Freya's Involvement in Today's Culture (Post 3)

Freya, along with a number of other Norse deities, have appeared in a variety of cultural aspects today. 

Freya has become most well known for her role in the popular Canadian TV show, Vikings. While she is not a protagonist on the show, the characters often pray to several of the Norse Gods and Goddesses.


She has also appeared in books and comics such as the Japanese manga series,  History's Strongest Disciple Kenichi, where she plays the role of one of the eight fists, and the novel Eight Days of Luke by Diana Wynne.  This allegory centers mainly around the main Norse gods such as Loki, Thor, Odin, Frey, and Freya.

 


A third example of her cultural involvement is the famous painting “Freyja and the Necklace” by James Doyle Penrose in 1890.  It depicts one of the preeminent goddesses in Norse mythology standing in Midgard with the Brisingamen around her neck.  

Od's Mysterious Disappearance (Post 2)

Freya was said to be a personification of the earth and such she married Odur, a symbol of the summer sun. The two were so in love, almost always by each other's side smiling and perfectly happy. Though one morning, Freya awoke and reached out to grab the hand of her love, but he was gone. She searched the room trying to find Odur, becoming more frantic upon discovering he was nowhere to be found. Her desperate cries filled the air and she felt he had left her, and feared he may have died. Freya scoured the lands in search of her lost love, and as she looked, she wept tears of gold. Some tears fell into the seas and were transformed into pools of amber.  She searched by foot, as well as using her falcon cloak, to rise high into the sky in attempt of finding her love. Eventually, he was found, and though she was ecstatic to discover that he was still alive, he had been banished and lost at sea; he was transformed into a hideous sea monster. Even so, she remained faithful by his side. One fateful day not long after, Od was murdered, and Freya became enraged, threatening to kill the other Gods. To make peace with her, it was agreed that he would have a place in Valhalla, despite not dying heroically in battle.

Introduction (Post 1)

Kveðja (Greetings), I am Freya, daughter of Njord, sister of Freyr, and wife of Od.  I am the Norse goddess of love, fertility, and beauty.  Along with these I am a patron goddess of crops and birth.  I symbolize sensuality and give very good love advice!  I belong to a group of gods and goddesses called the Vanir, who are all connected with nature, such as fascinating places and animals and unseen realms.
  Some of my favorite things are music (especially love songs) and flowers, and Spring is my favorite season. All of the lifeless plants that sprout up into delicate blossoms and colorful meadows...  Oh!  I also adore fairies, and cats are my favorite animal.  In fact, my chariot is led by them!
My hair is long and golden, and my eyes are crystal blue.  You will always see me wearing my Brisingamen; it is this astonishing necklace made of rubies and amber.  I also have a mystic falcon cloak, and I sometimes use it to mask myself as a bird.  
Far vel vinr (Farewell friend), and thank you for taking the time to get to know me.
-Freya