are documented in detail in the sources of Schefferus, Leem, and L\u00e6stadius. These accounts are central to the ethnography of religion for understanding S\u00e1mi shamanic practice.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-iwgw-saivo-s5 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"iwgw-saivo-s5\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-iwgw-saivo-s5h elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"iwgw-saivo-s5h\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Saivo and the Deceased<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-iwgw-saivo-s5c e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"iwgw-saivo-s5c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-iwgw-saivo-s5t elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"iwgw-saivo-s5t\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>In some sources Saivo is described not only as a spirit world but also as a place of residence for certain deceased persons. The ancestors of the shamans, that is, former noaidi, dwell in Saivo and become helper spirits for their successors.<\/p><p>This concept links Saivo with <a href=\"\/en\/jabmiidaibmu-land-of-the-dead-and-realm-of-the-deceased-of-the-sami\/\">Jabmiidaibmu<\/a> in a doubling of the realms of the dead. While Jabmiidaibmu is responsible for the ordinary deceased, Saivo is a special place for the ancestors of the religiously gifted.<\/p><p>From a religious-studies perspective, this doubling of the realms of the dead is a distinctive configuration. It distinguishes the S\u00e1mi <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"The passing on of knowledge and narratives across generations.\" tabindex=\"0\">tradition<\/span> from traditions with a single realm of the dead and is elaborately developed in the phenomenology of religion.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-iwgw-saivo-s6 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"iwgw-saivo-s6\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-iwgw-saivo-s6h elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"iwgw-saivo-s6h\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Saivo Taboos and Sacrificial Practice<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-iwgw-saivo-s6c e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"iwgw-saivo-s6c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-iwgw-saivo-s6t elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"iwgw-saivo-s6t\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The Saivo sites were surrounded by numerous taboos. Anyone who visited a Saivo mountain had to be <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"Belonging to a prescribed religious sequence of actions.\" tabindex=\"0\">ritually<\/span> pure, was forbidden to speak certain words, and had to bring offerings. Violations of the Saivo taboos could result in illness, hunting misfortune, or death.<\/p><p>Offerings at the Saivo sites typically consisted of reindeer antlers, bones, pieces of cloth, or small carved figurines. This practice is partly verifiable archaeologically, since <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"The concrete object or food offered to a deity.\" tabindex=\"0\">offering<\/span> remains have been found at some Saivo sites.<\/p><p>The preservation of this sacrificial practice is informative from a religious-studies perspective. It allows for archaeological verification of the ethnographic records and makes Saivo religion a particularly well-documented subject of research.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-iwgw-saivo-s7 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"iwgw-saivo-s7\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-iwgw-saivo-s7h elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"iwgw-saivo-s7h\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Comparison with Other Spirit Worlds<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-iwgw-saivo-s7c e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"iwgw-saivo-s7c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-iwgw-saivo-s7t elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"iwgw-saivo-s7t\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Saivo belongs to the class of topographically anchored spirit worlds found in numerous indigenous religions. Structurally comparable are Finnish Tuonela with its topographic placement, the Nenets sacred mountains, and the North American Manido homelands.<\/p><p>The specificity of Saivo lies in its dual designation as a topographic place and as the home of personal helper spirits. This dual designation is independently significant in the phenomenology of religion and distinguishes Saivo from purely topographic or purely theological configurations.<\/p><p>Within the Finno-Ugric tradition, Saivo is related to the Finnish <em>s\u00e4iv\u00f6<\/em> concept. The structural relationship points to an ancient shared stratum, which is well documented in the history of religions.