Sáráhkká

In Sámi cosmological accounts recorded in the ethnographic literature, Radien-attje hands a fetus to Máttaráhkká, who gives it life; Máttaráhkká then passes the living fetus to Sáráhkká, who forms the body's embodiment and places it into the woman's womb. Sáráhkká is presented as one of Máttaráhkká's daughters alongside Juoksáhkká and Uksáhkká and functions within this female household cluster responsible for lifecycle formation and protection.

Sources provide no stable anthropomorphic portrait; descriptions emphasize locational and functional attributes rather than distinct visual features. Sáráhkká is said to dwell in the ground under the goahti, specifically beneath the hearth or fireplace, and is associated with ritual household objects such as specially split wood kept sacred and with offerings placed in or near the hearth. Accounts focus on her maternal embodiment role and domestic presence rather than on bodily description.

Sáráhkká forms the bodies of fetuses and places them into women's wombs, participates sympathetically in labour by feeling birthing pains herself, and protects and eases childbirth for both humans and reindeer. Her power is enacted and reinforced through household rites and offerings (for example, pregnant women drinking a special 'Sáráhkká's booze' before labour and eating 'Sáráhkká's porridge' after, offerings of alcohol, meat and cheese in the fireplace) and through sacrificial returns (female animals or occasionally roosters sacrificed after a successful birth). Ritual objects such as split wood kept for her use and pouring spring water on the ground are tied to her domain and practical efficacy.