Vala or VALA may refer to:

Religion and mythology

* Vala (Vedic), a demon or a stone cavern in the Hindu scriptures *

Völva In Germanic paganism, a seeress is a woman said to have the ability to foretell future events and perform sorcery. They are also referred to with many other names meaning "prophetess", "staff bearer", "wise woman" and "sorceress", and they are f ...

, also spelled Vala, a priestess in Norse mythology and Norse paganism

Fiction

Vala (Middle-earth) The Valar (; singular Vala) are characters in J. R. R. Tolkien's legendarium. They are "angelic powers" or "gods", #154 to Naomi Mitchison, September 1954 subordinate to the one God (Eru Ilúvatar). The Ainulindalë describes how those of the ...

, an angelic being in J. R. R. Tolkien's fiction *

Vala Mal Doran Vala Mal Doran is a fictional character in the American military science fiction television series ''Stargate SG-1'', a science fiction show about a military team exploring the galaxy via a network of alien transportation devices. Played by former ...

, 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 ''Vala, or The Four Zoas'' is one of the uncompleted prophetic books by the English poet William Blake, begun in 1797. The eponymous main characters of the book are the Four Zoas (Urthona, Urizen, Luvah and Tharmas), who were created by the fall o ...

'', a poem by Blake

People

Vala (clan) The Vala, or Wala is a Koli clan (Gotra) found in the state of Gujarat in India. They claim to be the earliest Koli settlers in Saurashtra, and are descendants of Dhan Mer who was son of Koli chieftain Sonang Mer, who defeated the ruler of the ...

, a Rajput clan found in Gujarat in India

Surname

* Aleš Vála (born 1973), a Czech ice hockey player *

Asad Vala Assad Vala (born 5 August 1987) is a Papua New Guinean cricketer and the captain of the national side. A left-handed batsman and off spin bowler, he has played for the Papua New Guinea national cricket team since 2005. Early career Born in Papu ...

(born 1987), a Papua New Guinean cricketer *

Jessie Rose Vala Jessie Rose Vala (born 1977, Madison, Wisconsin) is an American installation artist working in drawing, painting, ceramic, paper sculpture, and video. She received an MFA from University of Oregon and a BFA in painting and ceramic sculpture from Ca ...

(born 1977), an American artist *

Jorge Vala Jorge Vala (born 1947), PhD in social psychology, University of Louvain, was a full professor at ISCTE - Lisbon University Institute, and is currently a researcher at the Institute of Social Sciences (ICS)/University of Lisbon. Research focus A ...

(born 1984), a Portuguese academic *

Katri Vala Katri Vala (1901–1944) was a Finnish poet, critic, school teacher, and central member of the literary group Tulenkantajat (The Fire Bearers) with Olavi Paavolainen, Elina Vaara, Lauri Viljanen, Ilmari Pimiä, Viljo Kajava, and Yrjö Jylhä. ...

(1901–1944), a Finnish poet *

Lobat Vala Lobat Vala (born 1930 in Tehran) is an Iranian poet and campaigner for the Women Liberation and Equal Rights in Iran. Early life Having been exiled from Iran since 1979, Vala lives in London, and she lived in Melbourne between 1980 and 1984. ...

(born 1930), an Iranian poet and activist *

Numonius Vala Numonius Vala was a combination of family name ''( nomen)'' and ''cognomen'' used by ancient Roman men of the '' gens Numonia''. Gaius Numonius Vala Gaius Numonius Vala is known only from coins, from which it appears that he had obtained renown ...

, a Roman family name, or any of the men of that name *

Vajubhai Vala Vajubhai Rudabhai Vala (born 23 January 1937) is an Indian statesman who was the 18th Governor of Karnataka from 1 September 2014 to 6 July 2021. He is also the longest serving Governor for Karnataka after Khurshed Alam Khan. Vajubhai served a ...

, an Indian politician

Given name

* Vala Flosadóttir (born 1978), an Icelandic former pole vaulter *

Vala Chakradhar Rao Dr. Vala Chakradhar Rao (28 March 1928 – 27 September 1991) was a physician, doctor and politician. He was Vice President of the All India Private Medical Practitioner Association (PMP) and was President for the Andhra Pradesh state PMP for ...

(1928–1991), an Indian doctor and politician

Places

Vala State Vala State or Vallabhipura was a non-salute princely state in India during the British Raj until 1948. The centre was the city of Vallabhi. The last ruler of the state signed the state's accession to the Indian Union on 15 February 1948. Hi ...

, a former princely state of the British Raj * Våla Hundred, see List of hundreds of Sweden *

131 Vala Vala ( minor planet designation: 131 Vala) is an inner main-belt asteroid. It was discovered by C. H. F. Peters on 24 May 1873, and named after Völva, a prophetess in Norse mythology. One observation of an occultation of a star by Vala is fro ...

, 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