Sieidi

Sieidis are Sami cultural items, usually a rock with unusual shape. Sieidis are found in nature in certain sacred places, for example at the sea or river beaches or on the mountain.
  • Stone
  • …is also known as “Seitapahta”
  • Description: holy place in Sami culture

Sieidi

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Latitude
67.69752° or 67° 41′ 51″ north
Longitude
24.14177° or 24° 8′ 30″ east
Open location code
9GV6M4XR+2P
Open­Street­Map ID
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­stone
Wiki­data ID

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In Other Languages

From Belarusian to Ukrainian—“Sieidi” goes by many names.
  • Belarusian: “Сейд”
  • Catalan: “sieidi”
  • Czech: “kultovní místa a přírodní objekty severoevropských národů”
  • Czech: “Sejd”
  • Finnish: “seita”
  • Finnish: “Seita”
  • Finnish: “seitakivet”
  • Finnish: “seitakivi”
  • French: “Sieidi”
  • German: “Sieidi”
  • Inari Sami: “sieidi”
  • Italian: “Sieidi”
  • Korean: “시에이디”
  • Lule Sami: “siejdde”
  • Northern Sami: “sieidi”
  • Northern Sami: “Sieidi”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “seide”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Sieidi”
  • Persian: “سیه‌تا”
  • Polish: “Seide”
  • Russian: “сейд”
  • Russian: “Сейд”
  • Serbian: “дрвене фигуре”
  • Serbian: “свете стене,”
  • Serbian: “сиеиди”
  • Skolt Sami: “palvvǩeäʹdǧǧ”
  • Swedish: “seite”
  • Swedish: “sejte”
  • Swedish: “Sejte”
  • Turkish: “sieidi”
  • Ukrainian: “Сейд”

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