Freya

Due to similar names, Freya is sometimes confused today with Frigga (Odin's wife). Possibly on account of the many similarities in their myths. Some scholars say that they were indeed a single Goddess at one point in history.

Freya was sister to Freyr, and daughter of an older ocean God, Njord. Freya was a Goddess of love, fertility, sexuality, magick, wealth, the moon and luck. In our modern calendar, Friday is named for her. She was a popular and well-loved Goddess among the Nordic people. Though a love Goddess, she was still courageous on the battlefield. Freya was associated with fertility, but that role was taken up more strongly by Frigga.

She ruled over all cats, and she rode in a chariot pulled by two huge cats, named Bygul and Trygul. In this and several of her other traits, she is closely related to the Egyptian Goddess, Bast.

In the afterlife, half of the warriors whose souls came to Asgard came to her hall, Sessrumnir. Her other role in Asgard is to control the Valkyries, who were the female spirits of war, that collected the souls of the dead from the battle field and conveyed them to the halls of Asgard.

As with most Norse Deities, she had a special magickal item that was named and unique in power to her. Her amber necklace was called Brisingamen, and was given to her by four Dwarves (who represent the 4 elements). The necklace made Freya invincible on the battlefield.