Identifier: oldnorsestories00brad (find matches)
Title: Old Norse stories
Year: 1900 (1900s)
Authors: Bradish, Sarah Powers
Subjects: Mythology, Norse
Publisher: New York : American Book Co.
Contributing Library: Information and Library Science Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Digitizing Sponsor: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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d and saved to lightthe Yulelog the following year. FREYA I. HOW GOLD CAME TO BE HIDDEN IN THE ROCKS Freya was the daughter of Njord and Skadi.She was the goddess of beauty. She had goldenhair and blue eyes. She had a commanding figure,and was clad in flowing robes. She wore a corseletand helmet, and carried a shield and a spear. Sherode in a chariot drawn by two large gray cats.She admired brave men, and liked nothing so wellas to reward a deed of valor. She visited battlefields, to choose, from the slain heroes, those whoshould be her guests at Folkvang, her palace inAsgard. The other slain warriors were taken tolive with Odin in his great hall, Valhalla. Folkvang was always rilled with heroes and theirwives and sweethearts. Northern women oftenrushed into battle, or fell upon swords, or wereburned on the funeral pyre with their beloveddead, hoping that their courage and devotionwould win Freyas favor, so that they might enjoythe society of their husbands and lovers in Folk-vang. 28
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% ^ Freya. 30 Freya was married to Odur, god of the summersun. They had two daughters, who were so beau-tiful that all lovely and precious things were calledby their names. All beautiful creatures were saidto belong to Freya. Butterflies were called Freyashens. Freya was always happy when she had herfamily together. But her husband, Odur, was toofond of travel. He always spent the winter in theSouthland. This was a source of great grief toFreya. Once he left home without saying wherehe intended to go. Freya was heartbroken. Shewept constantly. All nature wept with her. Hardrocks softened when her tears fell upon them.They opened their stony hearts to receive everyshining drop, and hid it as pure gold. The seatreasured her tears, and threw them back uponthe shore as clearest amber. After long waiting, Freya went in search of herhusband. She wandered through every part of theearth, weeping as she went. The earth kept hertears as fine gold. This is the reason that gold isfound in all par

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