Freya was a Vanir goddess and sister of King Tiwaz. She was portrayed by Tracy Ifeachor in Twilight of the Gods and was a prominent side character appearing in five episodes.
Biography[]
Freya and Hoenir are traded.
Freya was the Queen of Vanaheim before the first war. Capable of using Seidr magic to see into the future, Odin came for her power to see his fate. When the Vanir refused him, he brought war into the world and the Vanir and Aesir battled beyond Vanaheim's borders. As the war progressed, the Vanir's losses were more than they could bear, so when Odin offered a treaty to end the war, the Vanir agreed despite its unfavorability. They traded their queen, Freya, to be the Aesir's hostage and Odin's wife, taking Hoenir in exchange.
Sigrid's team breaks into Asgard to meet Freya.
She lived among the Aesir, but her loyalty remained with the Vanir. Odin wanted her for her Seidr magic, but she instead gave it to mortals, eventually taken in by the Seid-Kona. When Loki Laufeyson sought to remake the world at the expense of the Aesir, Freya became his willing ally.[1] She supported his plot from within Asgard, leading Sigrid and her team through the city so they could assassinate Thor in his sleep.[2]
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Physical appearance[]
Freya was an extremely beautiful, voluptuous, and tall woman. She had soft, brown skin, dark brown hair that she kept tied up, full lips, and bright blue eyes. She wears a long pucce-colored dress, a golden belt, a bronze necklace and blue ribbons in her hair.
Powers and abilities[]
Immortality: As a goddess, Freya was immortal and so couldn't die via conventional means such as failing health.
Seidr magic: Freya was renowned for her Seidr magic, granting her incredible foresight. After giving this power to humanity, she lost it and couldn't grant Odin's wish to gaze into his future.
Clorokinesis: Freya was able to manipulate nature. She could create flowers from the air, grow them from the ground at will, and manipulate vines.
Appearances[]
Norse origins[]
Freya is based on Freyja, a Norse Vanir goddess associated with love, beauty, and foresight. Freyja ruled over the fields of Fólkvangr, which was an afterlife where warriors and others who died particularly honorable deaths would end up. Half of the warriors who died in battle would go to her while the other half would go to Odin's hall, Valhalla. It's possible that Freyja and Frigg (wife of Odin) were characters split from the same goddess, but they're generally accepted to be two separate goddesses. Freya's depiction of flowers appearing whenever she used her powers in Twilight of the Gods may be a reference to many species of flowers named after Freyja in the real world.
After the war between Æsir and Vanir, her father and twin brother, Njörðr and Freyr, were traded to the Æsir. In Twilight, she is the one to be traded, and instead of having a known father or twin brother Freyr, her brother is Tiwaz. Unlike in Twilight, Freyja was never the queen of the Vanir.
Freyja rode a chariot pulled by two cats as Freya did in "Song of Sigrid" when arriving to meet Egill and the Seid-Kona. Her name means "lady" or "mistress" (in context, the feminine "lord" or "master") in Old Norse, which is likely why the Seid-Kona refers to her as "great lady." She was the goddess associated with seiðr magic (Seidr magic in Twilight), which was used to gaze into the future. In the mythology, she introduced this magic to the Æsir, while in Twilight, she gave it to man, where it was taken up by witches, eventually landing in the Seid-Kona.
References[]
- ↑ Peter Aperlo (writer) & Tim Divar, Andrew Tamandl (directors). September 19, 2024. Twilight of the Gods episode 3, "You Will Gladden His Ravens."
- ↑ Caitlin Parrish, Peter Aperlo (writers) & Jay Oliva (director). September 19, 2024. Twilight of the Gods episode 7, "If I Had a Hammer."