I'm a liberal pagan living in West, Texas. Yes. That West, Texas.

Monday, February 12, 2007

FREYA THE GODDESS



Her first husband was called Od (or Odur) but he deserted her, and there after she wept golden tears of grief at all opportunities..such as there were, for her life thereafter was one of unbridled promiscuity. Counting her various conquests is no small matter, but we can list her brother Frey, Odin and other gods, a man called Ottar, not to mention four very important dwarfs...When LOki cast certain doubts upon her virtue, it is hard not to agree with his accusations.
She was part of a bet between Loki and Thor for sexu
al favors, she got soooo pissed her fury was spectacular so the gods gave that one up..Freya's exploits with the four dwarfs involved her directly...She was exploring the world one night when she came across the smithy of four dwarfs called the Brisings. They were in the process of making a necklace of such exquisite beauty that Freya could hardly believe her eyes.There was nothing that the goddess would not do to possess that treasure: when the dwarfs declared that she could have it only if she spent a night of lust with each of them in turn , she readily assented.Loki had followed her and rushed to tell Odin of her prostitution and the king of the Aesir was furious as he longed for Freya himself, so to find out she was sporting with the dwarfs hurt him grievously..plus he was pissed at Loki for telling..s He told Loki to get the necklace..She was wearing it and passed out in sexual bliss when he tried to get it..She was laying on top of it and he finally turned his self into a flea and bit her to get her to turn over and he took the necklace..She went straight to Odin to find out if he had any thing to do with the theft..and if he was...well, she called him a very dirty name..He said she was calling him names but if she had not debased herself by whoring with the dwarfs in order to obtain the necklace she wouldnt be where she was, and to get and keep the necklace which she really really wanted she had to agree as part of her respoinsiblities the spreading of warfare and misery.So to keep the necklace she agreed..
Freya, as noted, was no paragon of virtue. It might have been expected that she should have been reviled for her secuality..especially in a primitive society, where women are commonly expected to be both chaste and willing, she was one of the most importand and respected members of the Norse pantheon.
She was also the goddess of sex. Daughter
of Njord and twin sister of Frey, her chariot was pulled either by her boar Hildisvini or by a number of cats. She owned a falcon coat which she used to fly around the world, in the guise of that bird.Horses were involved with her cult, for reasons it appears, of orgiastic sex. Besides her role in terms of sex and beauty she had a somewhat grimmer aspect, because she often led parties of Valkyries down to fetch the dead from battlefields, bringing them back to her hall so they could enjoy all the benefits of the afterlife.
So this is my Goddess. The Goddess of sex, fertility and war...my kinda Goddess...
Each Thursday you will be able to Ask Freya the Goddess any question that you like...and she will answer you...Just leave a question as a comment and she will answer them..I will post them the next day...

May the Goddess bless and keep you safe from the far right..

20 comments:

Patty said...

Very cool story. I learned a couple of things about Ferya that I didn't know.

yellowdoggranny said...

autumn: yeah, sex, war and death and a chariot drawn by a herd of cats...what more could you ask for..



if you want to email the goddess..her email address is :goddessofloveandasskicking@yahoo.com
she will answer all questions..and dispense blessings...

Cie Cheesemeister said...

Actually, Freya is one of my favorite deities. I include her as a character in that damn book that should finally be published this year. More when it actually comes out because I will be pimping it shamelessly.

Carina said...

What imagination and neat to see that at least some cultures celebrated the stronger side of femininity. :)

Nit Wit said...

Wow! Dwarves and snitches, and a pussy powered chariot.
I'm gonna have to get me some of that old time religon. :)

yellowdoggranny said...

cheesey: went there...just 2 short posts in a strange language..glad you like freya..she's my goddess..
Nitwit..I knew you would like the dwarf story..how can you not like her..she rules sex and war...covers all the bases...

Josh said...

A kickass post! I love mythology, especially of the Norse variety. They knew how to tell a good yarn.

Anonymous said...

She is my hero.
Hi I'm formerly known as pix what-have you- from kevin's blog- used to be here as well - now blogging again...I have lots of reading to catch up with! (Finally on my own and finally have a home pc) My old job was a joke and that was where I did my blogging - this one however keeps me super busy and no time for online blogging! Had to get a laptop and here i am again. Good to read you again.
pix

yellowdoggranny said...

Josh: come by thursday and ask the goddess a question..
I love Viking Mythology...

apositivepessimist said...

I will be back with a question on Thursday well your Thursday ;)

mckait said...

wow

a direct line to the goddess! I can hardly wait til thursday , lol

Thanks js!

the rube said...

loki has always been a role model for me. i think he might have been reincarnated as the big lebowski.

Cyberoutlaw said...

Back in junior high we had to read some Norse mythology. This was around the time when the Marvel Superheroes was on television as a cartoon series. We all thought Thor would look like the cartoon character, but when someone found a picture in an encyclopedia he looked like a bum, LOL! Very disappointing.

Pixie said...

Interesting, thanks :)

Anonymous said...

I want my bodkin back!

Anonymous said...

Hey, Thursday (Thorsday) is MY day...I have enough problems with Jupiter, now this...

Nancy said...

I thought today was...shit I need to go back to bed.

Oh Goddess will I ever be not tired? :)

yellowdoggranny said...

apos: the goddess is girding her loins in readiness of YOUR QUESTION..
Pix..man, it's good to hear from you again, will drop by and say howdy...welcome back...
kath:just remember..no math questions.
ruby:im sure the goddess will relay any messages for you to loki..they go out partying in the chariot..
cyber:nothing is ever what it seems, that why they have erasers and divorce lawyers..
pix:welcome
Od:no problem, I'm all through with your bobkin...thanks..
thor: sorry, I would change it, but the Goddess was very convincing that thursday would be the day..maybe she did it to fuck with you...

:P fuzzbox said...

She also gives hope to all us dwarves.

imaginarybeings said...

too many people forget that she is goddess of discord and warfare! She is sexuality incarnate but with a high price.