In Old Norse, seiðr (sometimes anglicized as seidhr, seidh, seidr, seithr, seith, or seid) was a type of magic which was practised in Norse society during...

seiðr, which is based on the account of Guðriðr in Eiríks saga. While such practices differ between groups, oracular seiðr typically involves a seiðr-worker...

name is a kenning for sword. Others prefer to regard it as a magic wand (seiðr staff), can be considered the mistletoe dart that killed Baldur. Lævateinn...

comparisons between Gullveig/Heiðr's use of seiðr in Völuspá and the mention of Freyja introducing seiðr to the Æsir from the Vanir in Heimskringla. This...

of seiðr practitioners. Seiðr was associated with the Vanic goddess Freyja; according to a euhemerized account in Ynglinga saga, she taught seiðr to the...

Nanyue Magical organization – Organization for the practice of occult magic Seiðr – Old Norse term for a type of shamanistic sorcery Sexuality in Christian...

(possibly from Old Norse "growing") is a völva (seeress) and practitioner of seiðr. She is the wife of Aurvandil the Bold. Groa was also the goddess of knowledge...

understand the role of trance and ecstasy in seiðr. Price proceeds to deal with the gender concepts surrounding seiðr, and the fact that male practitioners of...

a goddess associated with love, beauty, fertility, sex, war, gold, and seiðr (magic for seeing and influencing the future). Freyja is the owner of the...

Freyja. She is beautiful, sensual, wears a feathered cloak, and practices seiðr. She rides to battle to choose among the slain and brings her chosen to...

language; for instance, *saidaz ('magic') is only attested in Old Norse seiðr, but has parallels in Proto-Celtic *soytos and Lithuanian saitas. Anthropomorphic...

Hvergelmir Urðarbrunnr Yggdrasill Valhalla Jötunheimr Rituals and worship Blót Seiðr Norse funeral Yule Walpurgis Night Midsummer Hörgr Heathen hof Vé (shrine)...

and Gylfaginning. The seiðr used prominently by níðings was linguistically closely linked to botany and poisoning. Therefore, seiðr to a degree might have...

times, and yet thrice reborn. Upon her third rebirth, she began practicing seiðr and took the name Heiðr. Gullveig/Heiðr is solely attested in the Poetic...

Hvergelmir Urðarbrunnr Yggdrasill Valhalla Jötunheimr Rituals and worship Blót Seiðr Norse funeral Yule Walpurgis Night Midsummer Hörgr Heathen hof Vé (shrine)...

Neuroanthropology Pawang Plastic shaman Prehistoric medicine Reincarnation (Ho-Chunk) Seiðr Shaking Tent Ceremony Shaman King Soul catcher Soul flight Spirit spouse...

Thelema. Eostre, Germanic dawn goddess. Freyja, goddess of love/sex, beauty, seiðr, war, and death. Frigg, goddess of marriage and women. Lofn, goddess who...

and wealth. The chief god of the Æsir is Odin, a god associated with war, seiðr (witchcraft), and wisdom. He was probably worshipped primarily by kings...

into all realms as well as listen to them. Upon the throne, Odin achieves seiðr (enhanced perception) which grants him omniscience. In reference to the...

strongly associated with seiðr, death, and sex. In Scandinavian sources, seeresses work as diviners using a practice called seiðr on a ritual platform called...

only referenced by völva or seiðkona, that is a woman who practiced the seiðr. She is mentioned in the Ynglinga saga, Sturlunga saga and a late medieval...

with the verb síða. This suggests that Kormakr thought the magic known as seiðr was integral to Óðinn’s raping of Rindr, and is important evidence for Óðinn's...

magic denoted by Old English sīden and sīdsa, a cognate with the Old Norse seiðr, and also paralleled in the Old Irish Serglige Con Culainn. By the fourteenth...

children. Odin declares this perverse. Loki counters that Odin once practiced seiðr (a type of sorcery) on the island of Samsey (now Samsø, Denmark), and, appearing...

chanted it in falsetto (gala). Grógaldr Runic magic Icelandic magical staves Seiðr The article Galder in Nationalencyklopedin (1992) "galdr". Wiktionary. 14...

Hvergelmir Urðarbrunnr Yggdrasill Valhalla Jötunheimr Rituals and worship Blót Seiðr Norse funeral Yule Walpurgis Night Midsummer Hörgr Heathen hof Vé (shrine)...

for them Freyja, goddess associated with love, beauty, fertility, gold, seiðr, war, and death Odin, god associated with wisdom, war, battle, and death...

things, accuses the gods of moralistic sexual impropriety, the practice of seiðr (sorcery), and bias. Not ostensibly the most serious of allegations, these...

had a daughter Gisela). Played by John Kavanagh (seasons 1–6; Valhalla) Seiðr of Kattegat. A 200-year-old blind being who often provides mysterious predictions...

Pasha Seid, in Verdi's opera Il corsaro Seid, in Mahomet (play) Seid or Seiðr, a type of Old Norse sorcery or witchcraft USS Seid (DE-256), a United States...