Odins Wife Reaves William P.
The Definitive Study of Odin's Wife, Frigg.For more than a millennium, the people of Northern Europe venerated an Earth goddess, which evidence attests is the oldest known Germanic deity. Called by a…
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The Definitive Study of Odin's Wife, Frigg.For more than a millennium, the people of Northern Europe venerated an Earth goddess, which evidence attests is the oldest known Germanic deity. Called by a number of names, when the accounts are compared, common traits emerge. During Yule, she rides among her people in a wagon inspecting homes, rewarding the industrious and punishing the lazy. With her husband, she leads the fearsome Wild Hunt, riding through the winter skies, cleansing the air of evil. Most often identified as Odin's wife, the ancients called her "Mother Earth," "Queen of Heaven," and the "Mother of the Gods," roles firmly rooted in her Indo-European pedigree. Only now can the full scope of her reign be revealed.Presenting an in-depth study of Mother Earth in Germanic mythology and folklore from prehistoric