Birth of Freyja Source: Moon Magic By: DJ Conway
The Norse Vana-Goddess Freyja was very important to the welfare and existence of the Gods. This went far beyond her aspect as a fertility goddess, fro there was a long series of battles between the Gods and the Giants over Freyja. Jreyja had many names: Syr, Lady, Great Goddess, Mardoll (She who shines over the sea). She was the sister of Freyr andthe daughter of the sea god Njord.
Myths hint at her marriage to a mysterious god name Od who disappeared. Althought Freyja is linked closely with the powerful Odhinn, she was not his wife, nor the wife of any god. When she weeps, her tears fall as drops of gold; when the tears fall into the sea, they become amber. Her magickal cats Bygul (Bee-gold, honey) and Trjegul (Tree-gold, amber), pull her chriot, but she also has a battle-boar (Hildisvini) which she rode. She owns the necklace Brisingamen and keeps half of the slain warriors in her hall.
Freyja is the mistress of the sea, leader of the Valkyries, a shape-shifter, and the Sage or 'sayer' who inspires all sacred poetry. Thirteen is her number and Friday her day. Her special magick seider was primarily women's magick, a type of shamanism and prophecy. Some myths hint that the runes were hers long before Odhinn gained them.
Freyja has the power over love, beauty, animals, sex, cats, childbirth, fire, horses, enchatments, witchcraft, gold, wealth, trance, jewelry, wisdom, foresight, magick, luck, long life, fertility, the Moon, the sea, death, music, poetry, and protection.
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