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Freya | It's Norse, Of Course

Spirits: Mythology, Legends, & Folklore

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Freya's Impact in the Modern Era

Freya's promiscuity is somewhat implied or at least referenced in the eddas. She is mentioned by name in the first stanza of the civil national anthem of Denmark. Several plants that were named after her such as Freya's hair and Freya's tears though in a real kind of law let's not pay in its fine christian rebranding many of these plants were instead renamed to include the virgin mary instead of Freya. Some of Freya's qualities were put on to Friga before she was unfairly killed well julia.

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