| gptkbp:instanceOf | gptkb:Norse_religious_figure gptkb:female_shaman
 gptkb:seeress
 
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                                | gptkbp:associatedWith | gptkb:Freyja gptkb:Odin
 
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                                | gptkbp:burialPractice | buried with grave goods buried with staff
 
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                                | gptkbp:culture | gptkb:Norse 
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                                | gptkbp:depictedIn | archaeological finds Saga literature
 
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                                | gptkbp:etymology | Old Norse 'vǫlva' meaning 'wand carrier' 
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                                | gptkbp:function | foretelling the future performing magic
 guiding communities
 mediating with spirits
 
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                                | gptkbp:gender | gptkb:female 
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                                | gptkbp:languageOfOrigin | gptkb:Old_Norse 
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                                | gptkbp:mentionedIn | gptkb:Poetic_Edda gptkb:Prose_Edda
 
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                                | gptkbp:notableExample | gptkb:Heiðr gptkb:Gróa
 The völva in Völuspá
 
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                                | gptkbp:period | gptkb:Viking_Age gptkb:Iron_Age_Scandinavia
 
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                                | gptkbp:plural | gptkb:völur 
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                                | gptkbp:practicedIn | gptkb:seiðr 
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                                | gptkbp:region | gptkb:Faroe_Islands gptkb:Greenland
 gptkb:Iceland
 gptkb:Scandinavia
 
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                                | gptkbp:relatedConcept | gptkb:magic gptkb:mythology
 gptkb:spákona
 gptkb:seiðkona
 
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                                | gptkbp:rituals | gptkb:prophecy chanting
 trance
 spirit journey
 
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                                | gptkbp:role | gptkb:prophecy magical practitioner
 
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                                | gptkbp:status | outsider respected
 feared
 
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                                | gptkbp:uses | gptkb:faculty gptkb:cloak
 beads
 hood
 distaff
 
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                                | gptkbp:worshippedIn | gptkb:Norse_mythology 
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                                | gptkbp:bfsParent | gptkb:seiðr gptkb:seiðkona
 gptkb:seiðmaðr
 gptkb:pre-Christian_Germanic_religion
 
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                                | gptkbp:bfsLayer | 8 
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                                | https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label | völva 
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