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296 GENERAL REMARKS
the addition of Arziie, fignifying a fountain, becaufe he was the
{pring and fource from whence all the reft derived exiftence and
power. Radien Kiedde was faid to be his only fon: the father
created nothing, but transferred the power of creation to the fon,
todo with it what was proper. Thefe two dcities had power
over thofe of the fecond and third claffes, which, being all divini-
tics difpofed to do good, were highly reverenced by the Lap-
landers, Such notions concerning the fupreme divinity and his
fon, have been attributed not unreafonably to their fuperficial and
imperfect acquaintance with the chriftian doctrine.
Beiwe yeprefented the fun, the fountain of light and heat,
through whofe bounty their rein-deer were fed. To this deity
there could be no offering fo acceptable as flax. In allufion to
this fuperftition of their pagan anceftors, a verfe is fung by the
children in Norway at this day:
Lova, lova lin,
Gud ladt fola fkin!
Let fun fhine now,
And flax we vow !
Horagalles was the thunder. This was worfhipped as a god,
becaufe, fenfible of its effects, they deprecated the wrath of Hora-
galles, left he fhould kill their rein-deer or themfelves.
Ailekes, and Ailekes-Olmak, were two deities to whom the Fri-
day and Saturday in every week were dedicated; but in this point
there
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