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4° Of the beatbenijh GoJs of tbe Laplanders.
, The 16 at the hill Enndda towards Norma"}.
The 17 at the hill Rarto , near the Same place.
The 1 8 in an Ifland of the Lake Lnhlatr*sk. called Hiert/Jmlos.
The 19 on a high mountain towards Norway called Skjpoiwe.
The 20 at the Lake Saiivo.
The 21 at Ollapaffi, a bay of the Lake Stoor Luhlatrssk.
The 22 at the Lake Luggd.
The 23 on the hiil Kittkorvari.
The 24 on the hill Kauiom Jaurlis.
The 25 at the Cataratfl Sao.
The 26 on rlie top of a high hill called Kaisrjki*.
The 27 at the Lake Zyggtrask-
The 28 at the hill Piouki.
The 29 in an Ifland of the L ike W’aikcjwr called Lusly/Jutlos.
The 30 in a mountain near the River Jttleo called W*rirlutb.
Neither are theSe all the places in the Country that are dedicated to this ufe,
but there are Several others which the Idolatrous People endeavour to
concele, that they may avoid the Sufpicion of this impiety andjheir dcferved
punishment. But in other parts of Lapland the number isTar greater as
may be eaSily understood % and therefore I lhall not tire the Reader with
a recitall of them. For all theSe places they have a high esteem , whether
dedicated to Thor, the.?»/», or Storjunkjr, So that they exclude all women
from them, not permitting them So much as to go behind the houSe where
Thor is worshipped , and prohibiting all marriageble women to come near
the borders of Storjunkars confecrated liills; and thereaScn is beciuSe they
think that Sex, especially at that age, not pure enough for thofe
devotions, but’not knowing who arepure and who are nor, to prevent all
danger they prohibite the whole Sex, who if they tranSgrels herein , they must
expett many misfortunes to befall them, and perhaps death it Self.
I come now to the Images of their Gods, for with thefe they ufed to
honour them. Thin image,was alwaies made of wood, wherefore he is
called by them Muora Jubmel, i. p. the wooden God. And becaufe in
LapponiaTornenfts, as well as in otherplaces they make their Gods ofwood,
it is very probable that they worlhip Tiermes, tho tluy call him Seita.
Of this wood , which is alwaies Birch, they make fo m.my Idols as they have
Sacrifices, and when they have done they keep them in a cave by fome hill
Side. The Shape of them is very rude, only at the top they are made to
re-prefent a mans head, according] to the defcripticn of Matthias Steuchius,
which he relates from his Father, who was Superintendent of
Hernofan-den/is , and had tbe oversight of all things relating to Piety and Religion
in most parts of Lapland Of the root of the tree they make the head, and
of the trunk the body cf the image: for thoft; Birches which grow in Fenny
grounds have ufually their roots growing round, and from them there Shoot
out other little roots, So that it Is ejfiiy fitted to the Shape of a mans
head. Now to manifest this to be Thor , they, put a hammer into his right
hand, which is as it were his enfign by which he is known. Into his head
they drive a nail of Iron or Steel, and a final! piectf of flint to strike fire
with, if he hath a mind to it. Tho I rather fuppofe it was first ufed to be
an emblem of fire, which together with the Sun they worshipped inTkor>
whofe Image is here delineated.
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