The Goddess Freya, or Valkyrie Freya...depending on her mood, can be the goddess of beauty and love or the goddess of war and death. Sounds familar? I know it does for me, I chose this one in particular because this reminds me of my girlfriend. One minute we can be laughing and kissing and the next I'm running for my life as she chases me with a knife. Yikes!
Freya was a beautiful goddess yet also held large amount of power. It is believed that after a battle, Freya would take half of the bravest Norsemen that died in battle and take them to her home, allow them to rest and be reborn. As kind as Freya is, the goddess would also invite their wives or lovers to come and live there along with the husband. Well this sounds great, but imagine this happen in today's society.
Please do NOT read the following sentence if you do NOT have a sense of humor.
Not much rest with nagging wives and what if you had a secret lover that you wanted to take to the grave...I apologize if I offend anyone, this is suppose to be a joke. Please do not hold this against me as I did warn you in the first place
Continuing on, the other half of the bravest warriors would be taken by Odin to Valhalla. In Valhalla, the souls may enjoy an afterlife of comfort and honor.
The goddess Freya was also a very faithful wife, Freya was married to a mysterious god Od (this is not a typo, the god is named Od, not Odin). Not long after the marriage, the Norse god Od disappeared and Freya wept, her tears turned to gold as it hit the Earth. Freya searched and searched and only later did she found that her husband had degenerated into a sea monster. Still deep in love, Freya continued to stay at her husband's side. One day while Freya was gone, her husband, now the sea monster, was killed (possibly Beowulf?). Freya became enraged and threatened to take revenge on the murderers...the whole human race? o.O Loyalty to the point of Insane in my opinion. Freya eventually settled down after Odin accepted her husband into Valhalla, giving Freya a chance to still visit her husband.
Dalba, Mary. Freya Gems of the Goddess. 27 Dec. 2009. 27 Sep. 2009 <http://paganpages.org/content/tag/freyja/>.
The Goddess Freya. 27 Sep. 2002. 26 Sep. 2010 <http://www.goddessgift.com/goddess-myths/goddess-freya.htm>.
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