Goddess Frigg

Frigg is most commonly remembered in prose as the grieving mother of Baldr. She is also the wife of Odinn, thus the Mother Goddess. Although her children by blood are Baldr and Hodr, she was the stepmother of Thor, Hermodr, Heimdallr, Tyr, Bragi, Vidar, Valli, & Skjoldr, She had a companion goddess name Eir, whom was known as having medical skills; she had 10 handmaiden goddesses, the three most famous of which were: Hlin (a goddess of protection), Gna (a messenger goddess), and Fulla (a fertility goddess). Some sources say that the three most noted handmaidens were just alternate faces of the Goddess herself. Frigg is often called Friia and there is strong suspicion that she and Freya were one and the same; they both had falcon winged cloaks, and could shapeshift, a special golden necklace, & both had the Earth as a parent. But to separate the two goddesses, Frigg is associated with Motherhood, Marriage, Childbirth, & Household management; also she is the goddess of Wisdom, Weaving and Spinning, Destiny, and has the gift of Prophesy. Being the goddess of weaving and spinning, Frigg was responsible for Spinning the clouds, and threads of fate, known as the Wyrd. Frigg had a dark side to her history one that some of her people don't even acknowledge. She was known by others to be lacking in her moral standing. One account is the tale of Odin's brothers Vili and Ve. As told by Snorri Sturluson in the Ynglinga Saga the story goes that Vili & Ve would watch over things in Asgard while the All Father was away; and one time he was away so long that the two brothers decided he was gone forever. Since apparently no one had a problem with their authority, they began to divide all of Odin's things up between themselves, but when they reasoned who should have Odin's wife the conclusion they came to was that they should share her. To their disappointment Odin finally did return and upon arrival took back all of his belongings and his wife who it seems had consented to the affair with his brothers. Though this assumption of infidelity is due in part to what Loki has to say and therefore should definitely be taken with a grain of salt. Although in another story about Frigga written by Saxo Grammaticus called the Gesta Danorum, he relays of events that make Frigga out to be weak in moral character. Saxo Grammaticus tells how certain Kings of the North wanted to show admiration of King Odin and further their worship with him as Deity, to do so they sent a statue of him leafed in gold, and adorning bracelets to his palace in Byzentium. Odin was very happy about this but his wife Frigg must have felt left out or over looked for she had the Smiths strip the statue of its gold so that she could wear it in a tailor made jeweled fashion about her person. To further her poor character in the Gesta Danorum, Grammaticus tells of her submitting herself to one of her servants and in so doing double shaming the All Father. Odin, so enraged by the conducts of the Smiths is said to have hanged them. And in dealing with his wife, in shame he exiled himself to give time to the matter. Upon his return he found his wife to be in arms with a Mith-Othin, so he drove both of them out. It wasn't until later when Frigg died that the All father regained his honor. The Wyrd Frigg is said to have come from the old Icelandic word Frja, which means to Love; it is also said that her name derives from the Old Saxon word Fri, translated as beloved lady. In certain parts of the world there are towns named after the Goddess Frigg; one such place is Friggeraker in Vastergotland, Sweden. An English town from the 10th century is reported to have been called Frigedun, translated Valley of Frigg. Also in England, Derbyshire area is a place called Friden. Two more places in England named after Frigg are Froyle and Freefolk, translated respectively as Frigg's Hill, & Frigg's People.

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Goddess-Guide.com @ http://www.goddess-guide.com/frigg.html Goddessgift.com @ http://www.goddessgift.com/goddess-myths/goddess-frigga.htm Reference.com @ http://www.reference.com/browse/Frigg Wikipedia @ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frigg