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A ''vǫlva'' or ''völva'' (Old Norse and Icelandic respectively); plural ''vǫlvur'' (O.N.), ''völur'' (Icel.), sometimes anglicized vala; also ''spákona'' or ''spækona'') is a shamanic seeress in Norse paganism, and a recurring motif in Norse mythology. ==Names and etymology== The ''völvur'' were referred to by many names. The Old Norse word ''vǫlva'' means "wand carrier" or "carrier of a magic staff",〔Mercatante & Dow 2004, II:893.〕 and it continues Proto-Germanic *''walwōn'', which is derived from a word for "wand" (Old Norse ''vǫlr'').〔(Hellquist 1922:1081 )〕 ''Vala'', on the other hand, is a literary form based on ''Völva''.〔 Another name for the völva is ''fjölkunnig'' (plenty of knowing) indicating she knew ''seiðr'', ''spá'' and ''galdr''. A ''spákona'' or ''spækona''〔The Tale of Norna-Gest〕 (with an Old English cognate, ''spæwīfe''〔Hellquist 1922:851〕 is a specialised ''Völva'' a "seer, one who sees", from the Old Norse word ''spá'' or ''spæ'' referring to prophesying and which is cognate with the present English word "spy," continuing Proto-Germanic '' *spah-'' and the Proto-Indo-European root ''(unicode: *(s)peḱ)'' (to see, to observe) and consequently related to Latin ''specio'' ("(I) see") and Sanskrit ''spáçati'' and ''páçyati'' ("(s/he) sees", etc.).〔(Hellquist 1922:851 )〕 A practitioner of ''seiðr'' is a ''seiðkona'' (female) or a ''seiðmaðr'' (male). 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Völva」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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