My now late grandmother, bless her soul, had visitations all her life. She saw trolls in the forest, she saw spirits, she had dream preminitions. Everytime someone close to her was about to die she would get visitations or dream about it. One time she dreamt of a newspaper on the table that said "accident with motorbike" two days later, her friends boyfriend drove off the road on a motorbike into the trees and died instantly. All these tragic events followed her entire life. She got cancer, had to remove her nose, they cut into her like a piece of meat to try and restore it. She eventually got blind. Towards the end, her son died, at just 42 of a heartattack, my uncle. She never got a break. I believe she was probably of a bloodline of a völva. But the price for this was haunted with tragedy. My mother got into a lot of newage stuff. We all have dream preminitions.I have a lot of extrasensory perception in my life. Yes, I am also plagued by tragedy and I am chronically ill with several diseases. I think these things come as a necessity or as a side effect. Also, whenever some people have dealt us badly, they somehow always end up with their own personal disasters some time later. I am convinced these things are real.
Your bloodline is not cursed. You guys need to follow a rhythm to keep the purity of surroundings from destroying you. It may be lack of knowledge to keep yourselves protected and pure
Protection through action! Prayer, gratitude, offerings, allies during times of great turmoil, and something to anchor you. Sometimes blessings or gifts carry with them heavy burdens. Many responsibilities with knowledge. Unseen stress. I cannot tell you how to live your life, only share with you the wisdom that has come to me. Sleep is useful too. ❤
i guess Im asking the wrong place but does anybody know a trick to get back into an instagram account? I was stupid lost my login password. I appreciate any assistance you can give me.
I was talking to Freya today, and before that, I was directed to a course on herbal medicine. After I got home, I was directed repeatedly to articles online about things like how to have shaman visions, and to a book on things similar to being a Völva, the oldest book in the world. I asked Freya if she wants me to become a Völva, I then came across a website all about Freya and her Völva knowledge.
My dream is, to one day, be considered a völva. I feel like the gods always pushed me towards this direction and like it is meant to be. If just it wouldn’t be so hard to find good information + if just I had enough money to effort books and other needed things...
Begin with telling the stories of the dead. History. Language. Hell, even sports. Tell and walk in all weathers. Get to know the beauty of all weather and yeah. Ask Love.
Sejd are very powefull forces and should not be taken lightly/ Experimented with- if you open up to the powers while unexperienced and without guidance you might not be able to close them again
I appreciate this. My father and his people are from Norway and Swedish Lapland (changed their name from Thorvaldsen to Day coming to America in the 1920s). I got my skills from the Swedish Laplander grandmother who died before I was born. Interesting to note that my mother's mother was a midwife in Appalachia. Skills from both sides. I have inherently worked my skills. This was a nice education for me.
@Sweden (Sverige) My grandmother's people were nomadic with herds of reindeer, going from Northern Sweden into Finland. This was back in the late 1800s/early 1900s. No records can be found as they moved around a good deal. She had psychic skills. My aunt had them. I have them very strongly.
@@johnwilkins538most probably from the sound of it. I've not heard of any other society that was nomadic, had herds of reindeer and lived between Scandinavia and Finland (well and some parts of modern Russia aswell).
I am not entirely sure how I ended up here while surfing, but who knows, perhaps the ancestors were calling me. My father was from Copenhagen and his side of the family still lives in Denmark while I was raised as an American. This was really an awesome video. It's well put together, very informative, and absolutely fascinating. Thank you for putting it together, I'm definitely going to subscribe and paw through what else you have.
The vikings show should have this character . We are beginning to understand that mystical practices across cultures are reaching out to the same forces...but in the language and form that culture understands. The protective and powerful , guiding metaphysical forces have essentially the same meaning and function in mostly all religions.
Wonderful video! I still have a lot to learn but I consider myself on my way to becoming a modern-day Völva. Just so you know, the link you have for what you believe a song for the spirits would sound like is no longer available.
I've been binge watching your videos since I heard of you, great work, and quite informative! I just had two questions, is Völva pronounced (phonetically) VOOl-VAAh? And I was wondering if you yourself are a follower of the old ways/Ásatrú? Thank you for the great videos!
I am happy that you find the videos informative, I think that VOOL-VAAH would be phonetically correct, however, there is, of course, man ways to pronounce it :) To make the answer short, yes I do consider myself an Ásatrúar.
@@TheIfifiwell.. if other spiritual practices are accepted, then this kind of paganism should also be respected equally, as long as their practices do not harm anyone. And I say this as an atheist working as a chemical analyst. At the end of the day I would even say that most pagan religions have much more value than later religions who destroyed knowledge about medicinal herbs and meditative practices, just because they feared the influence of those movements.
I think the only thing that confuses me about this is the idea that any member of a culture that believes in magic would be silly enough to mock a witch, even a male one. Seems like a good way to have your Crown Jewels cursed with infertility.
We have the same character in Romanian mythology/folklore! It is called "Vâlvā", means "Shaman", more specific "solomonar" in Romanian. Pronunciation is identical with the Norwegian one! Must be the dacian-norse connection...
I love it. Thank you very much. I would like more video. I'm since long time investigating it with another friendd . We are reeenactors and i do the shaman part.
I've never hid who I was for fear of persecution, I've always had a strong sense of not having to do so. My understanding of my heritage has always been that of pride and strength. With a hint of astro projection as well. For fun that is.
Hail from America! Thanks for the video, very informative. Do you think there were other types of male magical practitioners during the Viking age like the Cunning Folk? Blessed be.
love all the info in this video, some words are unclear though, would have been nice to include words and spelling on the screen, like the word for the gods and godesses, and for what freya was by blood..
