Saga of Erik the Red
In the 13th century "Saga of Erik the Red", there was a "seiðkona" or "vǫlva" in Greenland named Thorbjǫrg ("Protected by Thor"). She wore a blue cloak and a headpiece of black lamb trimmed with white ermine, carried the symbolic distaff ("seiðstafr"), which was buried with her, and would sit on a high platform. As related in the Saga: