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Volva: What Was the Role of Witches in the Viking World?
The practitioners were called Volva. The Vikings believed that the art of Seidr magic came from the Vanir gods. There were two clans of gods in Viking mythology. First, the Aesir gods, led by Odin ...
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Best books on Viking mythology to learn about the ancient Norse gods
The Æsir were led by Odin, the god of War and Death, and the Vanir were led by Njörðr, the god of the Wind and the Sea. No matter how ugly the fights between the warring gods of Asgard got ...