Moses using a staff to do magic ---- Holy man performing miracles, he must be exalted! Völva using a staff to do magic ----- Evil witch performing black magic, she must be burned at the stake! Double standards have been prevalent for centuries.
1:33 -this is why I am not accepted among most of my brothers. this is why I take a woman's name here online. this is why, though it is my calling to help and to heal ALL within my tribe, I am nonetheless looked down upon. I care not for these short-sighted prejudices. I care only for my people and for whatever it is The Goddess teaches me to care about.
Yes... A society who considers being a man and called unmanly one of the biggest disrespects totally turned around and held trans up.... Def gunna need to see these probably fake spurces
@@lionhartd138 i can post youtube videos showing earth is flat... RUclips is not a reliable source of information Why is it anytime you ask these pro trans people they always post these bias sources? Im not even against trans... I think its weird in that its based on feelings... Like uhm i paint my nails and do things society claims is girly... But fact of the matter is that painting nails isnt boyish or girly... Its just paint on a nail... Or a dude in heels or wearing makeup... Social structures dont actually exist thus neither do their gender roles... But Im pro do what you want that doesnt affect anyone else i even have many trans freinds... But this is ridiculous lol
I had hoped we would abandon the absurdities of religion and rise to the full dignity that is demanded of our species. But it seems we are just regressing further into absurdities.
I belive ragnarock was told by the survivor's of the last ice age . They added the supernatural elements simply because they had no other way of explaining a mass extinction event . they new it had happened before because the stories were passed down through the ages . This I belive. But how they knew it was not the end but another reset is beyond me. let alone how the new it would happen again ...
I have always been taught that the Male Sedir was the Hovding. He WAS NOT considered "Unmanly". In fact, you DID NOT MESS with the guy PERIOD. A kommue may have a Jarl or even a King, but there was always the Hovding and a Volva. They were the Priest and Priestess and knew the arts of healing and walking between the realms.
Love the video, though the link to the song for spirits doesn't seem to work (I'm thinking it's on my end), either way thank you and I looking forward to the next one.
Yeah, and non-attachment means cutting it off. Grow up. That is sarcasm by the way. Non-attachment means having without fearing or following that fear or false pride.
Where are your sources for this information? Had a hard time finding any info like this, especially on some of the info you share about musical ceremonies and drums. I find this stuff so interesting but I'm cautious because I know there is a lot of misleading or under-researched information on ancient nordic culture out there.
Jay wondering the same myself. Honestly, I would be skeptical of content like this. I think people tend to project their own ideas and desires onto the obscure historical time of their liking
As a Völva some info was correct but much was just speculation.. if you’d like to know more about Seidr and the practice of the Völva there’s a great book that you can get from Amazon called Seidr - the Gate Is Open: Working with Trance Prophecy, the High Seat, and Norse Witchcraft by Katie Gerrard, she also has another great book called Odin’s Gateways. If you’re familiar with runes and understand them then another great book is by Kari C. Tauring called Völva Stav Manual. Both women are Völvas and my guides through their books and conversations. The Völva Stav manual is best only if you can do runes it’s more for those wanting to become Völva and have studied runes otherwise it can be confusing.
What was found in the box broach? Also what was the second plant that was mentioned? My hearing is not the greatest and I cannot find it mentioned anywhere in the comments. Thank you in advance for any assistance in answering these questions.
there's always been believers and non believers. scratch a volva and yule find a woman bleeds. henbane will make ya crazy, and there's nothin like a good lookin witch on henbane i always say. har har har. good sailin there skjalden. thank yew enjoying your series. take care gare
Thank you for your very informative video. However, in one respect I want to challenge your information and observation, that of the male Seiðr practitioner. As you must be well aware, everything written down in regards to Germanic/Norse mythology and practices was done while xtianity had been the dominant and dominating belief system for a good couple of centuries. Additionally, you must also be aware that anything written, especially about belief systems other than Catholicism must have gone through a censor prior to publication and with approval from the ruling personages. What im trying to say is that information had to tow the party line, so to speak. Xtianity is extremely patriarchal, and doesn't like that being challenged. Also Seiðr practise had to be strongly curtailed, considering how it conflicted with the xtian teachings, so as an initial step any male practitioner had to be emasculated, made fool off, then it became a women's issue, and from there it was easy to persecute. Another pointer that Seiðr wasn't a solely women's occupation, with the male practitioners made a laughingstock, is the fact written down by Snorri Sturluson that Óðinn, the Alfather himself was a practitioner. Yes, we know the story of Loki making sport of the fact, but yet again I point to the xtian church, especially as it is now well established that Loki turned up in the mythology rather late, at a time when xtianity already impacted on Scandinavian society, unlike the Jötnar as a group, who are part in the passing Seiðr practise to the humans. Anyway, I leave this here for you to contemplate. Thanks again. PS edited for a spelling and grammar mistake.
so many likes for this but what do we really know?. someone is telling us what it was in those days but what do they really know? What if we stop trying to know and look more into the honesty of not knowing and speak from this place, i wonder if we would get so many likes or thumbs up. Man is mad on knowing but truth is found in not knowing.
We actually know quite a lot, you can find all this information in the sagas and in the anglo saxon texts that was written down 1000 - 1200 years ago. This combined with the archaeologist finds gives us quite a good picture of the past. Of course there are some things we do not know, and that we speculate about today, which I always mention when it is something that is speculations.
@@Skjalden You shouldnt take texts written by Christians after Iceland and Norway/Sweden had already become Christian as solid evidence/truth about how the Norse Religion was practiced.
