Hi! This week I visited Lapland and bought this corkscrew in a giftshop (Mailan Putiikki). I would like to know if anyone here might know what do the symbols mean?

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1. Made in china

2. They are Juksakka, Sarakka and Uksakka, in that order. They are godesses of pregnancy, childbirth and raising children (sort of).

3. A hobbit with a stick, another hobbit with two sticks and three legs, and yet another hobbit with sticks, four arms and a skirt.

4. Chicken Teriyaki Double portion

   But I’m not sure.

5. Man, spruceman and s spruce tree

6. They are sacred symbols of the Sámi people that were used in shaman drums and rock paintings in the past. They depict the deities and spirits of the old Sámi religion. Nowadays, however, many non-Sámi people try to get financial benefit from symbols and aesthetics, so you should be careful from whom you buy those handicrafts and who made them because commercial appropriation is a threat to preserve Sámi culture (for example, Halloween costumes that imitate traditional Sámi clothing, which the Sámi consider offensive and problematic). The best way to support the Sámi people and the Sámi culture is to buy handicrafts made by the Sámi from the Sámi themselves and avoid tourist boutiques.

7. Do we have a Finnish website that explains all these Sami symbols?

8. Last one is the symbol for heavy anti tank cannon.

9. Vittu, saatana and perkele!

10. Written in Cavemanish, reads as follows; “Ooga Booga Chakachaka”

11. First one means “made”. Second one means “in” and the third one is the symbol for China…

12. Hunting with an arrow, cooking over a campfire, evergreen tree

13. literalmy satanistic rituals. beware saami