The Golden-Antlered Deer and the Thunder God

myth · Norway · Sami

A Sámi myth about a golden-antlered deer that tries to escape the thunder god Horagalles. The thunder god hunts the celestial deer across the sky—this is the Sámi interpretation of the constellation Orion pursuing the Pleiades. The Milky Way is the tracks of the skis of the mythic elk-hunter.

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