Colors: green, gold, blue and pink
Wood: . Birch , maple and apple
Animals: cats of all sizes(wild or domestic), swine and falcons
Stones: emerald, pearl, aventurine, rose quartz, tiger'as eye, amber
Weapons: spear, sword and shield
The most complex of the goddesses.
Goddess of magic and death, goddess of sex, fertility and love, Beauty, Poetry, Fertility and death, love and war. Priestess and Seid-woman. Approachable but extremely changeable.
patron Goddess of crops, birth, and sensuality and matters of love.
loves music, spring and flowers. She is especially fond of the elves (faeries).
Originally one of the Vanir. After she went to live with the Aesir as a hostage, she taught them -- including Odin -- seidr
daughter of Njord
Symbols: Love Music, Poems
shape-shifter who often took the form of a falcon.
daughters, by Od, are named Hnoss, who is so beautiful that whatever is valuable and lovely is named "treasure" after her, and Gersemi.
When her husband Od disappeared, Freyja wept golden tears.
chariot was drawn by male cats (Bygul and Trygul)
owned the precious Brisings' necklace, which she slept with four dwarves to acquire
owned a feather coat which she could use to fly between the worlds.
The most beautiful of goddesses who watches over love and fertility.
war goddess and frequently rides to the battlefields with Odin
lives in the sub-realm Folkvang (battlefield) and her hall is Sessrumnir - said that in Sessrumnir, love music play constantly and erotic poetry are carved on it's many brilliant pillars.
Slain woman come to her
queen of the Valkyries
half of the slain warriors goes to Odin while the other half goes to Freya. The latter has the first pick.
Patroness of seithr, a practice in which a sorceress would enter a trance to foretell the future. The women who practiced siethr, who were know as Volva, wandered freely about the country casting spells and foretelling the future. Freyja's worshipers involved orgiastic rites, which horrified and outraged the Christians
She and Frigga are two aspects of the Great Goddess
Freya being the maiden aspect and Frigga the mother aspect.
didn't discriminate in her choice of lovers: all the Gods were fair game.
When Freya appeared draped in her feathered cloak and wearing nothing but her magic amber necklace, none could resist her.
Freya is here to assist you in honoring your sexuality. It is time to connect with that vital, primal, spiritual, regenerating energy and express it, whether or not you have partner. It's about being fully present in your body. Not just the shoulders or head but the clitoris, anus, breasts, and feet. It's about allowing yourself to feel vibrant, electric energy in your sex organs and use that energy to animate your being. Have you been feeling that sexuality is too enormous or frightening or taboo to deal with? Do you fear that living and loving your sexuality will keep
you from being a "nice girl"? Have the messages learned in your adolescence kept you from exploring your sexuality? (If living your sexuality brings up fear, you may want to work with 'Kali: Fear' or consult a therapist.) Have you been too busy to take time to give to yourself sexually? Do you feel that sex requires a partner and if you aren't with one you can't enjoy your sexuality?
Freya says that when you live your sexuality, you open to the dynamic energy that flows through all creation. When you close down, close off, close up, you limit your possibilities for connecting with Goddess energy, which brings you greater vitality. Your path to wholeness needs to include all your parts and your sexuality is an important piece of you.
It is time to connect with that vital, primal, spiritual, regenerating energy and express it, whether or not you have a partner. It's about being fully present in your body. Not just the shoulders or head but the clitoris, anus, breasts, and feet. It's about allowing yourself to feel vibrant, electric energy in your sex organs and use that energy to animate your being.
Have you been feeling that sexuality is too enormous or frightening or taboo to deal with? Do you fear that living and loving your sexuality will keep you from being a "nice person"? Have the messages learned in your adolescence kept you from exploring your sexuality? Have you been too busy to take time to give to yourself sexually? Do you feel that sex requires a partner and if you aren't with one you can't enjoy your sexuality?
To Do In honor of Freya: This week take the time to write a love poem to the one you love. Listen to love music while you do this. When you meditate, play some love music in the background and concentrate on meeting Freya in your meditation and see what message she brings to you. Also, play love music all week in order to invoke her presence into your home. She will instill much love and passion in your life. If you would like to, please share your poem with us!!!
Sources: Various include: http://www.ugcs.caltech.edu/~cherryne/myth.cgi/Freya.html, http://paganwiccan.about.com/od/norsepanth/p/freya.htm http://www.einherjarve.org.uk/s_gods.htm
