Freya: Norse/Slavic. Goddess of Love and Beauty, Earth, Death, Sexualty, Power,
Fertility, and helpmate to women in labor. This great Goddess originates in
northern Europe and led the primal matriarchs called Afliae, Powerful Ones or
D'sir, Divine Grandmothers.
With a rainbow as Her jeweled necklace, she rode a
chariot drawn by cats, or traveled throughout the heavens on her golden boar,
Hildeswin, shown here. Sometimes depicted as the Sow, "mistress" of
the gods, she is the Chief Valkyrie in Her falcon cloak.
Ruler of death, She chose from the bodies spread across
battlefields, taking them to Her palace, where in time they might be born once
again through the nurturance of the moist Earth, another aspect of Freya.
Hopeful lovers worshipped Her as the Goddess of sexuality who made magic with
her love prayers. The runes of Her sword signify power, fertility, and birth.
Yew is sacred to Her, and amber is her gem.
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