I find it highly suspicious that any Viking would look down on a male sejd/seer as vikings were highly bound to fate. They believed that almost everything were bound to fate and followed nothing but their own and true path obviously within the limits of the world and tribe/society. A seer was literally the pillar between here and the spirit realm. It sounds pretty christian rewritten as we must assume that everything for certain parts were turned upside down, for the future to not understand or perhaps not want to believe in their true path of faith. Let’s start thinking a bit more rational and think a bit more out of the box. Christians in those days or any religion would want the future and present to think higher of their beliefs.
Ok I listened twice, first you say the Vulva grave was from the 9th century then later say she was from the year 958. The 9th century was from 801 to 900 so one of those things does not equate.
There's a few errors here. The first is that you forgot that witchcraft persecutions predate Christianity (there's a reference to them in the writings of Publius Tacitus) and the second is that Harald Bluetooth was the first Christian king of Norway. He would not have had much dealings with a Danish volva! Thirdly, white lead is a mineral pigment, and not made from plants. iIt would be more likely be used as a cosmetic rather than as a medicine, and women also used tincture of henbane or belladonna to dilate the pupils of their eyes and make them look big and sparkly. Perhaps volvae used them for this purpose too, but in most European cultures the only women who regularly used cosmetics were actresses and prostitutes!
There has been found evidence that Harald Bluetooth could have had a Völva from excavations at the Viking fortresses in Denmark, I dont claim that he had a Völva, I say there has been speculations about it. The powder that has been found at the excavations has been identifyed as having been form a plant, a plant can also have white lead.
Let’s take them one by one, the usual schoolmasterly way you talk: “you forgot that witchcraft persecutions predate Christianity” “You forgot”???? So, did he? Perhaps you weren’t alert enough to understand this vid is about SCANDINAVIA during the VIKINGAGE. So, what do persecutions in pre-Christian ancient Rome has to do with persecutions in Scandinavia? The second thing you claim is an “error” is again YOUR error. You wrote that Harald Bluetooth was the first Christian king of Norway and would not have had much dealing with a Danish Vølve” LOL. Harald Bluetooth was a DANISH king, born and raised in DENMARK. He was NEVER king in Norway, thus he helped the Norwegian Hakon Jarl to secure the Norwegian kingship against attacks from the “Erik sons”. The Vølve mentioned in this vid was found at HIS fortress, Fyrkat in Denmark. So you think Scandinavians converted to Christianity from one day to the other? It took HUNDREDS of years and was in its EARLY start when Harald Bluetooth declared himself as Christian. That certainly don’t rule out that he had Vølves, most likely he had many. Declaring oneself as a Christian at that time would have been for political reasons. Everybody knows that an excuse for invading Scandinavia - which different emperors and always the papacy tried for centuries - was because the Scandinavians needed to be “saved” ie Christianised - and of course the real reason was to extract taxes to the emperor and the papacy. Harald Bluetooths son Svend Tveskæg actually went after the Christians, and arrived with the Great HEATHEN Army in England. Svend Tveskægs son was king in England from 1016 until his dead in 1035, and to be a king in England you had to be Christian. Political reasons again. The white lead might have been used as a cosmetic after it was mixed with something else, but it was also used in medicine. And in you view, obviously Scandinavians were whores as they used cosmetics. Even the men did.
Henbane and Belladona is two different plants. Henbane can't make the eyes big and sparkly, only dead. And yes, the mineral was normally used for cosmetic, in my presentation I sometime paint my face white, and the surrounding of the eyes black, looking like a death. The Völva is between worlds, is sometimes described as woken up from the death.
I don't like the word witch . I been called that all my life . Even my sister would say to me just use your witchy stuff . I wouldn't and let it play out . I didn't know the name until later in life . I would never call my self a witch . Roman word . I like your word better. I think growing up with out my real mum I had to learn a lot on my own .First I had to figure out why children were calling me a witch as a child . .I went to work . Yea I was a kid . I had no guidance. I had books .I went to a Roman school. The library was good . I guess most children didn't use it much . For there was records of the church in there . What they did .Also had library off of school . Cause yea I wanted to know what the heck was wrong .Why did I see thing s I was 5 when the first time I saw something . She looked like she was reading a book .she was bright . Every time I scream my step mom came in it would disappear. So that's the starting . By the time I was 11 I was a regular at the library. Studying different thing . I studied some on religion .I studied a lot on bugs, snakes , bats , spiders .learning what is poison and not .My teacher would tell me to go out side and play . I liked my alone time . I played 5 sports in one yr walked to school , played soccer in the cold .I figured I had enough energy .plus give me time to get my Moring homework done . Then I could study the fun stuff . Learning that you can eat a grasshopper was so cool .what a cotten mouth snake looked like . You can Fri up frogslegs .make tea with this plant ect . Our ansecestor are always guiding us . My best place is the wood . I didn't like being called a witch . It would make me sad . I like being alone . I learned my herbs . In my 20s .still didn't consider my self different. I wrote my own herb book for me . I have recipes from skin care to how to cure stpet. My son's still mad at me cause I made my own ear meds . It worked and he can hear .it was freash too which makes a big different. I took him to the doctor as needed .So my life has been a unveiling of what I am . Ruins came into my life almost 20 yrs ago you unveiled some thing too me I did not know but I have both .you also explain to me why I go into a trance state before I read to people. This will sound off . When I go in to read I reach out for the other persons life force . For I am reading for them .Some of my friends .That are from our race . Have been told to call me for a reading . Very strange . I don't advertise. I tease my girl friends for being called witches . That name does not fit . I will tell people all magic is a illusion. I worked at a magic place where people would buy tricks .If I heard pick a card one more time . Anyways ,met some great magicians even the amazing Randy .scary eyes . Guess what I have that I did not know was a tool they used . The staff . I have used one in the gym for yrs . Mastering in the way to use it as a weapon . Mine at home I have had since I was 12 . 52 now . I have my wand . I made it when I started making skincare . I used oak . I know every one says it should be poplur. No I wanted the strenght of the oak .. Reading ruins comes easly to me they talk . Usually I forget after I give the reading . The last one I gaveJag remembered . Don't remember the advice . Now it all makes sence . Takk God Freya dag Earth XP
