Freya is the Norse Vanir goddess of love, beauty, gold, and sorcery. She is a part of the Vanir tribe, twin sister of Frey, mother of Blitzen, and the ruler of Folkvanger - one of two places where Norse warriors go after death (the other being Valhalla).
Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard
The Sword of Summer
Magnus and Blitz first meet Freya, when they accidentally travel to her realm - Folksvanger. There, in the hall of Sessrumnir they meet the goddess who is revealed to be Blitz's mother.
Freya later produces tears of red gold and puts them in a leather pouch and gives it to Blitz so he can use the tears as payment for Junior to make her earrings.
Personality
Freya is a bright and helpful woman, very loving towards her family. However,
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she can quickly change her demeanor and become really intimidating, to the point where Magnus had a mental image of her riding into battle alongside the Valkyries. Appearance Her nephew Magnus describes Freya in The Sword of Summer as 'the most beautiful woman [he has] ever seen'. She looks around her twenties, and is surrounded by an aura of golden radiance which serves as the source of power for the entire Folkvanger. She has long, blonde hair, falling down her shoulder on one side, and sky-blue eyes. She wears a white halter top, a knee-length skirt with a golden belt, which also sheathes her knife. She also wears a lot of jewelry. Abilities Golden Tears: As the Goddess of Gold, Freya can cry with pure gold tear drops. Amokinesis: As the Goddess of Love, Freya has absolute control and divine authority over the emotions of love and desire.
Mystiokinesis: As the Goddess of Sorcery, Freya has absolute control and divine authority over magic.
Family
Demigod Children
Partner
Children
Bili Blitzen
Trivia
Freya's Greco-Roman counterpart (in terms of attributes) is Aphrodite/Venus and Athena/Minerva.
Freya along with Odin are the two most powerful users of magic among the Norse Gods.
She is also similar to Hecate/Trivia as she is a goddesses of sorcery and magic.
Friday was named after either her or Frigg.
Both Freya and Frey (as well as Frigg) are associated with the Fehu Rune.
Several plants were named after Freyja, such as Freyja's tears and Freyja's hair (Polygala vulgaris).
In the pre-Christian period, the Orion constellation was called either Frigg's distaff or Freyja's distaff (Swedish Frejerock).
Place names in Norway and Sweden reflect devotion to the goddess, including the Norwegian place name Frøihov (originally *Freyjuhof, literally "Freyja's hof") and Swedish place names such as Frövi (from *Freyjuvé, literally "Freyja's vé").
References
http://norse-mythology.org/gods-and-creatures/the-vanir-gods-and-goddesses/freya/
http://www.norsemyth.org/2010/04/gods-goddesses-part-three.html
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