seeress

female shaman of Germanic culture and mythology said to have the ability to foretell future occurrences
Person norse_mythical_character Q1477129
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seeress

Summary

seeress is a Norse mythical character[1]. They ranks in the top 7% of norse_mythical_character entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (284 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • seeress's image is recorded as Faroe stamp 428 The Prophet.jpg[3].
  • seeress's instance of is recorded as Norse mythical character[4].
  • seeress's instance of is recorded as occupation[5].
  • seeress's subclass of is recorded as shaman[6].
  • seeress's subclass of is recorded as prophet[7].
  • seeress's subclass of is recorded as fortune teller[8].
  • seeress's part of is recorded as Norse mythology[9].
  • seeress's part of is recorded as Norse culture[10].
  • seeress's part of is recorded as heathenry[11].
  • seeress's Commons category is recorded as Seeress (Germanic)[12].
  • seeress's said to be the same as is recorded as spákona[13].
  • seeress's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/02f3t9[14].
  • seeress's described by source is recorded as Sagas of Icelanders[15].
  • seeress's described by source is recorded as Commentarii de Bello Gallico[16].
  • seeress's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'non', 'text': 'vǫlva'}[17].
  • seeress's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'da', 'text': 'vølve'}[18].
  • seeress's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Völva'}[19].
  • seeress's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Wala'}[20].
  • seeress's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'nb', 'text': 'volve'}[21].
  • seeress's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'sv', 'text': 'völva'}[22].
  • seeress's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'non', 'text': 'spákona'}[23].
  • seeress's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'non', 'text': 'seiðkona'}[24].
  • seeress's different from is recorded as Volva[25].
  • seeress's Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID is recorded as volve[26].
  • seeress's Lex ID is recorded as vølve[27].

Why It Matters

seeress ranks in the top 7% of norse_mythical_character entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (284 views/month).[2] They has Wikipedia articles in 18 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] They is known by 34 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). seeress. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/seeress
MLA “seeress.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/seeress.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_seeress_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{seeress}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/seeress}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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