It seems that you have been a Völva all your life, and you studied on your own to become better at the craft. I do not have so much knowledge about herbs and ancient medicine, something that I plan to look into at some point in the future. I think it is good if you know what you are doing, and that you use natural healing methods, manufactured pills are not always the right answer :)
@@Skjalden yes sir . I feel now like more of a person with answers .Tak s to your veidio. Things jag did not know be for. It just proves that are ancestors are always guiding us . Takk so much .love you all 😍
🤔 So everytime I'm watching something go down in LOTR's and there's an attractive woman who knows how to balance nature and common sense she is a Volva. Volva's who have Asian bowls for Khundalini practices and mixing herbs. Volva who sing songs. 🤔 I want to meet a Volva. Female healers. You bet I do. Travel from place to place helping people in the world. 👩🦰👩👱♀️ 🤔"So....What do you do on your free time?!" 👩🦰Heal. 👩Sing. 👱♀️Remedies. 🤔 Like a bunch of female Jesus'. Women after my own heart. 👩🦰👩👱♀️ And you?! 🤔 Same. Heal, Sing, Remedies. And Tea. Lots of Tea. Some times I ring the trees. Other times I 😴sleep but I'm still awake. Sometimes I read for🐺🌾 days and then crash because I forget to eat. Other times I'm a father. Same as you being a mother. 👩🦰👩👱♀️ 📖 🧔Have you ever typed in Volva and someone who is eccentric doesn't know what you're talking about/ looking for and thinks you're being perverted. Well... that just happened. 🤨🤭😘🥰 👩🦰👩👱♀️What are you looking @? 🤭💭 Volva. And they say I'm immature & eccentric. Nope extraordinary and well rounded... nope not arrogant... I'm not in my 20's.... But I will leave that to a Volva's discernment. 🤔💭 Regular people suck. They think you're arrogant... and don't have a clue. 🥧 Pie? I love pie 🥧. You know in a few centuries... your 👩🦰👩👱♀️ ancestor moved west ....🤔 Yep. 👩🦰"I like his beard".👩 "He needs to shave".👱♀️"No, he doesn't let him be". 🧔Explains the red, blonde, black and brown in my beard. Touch of gray. Kindred. Jaime Tone.
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My now late grandmother, bless her soul, had visitations all her life. She saw trolls in the forest, she saw spirits, she had dream preminitions. Everytime someone close to her was about to die she would get visitations or dream about it. One time she dreamt of a newspaper on the table that said "accident with motorbike" two days later, her friends boyfriend drove off the road on a motorbike into the trees and died instantly. All these tragic events followed her entire life. She got cancer, had to remove her nose, they cut into her like a piece of meat to try and restore it. She eventually got blind. Towards the end, her son died, at just 42 of a heartattack, my uncle. She never got a break. I believe she was probably of a bloodline of a völva. But the price for this was haunted with tragedy. My mother got into a lot of newage stuff. We all have dream preminitions.I have a lot of extrasensory perception in my life. Yes, I am also plagued by tragedy and I am chronically ill with several diseases. I think these things come as a necessity or as a side effect. Also, whenever some people have dealt us badly, they somehow always end up with their own personal disasters some time later. I am convinced these things are real.
Your grandmother was a clairvoyant seer and a medium
Your bloodline is not cursed. You guys need to follow a rhythm to keep the purity of surroundings from destroying you. It may be lack of knowledge to keep yourselves protected and pure
Protection through action! Prayer, gratitude, offerings, allies during times of great turmoil, and something to anchor you. Sometimes blessings or gifts carry with them heavy burdens. Many responsibilities with knowledge. Unseen stress. I cannot tell you how to live your life, only share with you the wisdom that has come to me. Sleep is useful too. ❤
I’m so glad I found this page as I’m just starting out in reclaiming the old ways of my ancestors and this channel has helped a lot.
Godless Ginger, I am glad to hear you enjoyed the video :)
You guys should also check out Odelsarven, Mimir’s Brunnr, Asha Logos and Marie Cachet.
Same here. Its nice to see these ways of our ancestors coming back. SKÅL
i guess Im asking the wrong place but does anybody know a trick to get back into an instagram account?
I was stupid lost my login password. I appreciate any assistance you can give me.
@Skylar Marcus Instablaster :)
Very interesting.This Volva must have been greatly respected
I was talking to Freya today, and before that, I was directed to a course on herbal medicine. After I got home, I was directed repeatedly to articles online about things like how to have shaman visions, and to a book on things similar to being a Völva, the oldest book in the world. I asked Freya if she wants me to become a Völva, I then came across a website all about Freya and her Völva knowledge.
@Sweden (Sverige) Yes we do
Teach me, please.
If you seer, what is my fate? Since my birth is of 9ine?
You don't "become" a volva. You either are one or not. If you are wondering if you should be one, you probably are already. 🖤
I love comments like these. Norse pantheon gods are not omnipresent.
Hey! Awesome video. I am a vølve myself and this video was very correct and well researched. I appreciate educating people about us :)
Skòl💀🍻
Hilsner Skjalden. Another excellent video, thank you. I feel a particular amount of passion went into this one. I look forward to the next as always.
Tak Crowsbaneful, I am glad that you liked it :)
My dream is, to one day, be considered a völva. I feel like the gods always pushed me towards this direction and like it is meant to be.