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-iwgw-saivo-s8 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"iwgw-saivo-s8\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-iwgw-saivo-s8h elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"iwgw-saivo-s8h\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Research and Current State of Scholarship<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-iwgw-saivo-s8c e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"iwgw-saivo-s8c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-iwgw-saivo-s8t elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"iwgw-saivo-s8t\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Research on Saivo is broad in scope. H\u00e5kan Rydving, Juha Pentik\u00e4inen, Anna Lia Berthelsen, and Konsta Kaikkonen have systematically investigated Saivo <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"The academic study of the concept of God and the beliefs of a religion.\" tabindex=\"0\">theology<\/span>. Archaeological work at Saivo sites supplements the ethnographic source material.<\/p><p>In contemporary S\u00e1mi cultural revitalisation, Saivo is a significant figure. The sacred mountains and lakes are today protected as part of S\u00e1mi cultural heritage, which represents an important achievement in the politics of religion.<\/p><p>From a religious-studies perspective, the scholarly treatment of Saivo is a productive field of research. Specific research desiderata include the archaeological investigation of further Saivo sites and a precise phenomenological differentiation of the Saivo spirits.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-iwgw-saivo-s9 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"iwgw-saivo-s9\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-iwgw-saivo-s9h elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"iwgw-saivo-s9h\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Encyclopaedia Cross-References<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-iwgw-saivo-s9c e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"iwgw-saivo-s9c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-iwgw-saivo-s9t elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"iwgw-saivo-s9t\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Saivo connects with <a href=\"\/en\/jabmiidaibmu-land-of-the-dead-and-realm-of-the-deceased-of-the-sami\/\">Jabmiidaibmu<\/a>, <a href=\"\/en\/beaivi-sun-goddess-of-the-sami\/\">Beaivi<\/a>, <a href=\"\/en\/mannu-moon-god-of-the-sami\/\">M\u00e1nnu<\/a>, <a href=\"\/en\/rahka-father-god-of-the-sami-religion\/\">R\u00e1hka<\/a>, <a href=\"\/en\/stallo-man-eating-giant-of-sami-tradition\/\">Stallo<\/a>, <a href=\"\/en\/sara-akka-birth-goddess-of-the-sami\/\">Sara-Akka<\/a>, <a href=\"\/en\/uksakka-door-goddess-and-guardian-of-the-threshold-of-the-sami\/\">Uksakka<\/a>, <a href=\"\/en\/juksakka-bow-goddess-and-protector-of-boys\/\">Juksakka<\/a>, and <a href=\"\/en\/madderakka-primordial-mother-and-highest-akka-of-the-sami\/\">Madderakka<\/a>. The culture hub <a href=\"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/en\/sami-and-finno-ugric-tradition-noaidi-and-drum\/\">S\u00e1mi Tradition<\/a> frames the sacred mountain worlds. Structurally similar helper-spirit abodes are found in the <a href=\"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/en\/inuit-and-the-arctic-sedna-tornit-and-protective-practice\/\">Inuit<\/a> entry series under <em>Tornarssuk<\/em>.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cp2fc47813 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"cp2fc47813\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cp2a94fa09 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"cp2a94fa09\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Saivo as Place and as Realm of Beings: On the Meaning of the Term<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cp2ffcc7ba e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"cp2ffcc7ba\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cp2493c457 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"cp2493c457\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The S\u00e1mi term <em>saivo<\/em> (in regional variants also <em>saiva<\/em>, <em>s\u00e1iva<\/em>) refers less to a single being than to an entire realm of the otherworld. In the sources Saivo appears as a sphere connected with certain sacred lakes, mountains, and places in the landscape.<\/p><p>Characteristic is the idea of lakes with a double bottom: beneath the visible body of water lies a second one in which a separate world with its own fish and beings exists.<\/p><p>Associated with Saivo was the idea that <em>saivo<\/em> beings dwelt there, among them the helper spirits of the <em>noaidi<\/em>, the S\u00e1mi ritual specialists. These spirits could take animal form, such as a <em>saivo<\/em> fish, a <em>saivo<\/em> bird, or a <em>saivo<\/em> reindeer, and supported the noaidi during his journeys into the otherworldly realms.<\/p><p>At the same time, in some traditions Saivo was regarded as a place of residence for the dead or certain ancestors, so that the term designates a space where the spirit world and the realm of the dead meet.<\/p><p>The precise delimitation of Saivo from other otherworldly realms in S\u00e1mi <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"The conception of the structure and order of the world within a culture.