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Summary: Freya is the Norse Mother Goddess.
- names
- basic information
- relations
- magick
- candle color
- astrology
- planet
- herbs
- myths
- holy days
- priests/priestesses
- links
- books
names:
Norse names: Freya, Freyja, Gefn, Mardal, Vanadis
English names: glad in adornment, the one shining over the sea
(NOTE: In addition to native variations by locality or over time, there are often several possible transliterations into the Roman alphabet used for English.)
basic information:
Freya: Norse Mother Goddess. Earth Goddess. Goddess of marriage, childbirth, and motherhood.
Freya’s relations:
Wife and sister of Frey
A member of the Asynjur.
magickal information and correspondences:
Sacred candle color: green, red, and black
astrology associated with Freya:
Chinese astrology:
Freya is an Earth Goddess and therefore related to the Chinese atsrological signs of Pig and Ox.
planet:
Planet: Earth
herbs associated with Freya:
myths and beliefs:
See Norse Friday the 13th and mistletoe myth.
holy days
Friday: Friday is named for Freya.
Charming of the Plough: One of the eight major holy days of modern Asatru, held on the first New Moon in February, which is February 6th in 2008.
other:
The Scandavians believed that priestesses of Freya could foretell the future through various oracles and divination.
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Freya — Goddess of Love and Fertility. She ruled Odin’s Valkyries and is reputed to have taught him women’s blood magic. Together with her consort-brother Frey she was ruler of the Vanir, ancient matrifocal nature deities who preexisted Norse patriarchy. In this re-creation of a 6th century Swedish bronze image she is shown smiling, encircled by her great necklace Brisingamen [below]. Goddess of the moon, of love, and of childbirth, she gave her name to Friday. Note the floreate detail of her headdress and necklace.
See Freya On Boar also [below]. —picture and text © 1996 JBL Statues (now called Sacred Source), original text created by Tom Laudeman
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Freya on Boar — She was the Nordic Goddess of Spring, Fertility and Love, and as Queen of the Valkyeries sometimes carried a sword. Here she rides upon the Boar (representing her consort/brother Frey) in an image suggesting sacred sexual union. The boar as totem personified prosperity, vitality and ceremonial feasting for both the Norse and Celts. —picture and text © 1996 JBL Statues (now called Sacred Source), original text created by Tom Laudeman
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Brisingamen Disk — The Sacred Marriage of Frey and Freya is shown in this pictograph dating from about 500 BCE and discovered in Maltagarden, Denmark. Carved upon the sandstone lid of a cremation urn, Freya’s ornate necklace Brisingamen may have symbolized the Sun, whose thawing of winter ice gave its solar disc feminine qualities in the Norse/Germanic traditions. Note the phallic god, and the goddess identified by her crescent moon. The fir tree fertility symbol that adjoins Freya has also been identified as an ear of grain.
See Frey. —picture and text © 1996 JBL Statues (now called Sacred Source), original text created by Tom Laudeman
from “The Handbook of Norse Mythology”:
by Karl Mortensen, 1898 (“Nordisk mythologi”), original Danish
translated into English 1913 by A. Clinton Crowell8. FREY AND FREYJA. — Njorth of Noatun, as we have said, had had two children in Vanaheim, a son, Frey, and a daughter, Freyja. Frey is the grandest among the Aesir; he governs the rain and sunshine and thereby the products of the earth; wherefore men shall call upon him to obtain good years and times of peace, as he also governs men’s happiness with reference to the gods. His dwelling is called Alfheim. His sister, Freyja, is the most excellent among the Asynjur, and dwells in heaven in the castle which is called Folkvang. When she rides to battle she takes half the Val, ‘the slain,’ but Odin the other half. Her hall is called Sessrymnir, and she has a wagon drawn by two cats. One is to call upon her in everything which concerns love. She herself had as husband a man named Od, whom she dearly loved, but he forsook her and set out on a long journey, while she remained behind weeping. Her tears were red gold; she owned the costly ornament Brisingamen, wherefore she is called Menglath, ‘glad in adornment.’ Of her other epithets, Gefn, Vanadis, and Mardal, ‘the one shining over the sea’ may be emphasized.
religious title certificate
Get a beautiful certificate declaring that you are a priestess, priest, high priestess, high priest, witch, or shaman of Freya. This is a real religious certificate meeting government standards for conducting marriages and other ceremonies.
external links:
If you follow any of the links offered on this web site, no spell begging. Especially no love spell begging.
- Charge of the Goddess from Charles Godfrey Leland’s 1899 “Aradia: Gospel of the Witches” via DJ Conway’s “Moon Magick” (OUTSIDE LINK — PICTURE)
If you have a Freya-related web page, please send the URL to Milo. Please indicate if there is a picture on your web page.
Books
If you want your book reviewed, please send a copy to: Milo, POB 1361, Tustin, CA 92781, USA.
Moon Magick: Myth & Magick, Crafts & Recipes, Rituals & Spells (Llewellyn’s Practical Magick); by D. J. Conway; Llewellyn Publications; August 1995; ISBN 1567181678; paperback; 320 pages; $13.56
If you want your book reviewed, please send a copy to: Milo, POB 1361, Tustin, CA 92781, USA.
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