Akka (spirit)

Akka is a female spirit in Sami shamanism, and Finnish and Estonian mythology.

Her worship is common and took the forms of sacrifice, prayer and various other rituals.

In Finnish mythology, Akka is the wife of Ukko and is the goddess of fertility.

As they make love, thunder rolls.

She can be seen as the female side of nature, Maaemonen "mother earth", whom Ukko fertilizes.

Excerpt of a sami drum of the southern sami type, with three typical motives emphasized: the storage house (1), the pound (2) and the mother goddesses Sáráhkká , Juoksáhkká and Uksáhkká (3–5).