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CHAP. X.
Of the heathenish Gods of the Laplanders, and
tbeir manner of worshbip at this day.
WE have Shewed in the foregoing Chapter that there were three
principal Gods worfhipp?d by the Laplanders’, the first is Thor,
Signifying thunder, in the SwediSh Dialed called Thordoen, by the
Laplanders themfelves Tiermes, that is any thing that makes a noiSe, agreeing
very well with the notion the Romans had of Jupiter the thunderer,and
the God Taramit, which I have treated of in the Hiftory of Vpfal. This
Tiermes or thunder they think by a Special virtue in the Sky to be alive;
intimating thereby that power from whence thunder proceeds, or the
thun-dringGod, wherefore he is by them called Aijeke, which Signifies grand,
or great-grand-Father, as the Romans Saluted their father Jupiter; and the
Swedes their Gubba. This Aijeke when he thunders is by the Laplanders call’d
Tiermes, by the Scythians, Tirami, and by the Swedes, Tor or Tor an. This
Tiermes or Aijeke the Laplanders SuppoSe to have power over the life and
death , health and fickneSs cf man : and alSo over the hurtfull Demons who
frequent Rocks and Mountains, whom he often chastiSes, and Sometimes
destroies with his lightning, as the Latins fanci’d their Jupiter to do, for
which end they give him a bow in his hand to Shoot the Demons with, which
they call Aijeke diuge : alSo they give him a mallet, which they call Aijeke
Wetfchera, to da(h out the brains of the Said evil Spirits. Wherefore
becaufe the Laplanders expecft So many blefSings Srom their Tiermes, and
believe he beflows life on them, and preServes their health,and that they
cannot die unleSs it be his pleSure, and drives away the Demons, which
are prejudicial to their hunting, fowling, and fishing, and riever hurts
them but when their offences deServe it; therefore he is to be worshipped in
the first place. The next df the prpqipal Gods is Storjunkare , which tho
it be a Norwegian word , Junksre in ttyc language Signifying the Governor
of a Province, yet is it uSed by the. Laplanders now; tho peitflaps it was
not in uSe till Some of them became fub;e<?b to Norway. Certain it is, that
this is not the only name of that Gcd, for he is alSg called Stourra Fife (i.e.)
Great Saint, as appears by a Hymn which is Sung at his Sacrifices. His name
they reverence very much, and pay him frequenter, if not greater
devotion then other Gods, for tiny SuppoSe him to be their Tiermes his
Lieutenant, and as it were Royal Prefefl , adding Stare, which fignifys greater
for diflinftion fake. Now they worfhip Storejunhar, becauSe thty think
that they receive all their blefSings thro his hands , and that allbeaffsand
.Cattel, are Subjeft to his will i and that he governs them as Tiermes doth
men and Spirits ; wherefore he can give them to whom he will, and none
can receive rhein without his pleafure. Thefe beasts therefore Supplying
the Laplanders with meat and clothes, it may eafily be imagined how ne-
cefTary
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