Þuríðr Sundafyllir

According to Landnámabók, Þuríðr Sundafyllir was one of the Norse settlers of Iceland. A Völva, she gained her epithet "filler of inlets" during a famine in Iceland, when she used her magic powers to fill the fjords with fish. A comparable incident is reported in the Saga of Erik the Red, where Thorhall, one of the first settlers in Vinland, prays to Thor and scratches himself, presumably as a blood-sacrifice, with the result that another famine is ended when a whale is beached on the shore, providing the settlers with fresh meat.

Germanic seeresses and Norse völvas

Germanic seeresses	Albruna Gambara Ganna Waluburg Veleda

Norse völvas	Þorbjörg Lítilvölva Þordís Spákona Heimlaug Völva Þuríðr Sundafyllir

See also	Freyja Galdr Seiðr Wand Witch (etymology)

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