Gullveig

In the poem Völuspá, she came to the hall of Odin (Hár) where she is speared by the Æsir, burnt three times, and yet thrice reborn.

[1] Gullveig/Heiðr is solely attested in the Poetic Edda, compiled in the 13th century from earlier traditional material.

It is a compound formed with the Old Norse word for 'gold' (gull), yet the second element–found in other personal names like Rannveig, Sölveig, or Thórveig–remains obscure.

Scholar Rudolf Simek comments that although Gullveig's name changes to Heiðr, the meaning still remains basically the same.

[6] Gullveig is solely attested in a stanza of Völuspá (Prophecy of the Völva) immediately preceding the story of the Æsir–Vanir War.