Reading "Voluspaa", one can easily discern the classification of women in the Poetic Edda: they are presented in the main characters (Goddess, Giantess, Volva, mortal woman). The origin of the first woman is given (Vol, 17). The two opposites, life and death, are represented by Frigg and Hel. It is interesting to note that the bearer of death is mentioned before the bearer of life and goddess of childbirth in the epic (ibid., 35; Frigg in 37). The main groups of female beings in the epic are named and described below.