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Veleda
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Veleda was a seeress of the Bructeri, a Germanic people who achieved some prominence during the Batavian rebellion of AD 69–70, headed by the Romanized Batavian chieftain Gaius Julius Civilis, when sh
Statue of Veleda by Laurent Marqueste (c. 1877)
Statue of Veleda by Laurent Marqueste (c. 1877)
"Veleda, prophetess of the Germans," by Juan Scherr (1882)
"Veleda, prophetess of the Germans," by Juan Scherr (1882)
Velleda, as imagined in a 19th-century painting by Charles Voillemot.
Velleda, as imagined in a 19th-century painting by Charles Voillemot.
Finds from a priestess' grave
Finds from a priestess' grave
Seeress (Germanic)
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In Germanic paganism, a seeress is a woman said to have the ability to foretell future events and perform sorcery. They are also referred to with many other names meaning "prophetess", "staff bearer"
Veleda
…Veleda (fl. AD 69–84) was a seeress of the Bructeri, a Germanic people who achieved some prominence during the Batavian rebellion of AD 69–70, headed by the Romanized Batavian chieftain…
Sculpture of the Germanic seeress Veleda, by Hippolyte Maindron, 1844, in Jardin du Luxembourg, Paris.
Sculpture of the Germanic seeress Veleda, by Hippolyte Maindron, 1844, in Jardin du Luxembourg, Paris.
The fate of men was always in the hands of female powers. An illustration of the Norns who spin the threads of fate at the foot of Yggdrasil, the tree
The fate of men was always in the hands of female powers. An illustration of the Norns who spin the threads of fate at the foot of Yggdrasil, the tree of the world. Beneath them is the well Urðarbrunnr with the two swans that have engendered all the swans in the world.
The seeress Veleda as painted by Jules Eugène Lenepveu, 1883
The seeress Veleda as painted by Jules Eugène Lenepveu, 1883
It appears to have been Ganna herself, and her king Masyos, who informed Tacitus of the Semnoni religious practices. An illustration of the Semnoni sa
It appears to have been Ganna herself, and her king Masyos, who informed Tacitus of the Semnoni religious practices. An illustration of the Semnoni sacred grove, which is identified with the Grove of Fetters in Scandinavian heroic legend.