Völva
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A völva is a seeress and practitioner of Norse magic and prophecy, often consulted by gods and humans alike for visions of fate.
All labels observed (2)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T14895341 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Völva Context triple: [Baldrs draumar, featuresCharacter, Völva]
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A.
Gullveig
Gullveig is a mysterious Vanir figure in Norse mythology whose torture and attempted killing by the Aesir helped ignite the Aesir–Vanir War and is often associated with gold, magic, and the sorcerous practice of seiðr.
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B.
Celty Sturluson
Celty Sturluson is a headless Irish dullahan working as an underground courier in Ikebukuro and one of the central supernatural figures in the light novel and anime series Durarara!!.
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C.
Hestur
Hestur is a small, sparsely populated island in the central Faroe Islands known for its steep cliffs, birdlife, and traditional Faroese landscape.
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D.
Atlakviða
Atlakviða is an Old Norse heroic poem from the Poetic Edda that recounts the tragic betrayal and violent downfall of the Burgundian (Gjúkungar) kings at the hands of Atli.
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E.
Huldu
Huldu was a Nabataean queen consort, known primarily as the wife of King Aretas IV who ruled the Nabataean Kingdom in the early 1st century BCE/CE.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Völva Target entity description: A völva is a seeress and practitioner of Norse magic and prophecy, often consulted by gods and humans alike for visions of fate.
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A.
Gullveig
Gullveig is a mysterious Vanir figure in Norse mythology whose torture and attempted killing by the Aesir helped ignite the Aesir–Vanir War and is often associated with gold, magic, and the sorcerous practice of seiðr.
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B.
Celty Sturluson
Celty Sturluson is a headless Irish dullahan working as an underground courier in Ikebukuro and one of the central supernatural figures in the light novel and anime series Durarara!!.
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C.
Hestur
Hestur is a small, sparsely populated island in the central Faroe Islands known for its steep cliffs, birdlife, and traditional Faroese landscape.
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D.
Atlakviða
Atlakviða is an Old Norse heroic poem from the Poetic Edda that recounts the tragic betrayal and violent downfall of the Burgundian (Gjúkungar) kings at the hands of Atli.
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E.
Huldu
Huldu was a Nabataean queen consort, known primarily as the wife of King Aretas IV who ruled the Nabataean Kingdom in the early 1st century BCE/CE.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Odin
this entity surface form:
seidr