\" tabindex=\"0\">cosmology<\/span> is not consistent across the sources. Alongside Saivo, an underworld beneath the earth and heavenly spheres are also mentioned, and the accounts partly contradict one another.<\/p><p>This is due on the one hand to the regional diversity of S\u00e1mi religion across a vast settlement area, and on the other to the fragmentary <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"The transmission of knowledge and narratives across generations.\" tabindex=\"0\">tradition<\/span> filtered through Christian observers.<\/p><p>What can be stated is that Saivo was a central, if conceptually imprecise, component of the S\u00e1mi understanding of a multilayered world. Related concepts of sacred places are also known to other <a href=\"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/en\/sami-and-finno-ugric-tradition-noaidi-and-drum\/\">northern Eurasian cultures<\/a>.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cp2a7ae17a e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"cp2a7ae17a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cp2b8c42db elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"cp2b8c42db\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Saivo Spirits and Shamanic Practice: A Tradition Distorted by Mission Activity<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cp2ac09e8f e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"cp2ac09e8f\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cp21d51adc elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"cp21d51adc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The connection of Saivo with the practice of the noaidi makes the term important for religious research, yet at the same time particularly sensitive from a source-critical standpoint.<\/p><p>Almost everything known about the saivo helper spirits derives from the writings of Christian missionaries of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, who regarded the noaidi and his drum as instruments of the devil. Accounts of saivo spirits thus arose in the context of the active suppression of the indigenous religion.<\/p><p>This context of production has shaped the <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"The transmission of knowledge and narratives across generations.\" tabindex=\"0\">tradition<\/span> in several respects. First, the saivo spirits were demonised by the observers and pressed into a Christian framework of <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"In the Christian-medieval tradition, a formal contract between a human and a demon, often signed in blood.\" tabindex=\"0\">pact<\/span> and possession.<\/p><p>Second, the recorders were primarily interested in the spectacular, such as the noaidi&#8217;s trance, while the everyday connections of Saivo with the landscape and with hunting received less attention. Third, many accounts derive from interrogation situations, for instance in connection with proceedings against S\u00e1mi ritual specialists, which further reduces their reliability.<\/p><p>More recent scholarship, including the work of H\u00e5kan Rydving and other Scandinavianists and scholars of religion, therefore emphasises that the transmitted image of the saivo spirits must not be read as a direct reflection of S\u00e1mi ideas. Some details may well be missionary construction, while others at least capture the core of an indigenous tradition.<\/p><p>What is regarded as relatively well established is the basic idea of Saivo as an otherworldly realm inhabited by spirits and linked with concrete sacred sites in the landscape. The details of the saivo spirits and their role in noaidi practice, however, remain beset with considerable uncertainty.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-iwgw-saivo-lit e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"iwgw-saivo-lit\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-iwgw-saivo-lith elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"iwgw-saivo-lith\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Selected Bibliography<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-iwgw-saivo-litc e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"iwgw-saivo-litc\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-iwgw-saivo-litt elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"iwgw-saivo-litt\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div data-nosnippet=\"true\"><ul><li>Johannes Schefferus: <em>Lapponia<\/em> (Frankfurt 1673)<\/li><li>Knud Leem: <em>Beskrivelse over Finmarkens Lapper<\/em> (Copenhagen 1767)<\/li><li>Lars Levi L\u00e6stadius: <em>Fragmenter i lappska mythologien<\/em> (manuscript c. 1840)<\/li><li>H\u00e5kan Rydving: <em>The End of Drum-Time<\/em> (Uppsala 1993)<\/li><li>Juha Pentik\u00e4inen: <em>Saamelaiset<\/em> (Helsinki 1995)<\/li><li>Konsta Kaikkonen: <em>Sami Pre-Christian Religion<\/em> (Helsinki 2020)<\/li><\/ul><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-iwgkw2-add-saivo e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" 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