Freya

Origin

The iconographic origin is the fertility-goddess worship of the 9th-11th-century Norse Viking mythology, and the decisive textual canon is the Prose Edda (Prose Edda) of c. 1220 of the early 13th-century Icelandic — Reykholt — Snorri Sturluson (Snorri Sturluson, 1179-1241) — chapter 24 of Gylfaginning (Gylfaginning) — the decisive canon in which Freya is the daughter of Njord (Njord) of the Vanir (Vanir) and sister of Freyr (Freyr), and after the end of the Vanir-Aesir War (Aesir-Vanir War), came to Asgard (Asgard) as a peace hostage — and chapter 35 — the decisive canon in which Freya receives half of the slain in her Folkvangr (Folkvangr) hall Sessrumnir (Sessrumnir). The Thrymskvida (Thrymskvida) of the Poetic Edda (Poetic Edda) of the c. 1270 Codex Regius (Codex Regius) manuscript — the decisive canon in which the giant Thrymr (Thrymr) stole Thor's (Thor) hammer Mjollnir (Mjollnir) and demanded Freya as a wedding gift, and Thor disguised himself as the bride in Freya's clothes — and Lokasenna (Lokasenna) — the decisive canon of Loki's slander — and Hyndluljoth (Hyndluljoth) — the golden boar Hildisvini (Hildisvini) — are the decisive poetic canon.

Features

• Young goddess of unparalleled beauty
• Magical necklace Brisingamen (Brisingamen) and falcon-feather cloak
• Chariot drawn by two cats
• Golden boar Hildisvini (Hildisvini) and hunting falcon
• Weeps gold tears wandering eternally to find her lost husband Odr (Odr)
• Two daughters Hnoss (Hnoss) and Gersemi (Gersemi)

Stories

The fertility-goddess worship of the 9th-11th-century Norse Viking mythology is the decisive origin, and the decisive textual canon is chapters 24 and 35 of Snorri Sturluson Prose Edda Gylfaginning of c. 1220 and the Thrymskvida, Lokasenna, and Hyndluljoth of the Poetic Edda of the c. 1270 Codex Regius manuscript. The Sorla thattr (Sorla thattr) of c. 14th century Iceland — the decisive canon of the Brisingamen (Brisingamen) necklace — and chapter 4 of Snorri Ynglinga saga (Ynglinga saga) of the early 13th century — the decisive canon in which Freya taught seidr (seidr) magic to the Aesir — are the decisive canon. The 19th-century Germanic-nationalism revival — the 1835 Deutsche Mythologie of Jacob Grimm and the 1856 German prose Edda translation of Karl Simrock — is the decisive 19th-century scholarly canon, and the Freia (Freia) of the opera tetralogy Der Ring des Nibelungen (Der Ring des Nibelungen) of Richard Wagner premiered at the Bayreuth Festspielhaus on 13-17 August 1876 is the decisive 19th-century musical canon. The Freya (Freya) of the 1980 D&D Deities & Demigods (Deities & Demigods) by TSR in the USA is the decisive fantasy RPG canon, and the decisive 21st-century canon is the Freya (mother of Atreus the protagonist and Baldur, played by Danielle Bisutti) of God of War (God of War) (directed by Cory Barlog, Santa Monica Studio) released by Sony Interactive Entertainment in the USA on 20 April 2018 — the decisive video-game canon — and the sequel God of War Ragnarok (God of War Ragnarok) released on 9 November 2022.

Weakness

Freya's weaknesses are: (1) eternal yearning for her lost husband Odr (Odr) — the decisive canonical weakness in the early 13th-century c. 1220 Snorri Gylfaginning chapter 35 canon — the decisive canon in which Freya's husband Odr wanders endlessly, and Freya weeps gold tears while wandering eternally to find him; (2) endless desire of giants — the decisive canon in the 1270 Thrymskvida canon in which the giant Thrymr (Thrymr) stole Thor's Mjollnir and demanded Freya as a wedding gift — and chapter 42 of the 1220 Snorri Gylfaginning — the decisive canon in which the giant builder of Asgard's walls demanded Freya, the sun, and the moon; (3) Brisingamen — the decisive canonical weakness in the 14th-century Sorla thattr canon — the decisive canon of receiving the necklace from 4 dwarves in exchange for sleeping with them; (4) Loki's slander — the 1270 Lokasenna canon — the decisive canon; (5) peace hostage — the Vanir-Aesir War peace hostage canon — the decisive canon; (6) grief of two children — two daughters Hnoss and Gersemi — the decisive canon that they were so beautiful that their names mean 'jewel'; (7) fate of Ragnarok — the Ragnarok canon — the decisive canon; (8) binding of the sacred domain — the decisive canon. The decisive canonical finale is the decisive mythological canon of the secret of the Brisingamen of the 14th-century Sorla thattr.

Cultural Significance

Freya is not merely a love-goddess icon but the canonical iconographic figure of the decisive Norse canon, traversing the early 13th-century c. 1220 Snorri Sturluson Prose Edda, the c. 1270 Codex Regius manuscript Poetic Edda Thrymskvida, Lokasenna, Hyndluljoth, the 14th-century Sorla thattr, the 1835 Jacob Grimm Deutsche Mythologie, the 1876 Wagner Der Ring des Nibelungen Freia, the 1980 D&D Deities & Demigods, the 2018 Sony God of War, and the 2022 God of War Ragnarok. The fertility-goddess worship of the 9th-11th-century Norse Viking mythology settled as the decisive canon in chapters 24 and 35 of Gylfaginning (Gylfaginning) of the Prose Edda (Prose Edda) of c. 1220 of the early 13th-century Icelandic — Reykholt — Snorri Sturluson (Snorri Sturluson, born c. 1179 in Hvammur, Iceland, assassinated 23 September 1241 at Reykholt, Iceland by order of King Haakon IV of Norway). After the end of the Vanir-Aesir War (Aesir-Vanir War), she came to Asgard (Asgard) as a peace hostage — the decisive canon — and half of the slain go to her Folkvangr (Folkvangr, 'field of the host') hall Sessrumnir (Sessrumnir), while only the other half go to Odin's Valhalla — the decisive canon. The decisive 21st-century canon is the Freya (played by Danielle Bisutti (Danielle Bisutti, b. 1976), mother of the protagonist Atreus and Baldur) of God of War (God of War) (directed by Cory Barlog, Santa Monica Studio, Metacritic 94, worldwide sales about 23 million) released by Sony Interactive Entertainment in the USA on 20 April 2018, and the Freya of the sequel God of War Ragnarok (God of War Ragnarok) (directed by Eric Williams, Metacritic 94) released on 9 November 2022 — the decisive video-game canon.

In Popular Culture

Snorri Sturluson Prose Edda Gylfaginning chapters 24 and 35, Skaldskaparmal (c. 1220) — decisive origin canonCodex Regius manuscript Poetic Edda Voluspa, Lokasenna, Thrymskvida, Hyndluljoth (c. 1270) — decisive poetic canonSnorri Ynglinga saga chapter 4 (c. 1220) — decisive seidr canonSorla thattr Brisingamen (14th century) — decisive later canonJacob Grimm Deutsche Mythologie (1835) — decisive 19th-century scholarly canonRichard Wagner Der Ring des Nibelungen, Freia (1876) — decisive 19th-century musical canonTSR D&D Deities & Demigods, Freya (1980) — decisive fantasy RPG canonSony God of War, Freya Danielle Bisutti (2018) — 21st-century decisive video-game canonSony God of War Ragnarok, Freya (2022) — 21st-century decisive video-game canon