The word volva can refer to:

• Völva, a pagan Norse shaman
• Volva (gastropod), a genus of sea snails
• Volva (mycology)

A volva or völva (Old Norse and Icelandic respectively); plural volur (O.N.), völur (Icel.), sometimes anglicized vala; also spákona or spækona) is a shamanic seeress in Norse paganism, and a recurring motif in Norse mythology.