Also called Frigga, Frīg, Queen of Asgard.
Their story
Frigg knows the fates of all, though she does not speak them. Fearing for her son Baldr, she made fire, water, metal, stone, beasts and sicknesses swear never to harm him, but passed over the young mistletoe as too small to matter. Loki learned of this, and the mistletoe became the dart that killed Baldr.
Their day
Friday. Old English Frīgedæg, Frigg's day.
Best times to give to them
- Fridays
- Yule, especially Mothers' Night
- the evening, when the house is quiet
- before a birth or a wedding
What they like being given
- mead, white wine or apple juice
- home-baked bread or cakes
- spun yarn or a piece of weaving
- a tidy, clean hearth
- flowers from the garden
How to honour them
- Light a candle on the kitchen table or hearth on Friday evenings.
- Keep a set of house keys or a spindle on your altar as her token.
- Do a piece of housework mindfully, dedicating it to her.
- Ask her blessing over your family at meals.
- Keep silent about what is not yours to tell, as she does.
How they can help you
- protecting the home and children
- marriage and partnership
- pregnancy and childbirth
- quiet foresight
- running a household
Symbols
- the spindle and distaff
- keys at the belt
- her hall Fensalir
- falcon feathers
- mist and clouds
Frigg and Freyja are sometimes thought to share a common origin; modern Heathens usually honour them as distinct goddesses.
Festivals
Herbs linked with them
More Norse goddesses
- Sif The golden-haired, wife of Thor
- Freyja The Lady, mistress of seiðr and love
- Iðunn Keeper of the apples of youth
- Hel Keeper of the realm of the dead
- Eir The best of physicians
- Sága Keeper of stories, who drinks with Odin
- Gefjon The giving one, ploughwoman of Zealand
- Fulla Frigg's confidante and keeper of her casket