If just it wouldn’t be so hard to find good information + if just I had enough money to effort books and other needed things...
You could always experiment and create knowledge and then maybe pass it on...
Begin with telling the stories of the dead. History. Language. Hell, even sports. Tell and walk in all weathers. Get to know the beauty of all weather and yeah. Ask Love.
Sejd are very powefull forces and should not be taken lightly/ Experimented with- if you open up to the powers while unexperienced and without guidance you might not be able to close them again
get help
I appreciate this. My father and his people are from Norway and Swedish Lapland (changed their name from Thorvaldsen to Day coming to America in the 1920s). I got my skills from the Swedish Laplander grandmother who died before I was born. Interesting to note that my mother's mother was a midwife in Appalachia. Skills from both sides. I have inherently worked my skills. This was a nice education for me.
@Sweden (Sverige) My grandmother's people were nomadic with herds of reindeer, going from Northern Sweden into Finland. This was back in the late 1800s/early 1900s. No records can be found as they moved around a good deal. She had psychic skills. My aunt had them. I have them very strongly.
@@SharonDayLifeArchivist were your ancestors "Sami"?
@@johnwilkins538most probably from the sound of it. I've not heard of any other society that was nomadic, had herds of reindeer and lived between Scandinavia and Finland (well and some parts of modern Russia aswell).
Great stuff, sent on to fb, thanks :)
I am glad you liked it Rosalind, and thanks for sharing :)
Interesting as always! Love your videos! Cheers from Skåne!
Tack så mycket, Verdunveteran
I am not entirely sure how I ended up here while surfing, but who knows, perhaps the ancestors were calling me. My father was from Copenhagen and his side of the family still lives in Denmark while I was raised as an American.
This was really an awesome video. It's well put together, very informative, and absolutely fascinating. Thank you for putting it together, I'm definitely going to subscribe and paw through what else you have.
Thank you for the kind words, I am always glad when people like the video :)
Thanks for this, well done and concise
great video series, very informative. 👍
Thanks MGTOW Texan
Beautiful. I'm Ragana. Lithuanian. Similiar.
Always enjoy your work! Thank you!
The vikings show should have this character . We are beginning to understand that mystical practices across cultures are reaching out to the same forces...but in the language and form that culture understands. The protective and powerful , guiding metaphysical forces have essentially the same meaning and function in mostly all religions.
THANK YOU
Wonderful video! I still have a lot to learn but I consider myself on my way to becoming a modern-day Völva. Just so you know, the link you have for what you believe a song for the spirits would sound like is no longer available.
I've been binge watching your videos since I heard of you, great work, and quite informative!
I just had two questions, is Völva pronounced (phonetically) VOOl-VAAh?
And I was wondering if you yourself are a follower of the old ways/Ásatrú?
Thank you for the great videos!
I am happy that you find the videos informative, I think that VOOL-VAAH would be phonetically correct, however, there is, of course, man ways to pronounce it :) To make the answer short, yes I do consider myself an Ásatrúar.
You say that men who practiced Völva would be looked down by society. Then what magic did men practice and is there a name for it?
Also, thank you for any info you are willing to share.
The letter ö is commonly pronounced, at least in Swedish, like "urr" (without the R, if that makes sense). So it would be more like vurrl-vah.
I love your accent BTW 🍺👍🏼
¬ Subscribed & Thank you for converting to mileage for your Germanic American friends.
Isn't that Gudrun Victoria in the thumbnail?
Great video, jeg elsker det!
Thanks Luiz, I am glad that you loved it :)
Thank you good video
I don't see any reason why a Modern Völva should be seen as any less a Völva than those of the Viking Age.
Nice video!
Probably because we know a lot better today...
@@TheIfifiwell.. if other spiritual practices are accepted, then this kind of paganism should also be respected equally, as long as their practices do not harm anyone.
And I say this as an atheist working as a chemical analyst.
At the end of the day I would even say that most pagan religions have much more value than later religions who destroyed knowledge about medicinal herbs and meditative practices, just because they feared the influence of those movements.
Great video. Very interesting and seems well researched.
yes i know shamanism and this is interesting.
I think the only thing that confuses me about this is the idea that any member of a culture that believes in magic would be silly enough to mock a witch, even a male one.
Seems like a good way to have your Crown Jewels cursed with infertility.
We have the same character in Romanian mythology/folklore! It is called "Vâlvā", means "Shaman", more specific "solomonar" in Romanian. Pronunciation is identical with the Norwegian one! Must be the dacian-norse connection...
I love it. Thank you very much. I would like more video. I'm since long time investigating it with another friendd . We are reeenactors and i do the shaman part.
I've never hid who I was for fear of persecution, I've always had a strong sense of not having to do so. My understanding of my heritage has always been that of pride and strength. With a hint of astro projection as well. For fun that is.
'astro' projection. Hahaha
Great!
Hail from America! Thanks for the video, very informative. Do you think there were other types of male magical practitioners during the Viking age like the Cunning Folk? Blessed be.
love all the info in this video, some words are unclear though, would have been nice to include words and spelling on the screen, like the word for the gods and godesses, and for what freya was by blood..
Moses using a staff to do magic ---- Holy man performing miracles, he must be exalted!
Völva using a staff to do magic ----- Evil witch performing black magic, she must be burned at the stake!
Double standards have been prevalent for centuries.
wonderful video! I loved it. More please :-)
Rigtig flot video. Hvilken kilde har du brugt i forhold til din reference om kattepels? Mvh Christina
Den kilde har jeg fra nationalmuseet
1:33 -this is why I am not accepted among most of my brothers. this is why I take a woman's name here online. this is why, though it is my calling to help and to heal ALL within my tribe, I am nonetheless looked down upon. I care not for these short-sighted prejudices. I care only for my people and for whatever it is The Goddess teaches me to care about.
