DAUGHTERS OF VALHALLA:
Daughters of Valhalla has been developed by M. Winther and K. Vetterstad, and takes Völuspá (The prophecy of the Völva), which is the first, and most well known poem of the collection of old Norse poems called, as its point of departure. Völuspá. In Norse pagan times, the völvas were priestesses committed to practices which encompasses shamanism, sorcery, prophesy, and other forms of indigenous magic , and historical and mythological depictions of Völvas show that they were held in high esteem by mortals and gods alike.
In Völuspá a völva tells Odin; king of the gods, of her early memories of the creation of the world, and of her foreseeing of the murder of the god Balder. The death of the beloved god, she relates, will in turn lead to a final war and to Ragnarök; the end for gods and men.
In contemporary Norse society, völvas are career women who have released themselves from their family bonds and womanly duties, in order to travel the world to share their knowledge and wisdom. Because of their magical powers, they are summoned in times of crisis, something that has lead to their immense authority and to their increasingly high service charges.
GIANTS OF YORE
