File:Sami Thunder god as doble hammer red on drum Finnmark Norway described by Knud Leem.jpg

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English: Symbol supposed to depict The thunder god Thor, Tiermes or Horagalles depicted on a shaman drum from Porsamger, Western Finnmark. Sami drum depicted and described in Erich Johan Jessen's book Afhandling om de Norske Finners og Lappers hedenske Religion; published in Copenhagen 1767 together with Knud Leem's Beskrivelse over Finmarkens Lapper. The red is the two crossed hammers of Thor or (T)horagalles according to J. A. Friis 1871.
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Other versions This is an excerpt from File:Sámi mythology shaman drum Samisk mytologi schamantrumma 096.png

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