zg 6 GENERAL REMARKS 
the addition of Atzhle, fignifying a fountain, becaufe he was the 
faring and fource from whence all the reft derived exiftence and 
power. Radien Kledde was faid to be his only fon : the father 
created nothing, but transferred the power of creation to the fon, 
to do with it what was proper. Thefe two deities had power 
over thofe of the fecond and third claffes, which, being all divini¬ 
ties 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 
imperfedl acquaintance with the chriftian dodlrine. 
Beiwe reprefented 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 l 
Let fun fine now. 
And fax we vow ! 
HoragaJles was the thunder. This was worflilpped as a god, 
becaufe, fenfible of its effects, they deprecated the wrath of Hora- 
galles, left he fhould kill their rein-deer or themfelves. 
Aileles, and Ailekes-Olmak, were two deities to whom the Fri¬ 
day and Saturday in every week were dedicated; but in this point 
there 
