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VALKA

in
#AssassinsCreed 
Valhalla!
Thread aided by Dr. Jackson Crawford's (vid in 12/12)
@Norsebysw-Consultant on AC Valhalla! It's for
#ACSisterhoodI'll cover why Valka is the Seer(2-4), explain her detailed garbs(5-8)& seiðr practice(9-12)
AC: 6-8, 10-11
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Seers, or Vǫlva, can be

or

who practice Seidr.

They're called Seidkona (Seid-woman) or Seidmadr (Seid-man)

Though,it's mainly for women to take the duties of Vǫlva

For men, it's frowned upon & they'd call them"Argr" aka worst curse word ever for Norse men...

2/12

Dr. Crawford says "the state of being unmanly is called Ergr, comes from Argr"(YouTube)

Reason why Practicing Seidr is unmanly, is bc it was introduced by

, Goddess Freyja, from the Vanir Gods.

She took this dark magic & introduced it to Aesir God Odin, who

it..

3/12

Odin is tied to the practice of Seidr, which is why men choose to also be in it. In Odin, they have a Manly Patron.

But, this manly Patron, Odin, is called "args adal" aka a Pervert by Loki in Lokesenna Stanza 24.

So it's a woman's magic

So who is this Vǫlva

?

4/12

Vǫlva- a traveler who got paid to give prophecies to person who gave her

.

1 Saga describes Vǫlva's diet & attire intricately is Eiriks Saga Rauda

We are told the Vǫlva drank "'

of a young goat...the

of all living creatures.. were cooked for her.'"(Crawford,YT)
5/12

Diet of Vǫlva in 5/12 isn't for nothing. She WEARS what she CONSUMES.

Eirkis Saga describes Vǫlva wearing "'a black hood, made of lambskin...'"(Crawford,YT)
#ACValhalla:

hood

ACL Community says Pelt on her shoulder might be

or

, so she consumes their

too?
6/12

Eiriks Saga states"'She(Vǫlva) had a belt tied around herself and there was a large sack on it.. in that sack, she kept her talisments which she needed in order to make prophecies.'"(Crawford,YT)
#ACValhalla #ACFacts Valka clearly has a belt & a sack to put things in

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Eiriks Saga continues,"'she had a blue cloak w/ a neckstring over herself & stones were set in it..'"(Crawford,YT)
#AssassinsCreed
#ACFacts:

-ish dress+ Neckstring w/ stones
#AssassinsCreedValhalla 
is Gets VALKA SO RIGHT!


-So how does Valka practice her magic?

8/12

Magic of Seidr is"concerned w/ discerning the course of fate and working within its structure to bring about change.."

Vǫlva's"intended task typically involved a prophecy,a blessing or a curse."(Norse)

She helped


see

what's hidden,bring good fortune,or demise

9/12

Archeologist Neil Price says seiðr(Seidr)rituals are for "'divination & clairvoyance; for seeking out the hidden, both in the secrets of the mind and in physical locations...it could also be used for the opposite."(Norse)


how
#ACValhalla can go

Asgard/Jotunheim..
10/12
@DarbyMcDevitt says Valhalla will be a fixed story, so Saga fact


In Orvar-Odds Saga, Vǫlva prophesized Orvar will be killed by his

, he

that

,buried it deep,came back home 300 yrs later,& fell on that

w/ cliff being eroded away,

bite=

. FIXED PROPHECY! (YT)
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Sources
Dr. Jackson Crawford-
-
https://norse-mythology.org/concepts/seidr/ It's INSANE how ACCURATE VALKA is portrayed in
#AssassinsCreed 
Valhalla,I'm really excited to see

her in 2 weeks!

Thank you Dr. Crawford & Assassins! Plz RT, Valka is watching you!


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