Juoksáhkká

Sources present Juoksáhkká as one of the daughters of the maternal figure Máttaráhkká and part of a cluster of female powers attending childbirth and child welfare (notably alongside Sáráhkká and Uksáhkká). There is no detailed cosmogonic origin narrative in the cited material; scholarly commentary (e.g., Uno Holmberg) has speculated on historical influences shaping her identity, but that is offered as interpretation rather than a traditional origin myth.

The cited sources provide little corporeal description beyond that Juoksáhkká is depicted holding a bow — the bow is the central identifying attribute. She is described as dwelling in the ground under the goahti, typically at the back, emphasizing an immanent household presence rather than a remote celestial form.

Juoksáhkká is described as assisting with development and birth and as a specialist maternal/childcare spirit. Reportedly, when given sufficient offerings she could change the sex of a child in the womb from female to male, a power cited as a reason she received plentiful offerings where sons were preferred. Christfried Ganander (1789) also attributes to her aid during menstruation, protection of children from shots and falls, and perpetual antagonism with Lieaibolmmai, though Ganander is reported to have conflated features between Juoksáhkká and Uksáhkká and these particular attributions should be read with caution.