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saivo (sh)




One of the Sami regions of the dead, where the deceased lead happy lives with their families and ancestors, acting in every way as they did on earth.

In Norway the saivo world was thought to exist in the mountains, whereas in Finland it was usually believed to be under special double-bottomed lakes. These localities were regarded as sacred and as sources of power that could be used by the shaman, or noaide. When the noaide wished to go into a trance, he would ask his guardian spirits from the saivo to aid him.