Among the Sami , the goddess of childbirth.
She was assisted by three of her daughters
Sarakka, the cleaving woman; Uksakka, the door woman; and Juksakka, the bow woman
who watched over the child from conception through early childhood. Madderakka was believed to receive the soul of a child from Veralden-radien, the god who ruled the world; she then gave it a body, which Sarakka placed in the mother's womb.