Trans people were regarded as potent spellcasters in viking community and were regarded as being between two worlds.
Ryan Are you able to cite a source? I would love to read up on that!
Yes... A society who considers being a man and called unmanly one of the biggest disrespects totally turned around and held trans up....
Def gunna need to see these probably fake spurces
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ruclips.net/video/z-Xw5phGOmI/видео.html&ab_channel=BlackEarthProductions
@@lionhartd138 i can post youtube videos showing earth is flat... RUclips is not a reliable source of information
Why is it anytime you ask these pro trans people they always post these bias sources?
Im not even against trans... I think its weird in that its based on feelings... Like uhm i paint my nails and do things society claims is girly... But fact of the matter is that painting nails isnt boyish or girly... Its just paint on a nail... Or a dude in heels or wearing makeup... Social structures dont actually exist thus neither do their gender roles... But Im pro do what you want that doesnt affect anyone else i even have many trans freinds... But this is ridiculous lol
Me gustaría que tuviera subtítulos
Que bueno que pude comprender ma mayoría
We should do that to the church
Viking people are going to raise again
Its coming fast
Learn my old magic ✨ 💛
I had hoped we would abandon the absurdities of religion and rise to the full dignity that is demanded of our species.
But it seems we are just regressing further into absurdities.
good vid
I belive ragnarock was told by the survivor's of the last ice age . They added the supernatural elements simply because they had no other way of explaining a mass extinction event . they new it had happened before because the stories were passed down through the ages . This I belive. But how they knew it was not the end but another reset is beyond me. let alone how the new it would happen again ...
I have always been taught that the Male Sedir was the Hovding. He WAS NOT considered "Unmanly". In fact, you DID NOT MESS with the guy PERIOD. A kommue may have a Jarl or even a King, but there was always the Hovding and a Volva. They were the Priest and Priestess and knew the arts of healing and walking between the realms.
So how the letter ö in old west norse is phonetically pronounced?Thanks for the answers
Love the video, though the link to the song for spirits doesn't seem to work (I'm thinking it's on my end), either way thank you and I looking forward to the next one.
I thought volva was a lady part? Just kidding. You won't get it!!
Yeah, and non-attachment means cutting it off. Grow up. That is sarcasm by the way. Non-attachment means having without fearing or following that fear or false pride.
Vulva jo vi forstår det i norden. How about that
Yea it is...spelled differently. Perhaps that's why it is called that today.
4.41 - You mean Granny Weatherwax was a Volva!?
When odin is written on my phone😉okay..get it
Where are your sources for this information? Had a hard time finding any info like this, especially on some of the info you share about musical ceremonies and drums.
I find this stuff so interesting but I'm cautious because I know there is a lot of misleading or under-researched information on ancient nordic culture out there.
Jay wondering the same myself. Honestly, I would be skeptical of content like this. I think people tend to project their own ideas and desires onto the obscure historical time of their liking
As a Völva some info was correct but much was just speculation.. if you’d like to know more about Seidr and the practice of the Völva there’s a great book that you can get from Amazon called Seidr - the Gate Is Open: Working with Trance Prophecy, the High Seat, and Norse Witchcraft by Katie Gerrard, she also has another great book called Odin’s Gateways. If you’re familiar with runes and understand them then another great book is by Kari C. Tauring called Völva Stav Manual. Both women are Völvas and my guides through their books and conversations. The Völva Stav manual is best only if you can do runes it’s more for those wanting to become Völva and have studied runes otherwise it can be confusing.
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please this text in German ? asa og vana
I always learn amazing facts in your videos. Keep making them! Can you possibly make one on the most evil Norse God?
Thanks Christopher, I have written your idea down for now
There's not an evil God. No god is entirely evil or good in pagan world view.
What was found in the box broach? Also what was the second plant that was mentioned? My hearing is not the greatest and I cannot find it mentioned anywhere in the comments. Thank you in advance for any assistance in answering these questions.
The herb Henbane
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Danglish at it's best
👍Skòl💀🍻
Question: A ”Vølve” practices "Say-Der". What would be the proper spelling for this magic?
That would be "Seidr"
@@justinmarlowe6999 I appreciate that - thank you.
0:44 "They were witches before it became cool." Hilarious! Not that witches bother much with what's 'cool'. The Truth isn't always popular. :)
I heard witches go crazy when you tell them wicca is victorian bullshit
@@DAEDRICDUKE1 HAHAHAHA! Nah! Those are just the wanna-be's that like to play dress-up. Real ones laugh at the obvious ignorance behind such a remark.
@@HomespunWisdom Wicca is wrong, we should just tell them that.
@@jurikurthambarskjelfir3533 It's not a question of 'right' or 'wrong', it's simply cultural history and heritage.
@@HomespunWisdom Wicca is not cultural or history nor heritage.
hail woden hail tor and the gods of the old world
Wow I really wish I could meet her and ask some questions.
there's always been believers and non believers. scratch a volva and yule find a woman bleeds. henbane will make ya crazy,
and there's nothin like a good lookin witch on henbane i always say. har har har. good sailin there skjalden. thank yew enjoying your series. take care gare
It's Seidr sir, not witchcraft. Seidr is literally exclusive to a woman, a man could not practice Seidr.
Odin practiced seidr...
