Showing posts with label Freya. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Freya. Show all posts
Njord (pronounced NYORD) is the god of the sea and wind.
Image by Cleighton Presutti http://www.pinterest.com/pin/302022718730753581/
Njord belongs to the Vanir (an older class of Norse gods associated with wisdom and fertility) and is father to the goddess Freya and her twin brother, Freyr.
Njord is a very handsome god, in the prime of his life, clad in a short green tunic with a crown of shells and seaweed upon his head.
- Njord was the personification of summer because he extended his protection over commerce and fishing, which could only be pursued during the short summer months.
- Njord lived in a palace near the seashore where he stilled the terrible tempests stirred up by Aegir, god of the deep sea.
- Njord is one of the few gods who will survive Ragnarok (the predicted Norse end of the world).
- As all aquatic plants belonged to Njord, the marine sponge was known in the north as "Njord's glove."
Next Thor's Day: Njord's son, Freyr
**facts sourced from Myths of the Norsemen by H.A. Guerber
Freya is the goddess of love and war. She was the most beautiful and best beloved of all the goddesses. Freya wore a falcon cloak which enabled her to fly through the air as a bird.
Picture from http://nordicwiccan.blogspot.com/2013/07/freya.html
Freya sometimes rides in a chariot pulled by cats.
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Freya had a weakness for beautiful jewels. The story tells that she had intimate relations with four dwarfs in order to obtain a golden necklace they had created. The necklace was named Brisingamen. You can see it depicted in this ornament from the Viking era:
- Freya is the personification of the earth and as such, she married Odur, the symbol of the summer sun.
- Freya's tears turn into gold when they touch the earth and they turn into amber when they touch the ocean.
- The prettiest plants and flowers in the north were called Freya's hair or Freya's eye dew, while the butterfly was called Freya's hen.
I named one of my cats Freya because she is beautiful and demands nothing less than worship.
Next Thor's Day: Freya's father, Njord, the god of the sea
**facts sourced from Myths of the Norsemen by H.A. Guerber
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