Bieggaolmmái – An interesting trainride
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Bieggaolmmái – An interesting trainride
Bieggaolmmái is the Sami wind-God. I believe in Bieggaolmmái, and can go further then that; I am convinced of his existense through my own experience. A direct translation of Bieggaolmmái is «the wind-man». But more exactly who or what is Bieggaolmmái really?
In the shamanic teachings every physical being like a plant or mountain has a consciousness. A spirit. Forces of nature also have it. I grew up with the name Bieggaolmmái for the consciousness of the wind.
In for example Mongolia they speak another language and have a different name for the wind, and the spirit of the wind. But It refers to the same thing.
Here is an anekdote from my life:
I was on the train somewhere in southern Sweden on my way to Copenhagen. This was before left to study shamanism in Peru. I was around 25 years old.
The train was full and beside me sat a man around 45-50 years old from Austria. I started conversating with him and he was very interested in the Sami people which led to a conversation about shamanism.
I explained that shamanism had been outlawed for centuries and a lot of the knowledge was lost in the Sami society. I told him I was thinking about going to the Amazon to recover the lost knowledge and fill in the blanks.
So he asked: «Why would you go to Peru to do that? How are you going to do that in Peru?»
So I explained that because in the Amazon they have not been exposed to missionaries and western colonization like we have, because many tribes there are hidden in the rainforest. They have preserved the shamanic knowledge better.
He was clearly confused about this concept and stated:
«But in the Amazon they have a totally different culture. Is there a connection between the Sami shamanism and the shamanism in the Amazon?»
I said «yes, of course. Its the same. The shamanic principle is the same wherever you go in the world.»
He got really mad and shouted at me:
«Do you mean to tell me that a people in the arctic – on the top of Europe, and some tribe in the middle of the Amazon just happen to invent the exact same fairytale?!?! Thats impossible!» And he mumbled something about me being an idiot.
He got so upset with me that he stood up and went to look for another seat.
I thought to myself : Do you mean to say, that the wind never blows in the Amazon?!? You are the idiot…
Just pray for the guy as he is full of ignorance an does not have the eyes to see. I am an American Sami raised in the Lutheran Church, and when I was in my early twenties, as God as my witness I was outside on a windy day and “something” said to me, almost telepathically “you are the keeper of the wind”.
Being raised Christian this was really odd, and for a moment when it happened I thought I was crazy !!!
Maybe it was Bieggaolmmai, the Sami wind-God ? I am not sure, but it was a strange experience..
It has never happend again to me. Thank you for sharing your story.
You are being guided to find what has been lost, keep up the great work.
Hello, Nathan!
Yes, that could very well have been Bieggaolmmai. Unexpected moments like that are usually important ones.
Thank YOU for sharing YOUR story with us. We are happy you enjoy our blog <3
Elin & Jungle
Thank you for the story Jungle.It helps to explain things in a simple way.I would love to hear more about the places that were sacred to the sami…the mountains,rivers stones and offerings sites etc as I do a lot of work with this in Ireland with sacred places here and the old traditions are coming back very stongly now.
Hello Rosaleen! Thank you for writing us. That is definately something we want to write more about. We hope more people will do work like you do. Its good to hear that the old traditions are coming back strong in Ireland. That gives us hope for the future here also. Taking care of the sacred places are such a big part of the old traditions.
Thank you! Thank you for sharing and for the work you do.
Elin and Jungle