Seidh, Seir is a kind of Norse oracular technique that involves prophecy via trances and the summoning of spirits.
- Women in Scandinavia and Iceland practiced what is known as "ritual trance prophecy," or seir.
- The goddess Freya ruled over Seir.
- The seeress sits on an elevated seat or platform, where she enters trance with the assistance of ritual helpers, a procedure known as ùtiseta or "sitting out."
- Seir became a highly negative word in Christian literature.
- The Dutch Witta Wijven, however, continued the practice of "sitting out" until the mid-seventeenth century (wise wives).
- The tradition has been resurrected in recent years.
DIVINE WITCH: Freya, Odin; Völva
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