Thank you for your very informative video. However, in one respect I want to challenge your information and observation, that of the male Seiðr practitioner. As you must be well aware, everything written down in regards to Germanic/Norse mythology and practices was done while xtianity had been the dominant and dominating belief system for a good couple of centuries. Additionally, you must also be aware that anything written, especially about belief systems other than Catholicism must have gone through a censor prior to publication and with approval from the ruling personages. What im trying to say is that information had to tow the party line, so to speak. Xtianity is extremely patriarchal, and doesn't like that being challenged. Also Seiðr practise had to be strongly curtailed, considering how it conflicted with the xtian teachings, so as an initial step any male practitioner had to be emasculated, made fool off, then it became a women's issue, and from there it was easy to persecute.
Another pointer that Seiðr wasn't a solely women's occupation, with the male practitioners made a laughingstock, is the fact written down by Snorri Sturluson that Óðinn, the Alfather himself was a practitioner. Yes, we know the story of Loki making sport of the fact, but yet again I point to the xtian church, especially as it is now well established that Loki turned up in the mythology rather late, at a time when xtianity already impacted on Scandinavian society, unlike the Jötnar as a group, who are part in the passing Seiðr practise to the humans. Anyway, I leave this here for you to contemplate. Thanks again.
PS edited for a spelling and grammar mistake.
We have seen a woman in all white
She has came from thd water enforcement went in to big trees 🌳
She has shown her face now
Manastee forest
so many likes for this but what do we really know?. someone is telling us what it was in those days but what do they really know?
What if we stop trying to know and look more into the honesty of not knowing and speak from this place, i wonder if we would get so many likes or thumbs up. Man is mad on knowing but truth is found in not knowing.
We actually know quite a lot, you can find all this information in the sagas and in the anglo saxon texts that was written down 1000 - 1200 years ago. This combined with the archaeologist finds gives us quite a good picture of the past. Of course there are some things we do not know, and that we speculate about today, which I always mention when it is something that is speculations.
thanks Skjalden. Maybe the picture painted here is fairly accurate, and good to hear that you mention when it is speculation. Cheers
@@Skjalden You shouldnt take texts written by Christians after Iceland and Norway/Sweden had already become Christian as solid evidence/truth about how the Norse Religion was practiced.
I find it highly suspicious that any Viking would look down on a male sejd/seer as vikings were highly bound to fate. They believed that almost everything were bound to fate and followed nothing but their own and true path obviously within the limits of the world and tribe/society. A seer was literally the pillar between here and the spirit realm. It sounds pretty christian rewritten as we must assume that everything for certain parts were turned upside down, for the future to not understand or perhaps not want to believe in their true path of faith. Let’s start thinking a bit more rational and think a bit more out of the box. Christians in those days or any religion would want the future and present to think higher of their beliefs.
volva lol I can only think of vulva...
No coincidence, the one begets the other.(edit 20 hours later: now I hear from Jackson Crawford that these words are not related so IDK)
Have white babies.
I can help you if you need a hand.
It's where we get the word vulva. The yoni is magick and the gateway to immortality
Ok I listened twice, first you say the Vulva grave was from the 9th century then later say she was from the year 958. The 9th century was from 801 to 900 so one of those things does not equate.
Wasn't the male version a Vitki?
..."and then centuries later, they named an automobile company after her"......WAY TO GO SWEDEN!
Volvo is latin and means "I'm rolling" . Völva is still just völva...not a name on a car.
Good gravy, some of the edgelords in the comments...
There's a few errors here. The first is that you forgot that witchcraft persecutions predate Christianity (there's a reference to them in the writings of Publius Tacitus) and the second is that Harald Bluetooth was the first Christian king of Norway. He would not have had much dealings with a Danish volva! Thirdly, white lead is a mineral pigment, and not made from plants. iIt would be more likely be used as a cosmetic rather than as a medicine, and women also used tincture of henbane or belladonna to dilate the pupils of their eyes and make them look big and sparkly. Perhaps volvae used them for this purpose too, but in most European cultures the only women who regularly used cosmetics were actresses and prostitutes!
There has been found evidence that Harald Bluetooth could have had a Völva from excavations at the Viking fortresses in Denmark, I dont claim that he had a Völva, I say there has been speculations about it. The powder that has been found at the excavations has been identifyed as having been form a plant, a plant can also have white lead.
Let’s take them one by one, the usual schoolmasterly way you talk: “you forgot that witchcraft persecutions predate Christianity” “You forgot”???? So, did he? Perhaps you weren’t alert enough to understand this vid is about SCANDINAVIA during the VIKINGAGE. So, what do persecutions in pre-Christian ancient Rome has to do with persecutions in Scandinavia? The second thing you claim is an “error” is again YOUR error. You wrote that Harald Bluetooth was the first Christian king of Norway and would not have had much dealing with a Danish Vølve” LOL. Harald Bluetooth was a DANISH king, born and raised in DENMARK. He was NEVER king in Norway, thus he helped the Norwegian Hakon Jarl to secure the Norwegian kingship against attacks from the “Erik sons”. The Vølve mentioned in this vid was found at HIS fortress, Fyrkat in Denmark. So you think Scandinavians converted to Christianity from one day to the other? It took HUNDREDS of years and was in its EARLY start when Harald Bluetooth declared himself as Christian. That certainly don’t rule out that he had Vølves, most likely he had many. Declaring oneself as a Christian at that time would have been for political reasons. Everybody knows that an excuse for invading Scandinavia - which different emperors and always the papacy tried for centuries - was because the Scandinavians needed to be “saved” ie Christianised - and of course the real reason was to extract taxes to the emperor and the papacy. Harald Bluetooths son Svend Tveskæg actually went after the Christians, and arrived with the Great HEATHEN Army in England. Svend Tveskægs son was king in England from 1016 until his dead in 1035, and to be a king in England you had to be Christian. Political reasons again. The white lead might have been used as a cosmetic after it was mixed with something else, but it was also used in medicine. And in you view, obviously Scandinavians were whores as they used cosmetics. Even the men did.
