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'''Ruohtta''' is the god and the personification of [[illness|sickness]] and [[death]] in [[Sami shamanism|Sami mythology]].<ref>Karsten, Rafael, Samefolkets religion: de nordiska lapparnas hedniska tro och kult i religionshistorisk belysning, Stockholm, 1952</ref> He is the ruler of the land of the dead, [[Rotaimo]]. Contrary to [[Sami people|Sami]] practice, he [[travel]]led on [[Equestrianism|horseback]].
The horse is among the Sami, a [[fear]]ed and detested [[animal]], probably because it was the preferred form of [[Transport|transportation]] of the Norsemen. People who did not live their lives according to the natural orders came to Rotaimo, deep underground. There they also receive a new [[human body|body]], but they can never leave Rotaimo again.<ref>[http://www.tjatsi.fo/?side=491b24523f05ea96689d93e856f99618 www.tjatsi.fo]</ref>
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