Tjaetsieålmaj

Tjaetsieålmaj or Thjathjeolmai (the man of the water) controlled lakes and rivers, and gave fishing fortune to people in Sami mythology.[1] The word Thjathje means water, and is said to be the origin of the name of the Norse jötunn Tjatsi.[2]

References
  1. Karsten, Rafael, Samefolkets religion: de nordiska lapparnas hedniska tro och kult i religionshistorisk belysning, Stockholm, 1952
  2. www.tjatsi.fo


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