Henbane and Belladona is two different plants. Henbane can't make the eyes big and sparkly, only dead. And yes, the mineral was normally used for cosmetic, in my presentation I sometime paint my face white, and the surrounding of the eyes black, looking like a death. The Völva is between worlds, is sometimes described as woken up from the death.
This is a weird video with so much misinfo amd contradiction
VÖLVA WAS A NORSE CHARMIN...NOT A VIKING...
charmin?? do you mean shaman?? charmin is a brand of toilet paper
Vulva, u say?... Sounds nasty...
Not nasty at all fool!
I don't like the word witch . I been called that all my life . Even my sister would say to me just use your witchy stuff . I wouldn't and let it play out . I didn't know the name until later in life . I would never call my self a witch . Roman word . I like your word better. I think growing up with out my real mum I had to learn a lot on my own .First I had to figure out why children were calling me a witch as a child . .I went to work . Yea I was a kid . I had no guidance. I had books .I went to a Roman school. The library was good . I guess most children didn't use it much . For there was records of the church in there . What they did .Also had library off of school . Cause yea I wanted to know what the heck was wrong .Why did I see thing s I was 5 when the first time I saw something . She looked like she was reading a book .she was bright . Every time I scream my step mom came in it would disappear. So that's the starting . By the time I was 11 I was a regular at the library. Studying different thing . I studied some on religion .I studied a lot on bugs, snakes , bats , spiders .learning what is poison and not .My teacher would tell me to go out side and play . I liked my alone time . I played 5 sports in one yr walked to school , played soccer in the cold .I figured I had enough energy .plus give me time to get my Moring homework done . Then I could study the fun stuff . Learning that you can eat a grasshopper was so cool .what a cotten mouth snake looked like . You can Fri up frogslegs .make tea with this plant ect . Our ansecestor are always guiding us . My best place is the wood . I didn't like being called a witch . It would make me sad . I like being alone . I learned my herbs . In my 20s .still didn't consider my self different. I wrote my own herb book for me . I have recipes from skin care to how to cure stpet. My son's still mad at me cause I made my own ear meds . It worked and he can hear .it was freash too which makes a big different. I took him to the doctor as needed .So my life has been a unveiling of what I am . Ruins came into my life almost 20 yrs ago you unveiled some thing too me I did not know but I have both .you also explain to me why I go into a trance state before I read to people. This will sound off . When I go in to read I reach out for the other persons life force . For I am reading for them .Some of my friends .That are from our race . Have been told to call me for a reading . Very strange . I don't advertise. I tease my girl friends for being called witches . That name does not fit . I will tell people all magic is a illusion. I worked at a magic place where people would buy tricks .If I heard pick a card one more time . Anyways ,met some great magicians even the amazing Randy .scary eyes . Guess what I have that I did not know was a tool they used . The staff . I have used one in the gym for yrs . Mastering in the way to use it as a weapon . Mine at home I have had since I was 12 . 52 now . I have my wand . I made it when I started making skincare . I used oak . I know every one says it should be poplur. No I wanted the strenght of the oak .. Reading ruins comes easly to me they talk . Usually I forget after I give the reading . The last one I gaveJag remembered . Don't remember the advice . Now it all makes sence . Takk God Freya dag Earth XP
It seems that you have been a Völva all your life, and you studied on your own to become better at the craft. I do not have so much knowledge about herbs and ancient medicine, something that I plan to look into at some point in the future. I think it is good if you know what you are doing, and that you use natural healing methods, manufactured pills are not always the right answer :)
@@Skjalden yes sir . I feel now like more of a person with answers .Tak s to your veidio. Things jag did not know be for. It just proves that are ancestors are always guiding us . Takk so much .love you all 😍
It's better to know what I am I feel great !, Takk so much Skoll
These things are so fake lol I would never believe psychic
🤔 So everytime I'm watching something go down in LOTR's and there's an attractive woman who knows how to balance nature and common sense she is a Volva. Volva's who have Asian bowls for Khundalini practices and mixing herbs. Volva who sing songs.
🤔 I want to meet a Volva. Female healers. You bet I do. Travel from place to place helping people in the world.
👩🦰👩👱♀️ 🤔"So....What do you do on your free time?!"
👩🦰Heal. 👩Sing. 👱♀️Remedies. 🤔 Like a bunch of female Jesus'. Women after my own heart.
👩🦰👩👱♀️ And you?! 🤔 Same. Heal, Sing, Remedies. And Tea. Lots of Tea. Some times I ring the trees. Other times I 😴sleep but I'm still awake. Sometimes I read for🐺🌾 days and then crash because I forget to eat. Other times I'm a father. Same as you being a mother.
👩🦰👩👱♀️ 📖 🧔Have you ever typed in Volva and someone who is eccentric doesn't know what you're talking about/ looking for and thinks you're being perverted. Well... that just happened. 🤨🤭😘🥰
👩🦰👩👱♀️What are you looking @? 🤭💭 Volva. And they say I'm immature & eccentric. Nope extraordinary and well rounded... nope not arrogant... I'm not in my 20's.... But I will leave that to a Volva's discernment.
🤔💭 Regular people suck. They think you're arrogant... and don't have a clue. 🥧 Pie? I love pie 🥧.
You know in a few centuries... your 👩🦰👩👱♀️ ancestor moved west ....🤔 Yep.
👩🦰"I like his beard".👩 "He needs to shave".👱♀️"No, he doesn't let him be". 🧔Explains the red, blonde, black and brown in my beard. Touch of gray. Kindred. Jaime Tone.