Veleda
Continental Germanic · mortal · Continental Germanic religion under Rome (1st c. BCE – 3rd c. CE) · Recorded classification
A LIVING WOMAN IN A REGISTRY OF GODS, AND THE REASON IS THAT THE SOURCES PUT HER THERE. The Romans negotiated with her as a power and reported that she was held as something close to a divinity; her people did not approach her in person. She is typed mortal because this schema's type is a function of descent and she has no divine parent, and the treatment of her standing is on the record rather than in the type.
Domains
- prophecy
Relations
- succeeded by: GannaIn-batch.Reference treatment: Ganna was a Germanic seeress of the Semnones who succeeded the seeress Veleda as the leader of a Germanic alliance in rebellion against the Roman Empire. (secondary)
Sources
- Veleda is the seeress of the Bructeri who predicted the rebels' successes in the Batavian revolt of 69–70 CE and was treated by Romans and Germans alike as an authority.: Reference treatments of Veleda and of the Germanic seeress. (secondary)