Völva – The Norse Priestess “All witches [völur] are descended from Widening Wolf All transsexual sorcerers [Seiðberendr] from the Tree of Intent All sorcerers [Seiðmennir] from Black Head” (Hyndluljóð, st. Poetic Edda) “Wed to the Wand” – the Völva, a Norse Witch “Then came the völva Gróa there, wife of Aurvandil the Bold. She sang her galðr [spell-songs] over Thor until the piece of stone loosened [from his flesh]. When Thor noticed this, and understood that there was a good hope that she…