Iron-Staff Völva

The myth

The völva was a seeress and practitioner of magic in Viking Age Scandinavia, respected and feared. The name comes from vǫlr, staff, and the staff was her emblem. The most famous poem of the mythology, the Völuspá, is the prophecy of a völva who tells Odin of the world's creation and end. In the Saga of Erik the Red, the seeress Þorbjörg arrives at a farm in Greenland wearing a blue cloak and catskin gloves and carrying a brass-knobbed staff, to foretell the end of a famine. Graves containing iron staffs have been found in Scandinavia.

Why it has this power

A level 3 Common with ATK 1000 and DEF 1200: she fights not with strength but with knowledge. A Darkness Spellcaster, under Moon and Fox, the constellations of the hidden and of cunning. Her worth is fusion: with any Spellcaster she awakens the Norns of Urðr's Well, Epics with DEF 2900.

Did you know

Völuspá means the prophecy of the völva: the entire poem is a seeress speaking.

Connections

• Fuses into: + Spellcaster → The Norns of Urðr's Well
• In Sigrun Runedaughter's deck
• In Halvard the Grey Raven's deck

Where to get it

• Daily Offering: 0% per pack (Common 64% per card)
• Welcome Pack: 0.97% per pack (Common 70% per card)
• Traveler's Pack: 0.88% per pack · 5.2% in the themed pack (Common 64% per card)
• Bronze Reliquary: 0.86% per pack · 5.1% in the themed pack (Common 62% per card)
• Silver Reliquary: 0.67% per pack · 4% in the themed pack (Common 49% per card)
• Golden Reliquary: 0.46% per pack · 2.7% in the themed pack (Common 33% per card)
• Daily Showcase: Shows up on about 0.69% of days · 150 gold
• Craft with card dust: 40 dust
• Crossing of Myths: Can be offered as a reward during a crossing (the card stays in the crossing deck).

Sources

1. volve — Store norske leksikon
2. The Poetic Edda: Voluspo — Henry Adams Bellows (trad./trans.)
3. seid – i norrøn religion — Store norske leksikon