Freya
Associated with love and battle, Freya was also a master of a form of magic known as seidr. She rode a chariot driven by cats and had a cloak of falcon feathers that could enable the wearer to fly.
Freya was a ravishing entity who was lusted after by many others in Norse mythology. She found herself humiliated by Loki who, during a chaotic feast of the gods, accused her of being an evil sorceress who’d had slept with everyone in Asgard, including her own brother.
Yet Freya was far more than a hyper-sexualised/objectified female figure in the mythology. She was also the fierce ruler of a realm called Folkvangr, and had claim over the souls of half the Norse warriors who died in battle. The other half went to Valhalla.
If you’re at all familiar with Norse mythology, then you likely recall Freya (also spelled Freyja), arguably the most honored goddess in the pantheon. A steadfast goddess of war, beauty, fertility, and sex, Freya is likely to make a hardcore entrance driving a chariot pulled by two…cats?
You read that right – cats. Freya’s arrival, heralded by these two unwavering symbols of femininity, isn’t one that you’d soon forget.
The same can be said of her introduction to the Norse pantheon. Initially seen by the Æsir as a mysterious entity wielding powerful feminine magic, she wasn’t quickly accepted as a symbol of Norse culture, to say the least.
Kidnapped into her role, Freya stood up to the abuse of her captors, commanding respect for her people and changing the face of Norse mythology as we know it.
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