I wonder how many pantheons were among native inhabitants of modern Sweden. At least 4: Aesir, Vanir, the pre-Norse ones and Sami Deities.
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What are Swedes taught about the Sami in school? Are they considered natives or late arrivals?
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In school i'm not sure. But I was told that they were here before the nordics showed up. (the ice age makes that unlikely)
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Geneticists say neither group is aboriginal. http://scienceblogs.com/gnxp/2009/09/24/saami-not-descended-from-swedi-1/ … The linguists I read say Lapps arrived in common era.
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Aikio claims half of Sami is borrowed from a mystery Nordic language, not Indo-European or Uralic https://www.academia.edu/4811760/An_Essay_on_Saami_Ethnolinguistic_Prehistory …
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