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  Freya
Her attributes are the precious necklace of the Brisings, which she obtained by sleeping with four dwarfs, a cloak (or skin) of bird feathers, which allows its wearer to change into a falcon, and a chariot pulled by two cats.
She owns Hildesvini ("battle boar") which is actually her human lover Ottar in disguise.
Freya lives in the beautiful palace Folkvang ("field of folk"), a place where love songs are always played, and her hall is Sessrumnir.
www.pantheon.org /articles/f/freya.html   (216 words)

  
 Deities F - H
She married the God Od, (whom is thought to be another form of Odin.) When Od disappeared, Freya's tears turned to gold.
She has a human lover, named Ottar, who goes in disguise as Hildesvini ("battle boar").
Freya is also the Queen of the Valkyeries.
spiritualawaken.proboards30.com /index.cgi?board=spirits&action=print&thread=1090027774   (1128 words)

  
 The Spiral Staircase: GODDESS OF THE WEEK -- Freya
But she was lovely even when she wept, for her tears, rolling silently down her round cheeks, were pure drops of gold."
Freya also owned Hildesvini, Battle Boar, a great swine that she would ride when not using her chariot.
He was actually one of her human lovers in disguise.
sarahdeming.typepad.com /spiralstaircase/2007/01/goddess_of_the_.html   (294 words)

  
 Etrusia - Saxons - Days of the Week - Friday
Her magical possessions are the necklace Brisingamen - that she got by sleeping with four dwarfs - and a cloak of bird feathers - that lets her change into a falcon.
She has a battle boar called Hildesvini, who is her disguised human lover.
Among her magical qualities, her tears turn to gold.
saxons.etrusia.co.uk /saxons_friday.php   (494 words)

  
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The feasting on a boar tradition goes right back to the Norse Goddess Freya and Hildesvini her "battle boar" and is the reason why ham is served at Christmas.
To the accompaniment of the History Table musicians, the boar's head carol - first published in 1521 by Wynken de Worde in Christmasse Carolles - was sung by the whole company:
The boar's head in hand bring I, Reddens laudes Domino
www.aldro.org /academic_year/05_06/05_winter/news/pages/xmas_special_01.html   (70 words)

  
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*Freya is a goddess of love and fertility, and the most beautiful of all the goddesses.Here she rides Hildesvini ("battle boar") which is actually her human lover Ottar in disguise.*
Aesir Principal race of gods in Norse mythology.
He is destined to rule the new world after Ragnarok.
members.tripod.com /~octavia83/norse.html   (1192 words)

  
 Trees for Life - Mythology and Folklore of the Wild boar
Its bristles glowed in the dark, illuminating his path.
Freyr's sister, Freya rode her boar Hildesvini ('Battle Swine') into battle (boars are bristly animals - let's hope she had a saddle).
In the recent animated film, Princess Mononoke, directed by Hayao Miyazake, the boars are the guardians of the forest.
www.treesforlife.org.uk /forest/mythfolk/boar.html   (958 words)

  
 John Arnott MacCulloch — Eddic Mythology — Chapter 26
There are the nine who, with Loki, built Menglod’s palace.
Daenn and Nabbe made the boar Hildesvini for Freyja.
Lit was kicked by Thor into Balder’s pyre.
www.vaidilute.com /books/mythology/macculloch-26.html   (4016 words)

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