What is Freyja the goddess of?
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love and fertility
Freyja combines love and beauty with magical power and a surprising share in war.
💡 Did you know? Her chariot is drawn by two large cats: still a beloved image today.
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Who shares the fallen warriors with Odin?
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Freyja
Half of those who fall in battle go not to Valhalla but to Freyja's hall Fólkvangr.
💡 Did you know? This made the goddess of love at the same time one of the North's mightiest war goddesses.
What is Freyja's famous necklace called?
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Brísingamen
The gold-gleaming necklace Brísingamen is Freyja's most precious treasure and a token of her power.
💡 Did you know? Freyja is said to have paid the dwarves who forged it dearly for it.
Which magical art does Freyja master?
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the magic of seiðr
Freyja is a mistress of seiðr, an art of prophecy and magic: which she is said to have even taught Odin.
💡 Did you know? As one of the Vanir, she brought this magic to the Aesir in the first place.
What lets Freyja fly?
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a feather cloak
Freyja owns a feather cloak with which she can turn into a falcon and fly through the worlds.
💡 Did you know? Loki borrowed this cloak several times to travel about as a bird himself.
For whom does Freyja weep tears of gold?
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her vanished husband Óðr
Freyja's husband Óðr vanished on his travels; searching for him, she weeps tears of red gold.
💡 Did you know? Her tears were seen as the very origin of gold.
What is Freya's field of the slain called?
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Fólkvangr
Her hall there is called Sessrúmnir.
💡 Did you know? She chooses her half of the fallen before Odin.
Which animals draw Freya's chariot?
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two cats
Large forest cats, Snorri reports.
💡 Did you know? Cats have been Freya's animals ever since.
From whom did Freya acquire the Brísingamen?
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from four dwarves
The Brísings forged the necklace.
💡 Did you know? Loki once stole it: Heimdall won it back.
What does Freya weep for her vanished husband?
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golden tears
Her tears turn to red gold.
💡 Did you know? “Freya's tears” meant gold in skaldic verse.
Which animal does Freya ride into battle?
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the boar Hildisvíni
“Battle swine”: her loyal mount.
💡 Did you know? Her brother Freyr's Gullinbursti is its counterpart.
What does the name Freya mean?
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lady
Just as Freyr simply means “lord”.
💡 Did you know? The German word “Frau” shares the same root.
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