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    Waluburg, 'magic staff protection' (Greek: Βαλουβουργ), was a second century Germanic seeress (sorceress, priestess) from the Semnonian tribe whose existence...
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  • including Albruna, Veleda, Ganna, and, by way of an archaeological find, Waluburg. Norse mythology mentions several seeresses, some of them by name, including...
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    Walpurgis Night (/vælˈpʊərɡɪs, vɑːl-, -ˈpɜːr-/), an abbreviation of Saint Walpurgis Night (from the German Sankt-Walpurgisnacht [zaŋkt valˈpʊʁɡɪsˌnaxt])...
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    wand, or to her spiritual abilities, and she probably taught her craft to Waluburg who would serve as a seeress in Roman Egypt at the First Cataract of the...
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  • of East Anglia Veleda, priestess and prophetess of the Bructeri tribe Waluburg, Semnonian seeress in the service of the governor of Roman Egypt Wehha...
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    names that can be interpreted as such, like Ganna ('wand-bearer') and Waluburg from walu- 'staff' (Old Norse: vǫlr). The name of her son Agio is from...
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    evidenced by the long ae, and related to a Celtic word, the second is Waluburg 'magic staff' and the third is probably Albruna. Guiliaruna can not have...
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