Asatru Folk Assembly - August 12, 2025


Freyr, a warrior #afa #asatru #asatrufolk #shorts


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Length

1 minute

Words per minute

149.33

Word count

244

Sentence count

12


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In this episode, we discuss the duality of Freya and Freyja, the goddess of bounty and war, and the warrior goddess of wealth and power. Freya is known as a female war goddess, as head of the Valkyries and oversees Folkwanger. On the other hand, her brother Freyr is not usually seen in a martial context, as keeper of the frith and peace only under threat of extreme violence. And at Ragnarok, he defeats the physical embodiment of chaos with a stag's horn. Can we not see him having high martial prowess as well?

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00:00:00.000 Timmy asks our next question. Freya is known as a female war goddess as head of the Valkyries and
00:00:07.200 oversees Folkwanger. On the other hand, her brother Freya is not usually seen in a martial context
00:00:13.440 as keeper of the frith and peace, only under threat of extreme violence. And at Ragnarok,
00:00:19.680 he defeats the physical embodiment of chaos with a stag's horn. Can we not see him having high
00:00:26.080 martial prowess as well. I wouldn't say that Freyr is a lord of pacifism by no means. He's even
00:00:36.580 referred to as Beli's killer. It's not really referenced as to who Beli is except perhaps in
00:00:43.220 another story. And that's an interesting point with Freya as well and a lot of the information
00:00:47.480 we get about Freya. Freyr as a lord of peace, most certainly. And when you think about some
00:00:53.900 of the things like his avatar of his of his mobility is uh gulen bursty gulen bursty is
00:01:00.540 golden bristled and so prosperity and and wealth and power it's mentioned that freya rides hildas
00:01:08.640 which is a another uh again the boar symbology there of their of their vehicles but this one
00:01:16.940 is the battle swine so there's clearly some connections there when i talk about uh wealth
00:01:22.640 and the possession of goods and wealth through war, through conquest.
00:01:27.440 I think there is a lot of that connectivity of Freyja being the goddess of bounty,
00:01:34.360 oftentimes by what you gain through conquest.