Freyja (modern forms of the name include Freya, Freja, Freyia, Frøya, and Freia) is considered to be the goddess of Love and Beauty, but is also a warrior goddess and one of great wisdom and magick. She and her twin brother Freyr are of a different “race” of gods known as the Vanir. Many of the tribes venerated her higher than the Aesir, calling her “the Frowe” or “The Lady.” She is known as Queen of the Valkyries, choosers of those slain in battle to bear them to Valhalla (the Norse heaven). She, therefore, is a psychopomp like Odhinn and it is said that she gets the “first pick” of the battle slain. She wears the sacred necklace Brisingamen, which she paid for by spending the night with the dwarves who wrought it from the bowels of the earth. The cat is her sacred symbol. There seems to be some confusion between herself and Frigga, Odin’s wife, as they share similar functions; but Frigga seems to be strictly of the Aesir, while Freyja is of the Vanic race. The day Friday (Frejyasdaeg) was named for her (some claim it was for Frigga).
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this site is really helpful for me since i really need to know something about the norse gods…(research work)
freya is my fav for all of them…
you guys should have one too…
Really good site. Favorite god Odin and Lady Freya
I named my daughter Freya after having a love of the name and it’s origins since my teens. She really suits the name, has long curly blonde locks, loves cats and has spirit and intellect…Freya is my favorite Norse Goddess. This site is reaaly useful.
Freya is someone who many kids can look up to. i like the fact that unlike Aphrodite she doesnt take he beauty for granted.
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this was really helpful.
you see…..
my name is Freya, and im always looking for more stuff on my namesake <3
This site is really help for to me.. i am doing a creation myth and i picked the norse gods… Freya is one of my favorite gods
my name is freya and i really wanted to know about my goddes and this site was the most helpful also hi to all u other Freyas out there
I like this site because it has some very useful and accurate things. But there are a few things a little wrong. Nothing big, but it’s just some misspellings. Like Freyja instead of Freya. And in some places on this site it’s Ragnarok, but other places it’s Raggnarok. Raggnarok is the correct one. Just saying…
The myths were translated from very old languages and the info here was gathered from many different places so the English spelling is rather arbitrary, however, I agree with you and changed it, thanks! (Old Norse Freyja, modern forms of the name include Freya, Freja, Freyia, Frøya, and Freia.)
my name is Freyja (yes, spelt with the ‘j’ like the old norse) and some of my friends say its scary how much i resmeble the goddess…
i do find the Norse mythology very interesting though, and Freyja is definatly my favourite of all of them.