Asatru Folk Assembly - Freyja and the other Goddesses #afa #asatru #asatrufolkassembly #shorts

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In this episode, I talk about the goddess Freya and goddess of choice, and why she's one of my favorite goddesses and why I choose to identify with her. I also talk about how I came to know Freya.

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00:00:00.000 I know I mentioned it earlier when I was younger. When I was first finding Asatru, it was Freya. I think Freya is sort of the goddess that a lot of young women and young women choose to identify with.

00:00:14.780 She's young. She represents everything that women want to be in a lot of ways. She's desirable to men. She's strong and independent. And by independent, I don't mean like I can do it all by myself independent. I just mean she can take care of herself.

00:00:30.740 and uh we grew up in a society where our women are expected to take care of themselves but 0.99

00:00:38.980 ridiculed for it at the same time and she's accessible it's easy to find information about

00:00:43.780 freya um but i can say honestly that i don't have a specific god or goddess that i feel more

00:00:54.500 connected to than any other it it varies greatly depending on where i am in my life or what's going

00:01:00.180 on in my life when my cat died i found freya and that was my first introduction to the norse gods

00:01:06.820 as a whole because before that i i was kind of eclectic i guess but it was my first cat and i

00:01:12.580 loved my cat and he died rather unexpectedly and somehow or another i found comfort in freya because

00:01:20.740 she has cats and for whatever reason you find your god or goddess of choice it doesn't matter

00:01:25.940 or the point is you found them, right?

Asatru Folk Assembly - September 03, 2025

Freyja and the other Goddesses #afa #asatru #asatrufolkassembly #shorts

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