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Is Friday for Frigga or Freyja?

Hearth Moon Rising's Blog Posted on April 26, 2013 by Hearth Moon RisingApril 26, 2013

While Frigga’s worship was prevalent in all regions of Germanic settlement, Frejya’s worship seems to have been concentrated in the Nordic countries. This supports the hypothesis that she was a latecomer to the pantheon, her relative prominence a sign that … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Magical Tools, Trees | Tagged Frejya, Freya, Freyja, Friday, Frigg, Frigga, Pagan Blog Project, spinning

Unlearning High School Mythology

Hearth Moon Rising's Blog Posted on April 19, 2013 by Hearth Moon RisingApril 19, 2013

The Greek pantheon became large and complex because so many cultural influences shaped Greek history. New gods became incorporated through outside invasions, trade interactions, and the conquest of other states. The foundational strain of Greek civilization, called the Pelasgian culture … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals | Tagged Aphrodite, Artemis, Freya, Freyja, Frigg, Frigga, Germanic mythology, Greek mythology, Greeks, Heimdall, Hel, Hera, Mengloth, mythology, Odin, Pagan Blog Project, Thor, Zeus

How Freyja is the same and different from Frigga

Hearth Moon Rising's Blog Posted on April 12, 2013 by Hearth Moon RisingApril 12, 2013

Frejya has other associations besides the boar, fir, and falcon. As hinted before, she is linked with the sun and through her sun connection with the cycle of the year. Some other associations with Frejya include spring flowers, butterflies, the … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals | Tagged cat, Frejya, Freya, Freyja, Frigg, Frigga, heron, Pagan Blog Project

Freyja as Goddess of the Dead

Hearth Moon Rising's Blog Posted on April 5, 2013 by Hearth Moon RisingApril 5, 2013

Books on Germanic lore usually stress the loving and abundant side of Frejya’s nature and only mention in passing, if at all, her association with death. Cooper cautions “In the necromantic form she has a greed for wealth and can … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals | Tagged alder, death, Falcon, Freya, Freyja, menstruation, mice, mistletoe, Odin, Pagan Blog Project, seidr

Gyrfalcon Circling the Spruce: Another Frejya Episode

Hearth Moon Rising's Blog Posted on March 29, 2013 by Hearth Moon RisingMarch 29, 2013

Frejya has appeared to me as a stocky young woman against a backdrop of tall spruce forest, standing on the snow beside the kind of weaving, shallow streams that develop in the north as winter moves into spring. She comes … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Midsummer, Trees, Yule | Tagged boar, Brisingamen Necklace, Falcon, Frejya, Freya, Freyja, gyrfalcon, Horus, Norway Spruce, Pagan Blog Project, runes, spruce, sun

Frejya’s Three Forms

Hearth Moon Rising's Blog Posted on March 22, 2013 by Hearth Moon RisingMarch 22, 2013

So what does boar, fir and falcon say about Frejya?Let’s look first at the falcon. Freya’s falcon is probably the Gyrfalcon (JER-falcon), the largest falcon, who likes the northern climates. If she migrates at all, she is driven by scarcity … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Trees, Yule | Tagged Adonis, Arduinna, Asclepius, Attis, boar, Bran, Cerridwyn, conifer, Cybele, Demeter, Dionysus, Falcon, Freya, Freyja, Freyr, gyrfalcon, Horus, Mithras, Norway Spruce, Osirus, Pagan Blog Project, pig, pine, pine cone, sow, Tammuz

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