For today’s post, I have decided to take a look at objects and animals that are sacred to the Great Goddess Freya. There are several things that are sacred to the Norse Goddess of Love and War. I will begin by going over Freya’s animal associations. Freya’s most obvious animal association is with…
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Friday the 13th and the Divine Feminine
Happy Friday the 13th! No that was not sarcastic, as I truly love this day and this post is all about the reasons why. This is a little bit of a different Femme Fatale Friday. Instead of simply writing about a specific female figure, character, or real-life woman, I am going to be discussing…
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For today’s post, I have decided to briefly look at 13 Goddesses from around the world who have a Death aspect! 1. Ereshkigal ~This is the Goddess of the Sumerian Underworld. She is known as the Judge of the Great Below, whose job it is to determine who is to go where after death.…
Read MoreThe Top 5 Goddesses I Feel a Connection With
For today’s post, I have decided to do a countdown of the five Goddesses that I feel the most connection to. These five are very important in my life, as well as inspiring to my work here on White Rose of Avalon! To be clear, I am not saying one is better than…
Read MoreThe Morrighan and Valkyrie Connection
For today’s post, I have decided to take a look at the connection between the Irish War Goddess the Morrighan and Norse Valkyries. The Morrighan is a Goddess of war, death, rebirth, prophecy, and even a Faery Queen. Valkyries were handmaidens of Odin, and responsible for helping collect the souls of warriors who…
Read MoreSkadi, Norse Goddess of Winter
To continue our Wintery themes for this Holiday season I have decided on Skadi for this week’s Femme Fatale Friday. She is the Norse Goddess of Winter! Her name could mean either harm or shadows. This makes a lot of sense for a Goddess who is associated with a very dark and…
Read MoreFreya and Friday the 13th
Hello my lovely readers, and welcome to another Femme Fatale Friday, here at White Rose of Avalon! Today it is a special Friday the 13th edition, where I will look at the Norse goddess Freya, and how she was demonized by the Church. Friday the 13th was the most sacred of her days,…
Read MoreBirds as Emblems of Goddesses
For today’s post I have chosen to discuss the birds that are sacred to my four favorite goddesses! These goddesses are Aphrodite (Venus), Freya, Rhiannon, and Blodeuwedd! All of these goddesses have bird associations, that make birds sacred to them in some way. First I would like to look at Aphrodite. The Greek…
Read MoreFreya: Warrior Love Goddess
For today’s post I would like to take a look at the Love Goddess of the Norse Pantheon. Freya was a goddess of both love and war. She was in this way associated with both life and death, and even had a hall of warrior’s souls (just like Odin did), and she got…
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