Abstract
The article is a literary analysis of the satirical Sámi folk-song ”Elveland”. The song about about the road man, forester and river attendant Elveland on the west side of the municipality of Porsanger was made in the beginning of the 1900s, as a form of revenge on the part of the local community because he would not let them cut as much firewood as they needed. With irony as an important device, the text serves as a meeting point for dialogues between different voices, and where power relations and the political nature of cultural identity is revealed.
Highlights
When the elišiš master confessed treesTold his brother to take some too
Elveland the man was so zealous in his job as roadman, forester and river attendant that he had the rather dubious honour of having an entire song written about him
The song is a form of revenge on the part of the local community because he would not let them cut as much firewood as they needed, and because he was selfaggrandizing and took advantage of his position of power
Summary
Told his brother to take some too. 8) Other people confirm this – freeze, Among them dáža Duommát, too – They start to desire the mountain. His ability to let poor creatures Elveland. As I’m singing the last verse, Judge you for certain
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