Vala Explained

Vala or VALA may refer to:

Religion and mythology

Vala (Vedic), a demon or a stone cavern in the Hindu scriptures
Völva, also spelled Vala, a priestess in Norse mythology and Norse paganism

Fiction

Vala (Middle-earth), an angelic being in J. R. R. Tolkien's fiction
Vala Mal Doran, a fictional character in the Canadian-American television series Stargate SG-1
Vala (Blake), a character in the mythological writings of William Blake
Vala, or The Four Zoas, a poem by Blake

People

Vala (clan), a Rajput clan found in Gujarat in India

Surname

Aleš Vála (born 1973), a Czech ice hockey player
Asad Vala (born 1987), a Papua New Guinean cricketer
Jessie Rose Vala (born 1977), an American artist
Jorge Vala (born 1984), a Portuguese academic
Katri Vala (1901–1944), a Finnish poet
Lobat Vala (born 1930), an Iranian poet and activist
Numonius Vala, a Roman family name, or any of the men of that name
Vajubhai Vala, an Indian politician

Given name

Vala Flosadóttir (born 1978), an Icelandic former pole vaulter
Vala Chakradhar Rao (1928–1991), an Indian doctor and politician

Places

Vala State, a former Indian princely state during the British Raj
Våla Hundred, see List of hundreds of Sweden
131 Vala, an asteroid discovered in 1873 named after Völva

Other uses

Vala (programming language), a programming language targeting GNOME's object system
VALA, Libraries, Technology and the Future Inc., an Australian not-for-profit organisation
Vala GSM, a mobile operator in Kosovo
Vala halt, a closed railway station in the municipality of Silves, Portugal

See also