Biejjenniejte ("Daughter of the Sun") was a deity of the
Sami mythology.[1]
She is the goddess of medicine and healing. She is the daughter of the sun goddess
Beaivi.[a] She is particularly helpful towards illnesses caused by her mother, the Sun.
Notes
^In a Swedish-language dictionary, she is referred to as Beive-neida, translated as Soljungfrun ("Sun Maiden").[2]
References
^Karsten, Rafael, Samefolkets religion: de nordiska lapparnas hedniska tro och kult i religionshistorisk belysning, Stockholm, 1952
^Nordisk familjebok: Konversationlexikon och Realencyklopedi. Nittonde Bandet (19. Band.): Mykenai - Norrpada. Stockholm: Nordisk familjeboks förlags aktiebolag. 1913. p. 172.
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