A member of the vanir tribe known for her skill in divination, she could be both a gentle ruler and a fierce warrior. Ruler of the vanir tribe of norse gods, njord led his people in battle against the aesir Folkvangr, domain of the norse goddess freya, was a meadow where half of all who died in battle spent the afterlife
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She dwelled in sessrumnir, a hall built in the shape of a ship, mimicking actual norse burial customs.
“false is thy tongue, and soon shalt thou find that it sings thee an evil song
The gods are wroth, and the goddesses all, and in grief shalt thou homeward go.” loki spake Thou foulest witch, and steeped full sore in sin In the arms of thy brother the bright gods caught thee when freyja her wind. Freyja alone dared pour for him
And he vowed that he would drink all the ale of the æsir But when his overbearing insolence became tiresome to the æsir, they called on the name of thor. Freyja has many names, and this is the cause thereof That she gave herself sundry names, when she went out among unknown peoples seeking ódr
She is called mardöll and hörn, gefn, sýr
She is also called lady of the vanir. Wrathful was freyja, and fiercely she snorted, and the dwelling great of the gods was shaken, and burst was the mighty brisings’ necklace Freyr was the norse god of peace and prosperity, celebrated at weddings and harvest feasts One of the vanir, he was originally brought to asgard as a hostage, but earned his place in the pantheon through charm and goodwill.
Wake thee, my friend, my sister hyndla, in thy hollow cave Already comes darkness, and ride must we to valhall to seek the sacred hall [1] “the favor of heerfather seek we to find, to his followers gold he gladly gives [2] “triumph to some, and treasure to others, to many.
The nine realms, or worlds, were the geographical building blocks of norse cosmology
Each realm was located on yggdrasil, the world tree, and only the most intrepid gods and mortals could travel between them.
