In 1904, a bronze statuette identified as a depiction of Freyr was discovered on the farm Rällinge in Lunda parish in the province of Södermanland, Sweden. It was found in the fill of a burial mound in close proximity to the oldest labyrinth in Sweden. The labyrinth dates back to the Bronze and possibly the Iron Age. Archeologists have concluded ( Read more... )

Freyja is well-known as the Goddess of sex and magic. In my opinion, we would do well to also regard her as the Goddess of the sexually abused. Here’s why:

The Voluspa

The first poem of the Poetic Edda, the Voluspa, declares that the first war, the primary war, began when the Aesir “Gullveig gashed with their spears”. It is reasonable to conclude, as ( Read more... )