Editing Gullveig (section)

==Attestations==
Gullveig is solely attested in a [[stanza]] of ''[[Völuspá]]'' (Prophecy of the [[Völva]]) immediately preceding the story of the [[Æsir–Vanir War]]''.{{Sfn|Orchard|1997|p=67}}'' A völva (seeress) recalls that Gullveig was pierced by spears before being burnt three times in the hall of [[Hár and Hárr|Hárr]] (one of [[List of names of Odin|Odin's names]]), and yet was three times reborn. Presumably after her burning, Gullveig became known as ''Heiðr'', a knowledgeable völva who could perform great feats:

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<small>[[Henry Adams Bellows (businessman)|H. A. Bellows]] translation (1923):</small>
:The war I remember, the first in the world,
:When the gods with spears had smitten Gollveig,
:And in the hall of Hor had burned her,
:Three times burned, and three times born,
:Oft and again, yet ever she lives.
:Heith they named her who sought their home
:The wide-seeing witch, in magic wise;
:Minds she bewitched that were moved by her magic,
:To evil women a joy she was.<ref name="BELLOWS10">Bellows (1923:10).</ref>
|<small>[[Andy Orchard|A. Orchard]] translation (1997):</small>
Then [the sibyl] remembered the first great war in the world,

when they stabbed at Gullveig with spears,

and they burned her in Odin ’s hall;

thrice they burned the thrice-bom girl,

often, not once, but still she lived.

They called her heid, when she came to the house,

a sibylline witch, who knew the skill of wands,

she practised ''[[Seiðr|seid]]'' where she could, practised ''seid'' in a trance;

she was always a delight to wicked women.''{{Sfn|Orchard|1997|p=67}}''
|<small>[[John Lindow|J. Lindow]] translation (2001):</small>
She remembers the war of peoples first in the world,

When Gullveig with spears they studded

And in Hár’s hall burned her;

Thrice burned, thrice born,

Often, unseldom, though she yet lives.

Heid they called her, wherever she came to houses,

A seeress skilled in prophecy, she observed magic staffs;

She performed ''seid'', wherever she could, she performed ''seid'' in a trance,

She was ever the joy of an evil woman.{{Sfn|Lindow|2001|p=154}}
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