- Look up
volva in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
Volva may
refer to:
Völva, one of
various Old
Norse terms for a
North Germanic seeress Volva (gastropod)...
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modern scholarship. In
Norse mythology the
seeress is
usually referred to as
völva or vala.
Seeresses were an
expression of the pre-Christian
shamanic traditions...
- In mycology, a
volva is a cup-like
structure at the base of a
mushroom that is a
remnant of the
universal veil, or the
remains of the
peridium that encloses...
- Dreams.
Among the
visions which the
Völva sees and
describes in Völuspá is Baldr's death. In
stanza 32, the
Völva says she saw the fate of
Baldr "the...
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partial veil (such as an
annulus (ring) or cortina) or
universal veil (
volva)
whether the
stipes of many
mushrooms fuse at
their base its
general size...
- of the s**** length.
Volva volva is
found in the
Pacific and
Indian Oceans.
Volva volva (Linnaeus, 1758). WoRMS (2009).
Volva volva (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed...
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Volva kilburni is a
species of sea snail, a
marine gastropod mollusk in the
family Ovulidae, the ovulids,
cowry allies or
false cowries.
Volva kilburni...
- Völuspá (also Vǫluspá, Vǫlospá, or Vǫluspǫ́; Old Norse: 'Prophecy of the
völva, a seeress') is the best
known poem of the
Poetic Edda. It
dates back to...
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Phenacovolva brevirostris is a
species of sea snail, a
marine gastropod mollusc in the
family Ovulidae, the ovulids,
cowry allies or
false cowries. Phenacovolva...
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Volva striata is a
species of sea snail, a
marine gastropod mollusk in the
family Ovulidae, the ovulids,
cowry allies or
false cowries.
Volva striata...
