Tuesday, December 4, 2012



Frejya (Norse Goddess) and Aphrodite (Greek Goddess) where the goddesses associated with love, passion, beauty, and sex. Both Goddess are extremely beautiful and where constantly having to turn down Gods and even mortal men who wanted to be the center of their affection. Despite their differences both Goddesses are said to have helped many find true love. Conform to their surroundings and adapt to the challenges faced to them. Love and passion are the two elements that drive these Goddesses. Being the rulers that they are prosecution is something that often times follows them around when mentioned. Although Aphrodite was how ever very promiscuous Frejya certainly was not.

 Frejya is said to be the more mature of the two and is often compared to Venus. Her beauty and love for craft was also many times mistaken for being manipulative and some would say even serpent like. Even though Frejya is associated with beauty, love, and sex she was not a chaste goddess and was very faithful to her husband Od. She loved her husband and cried tears of gold when he went missing. She was so in love with him that she turned in to a bird and searched the world in hopes of finding him. When she did find him she was shoucked to discover that hes had turned into a hideous sea beast. Even though he had transformed form the Od she once knew she stilled stayed by his side until he was tragically murdered. Even though Od was not killed as a dying hero on he battle field the other gods offered him a place Valhalla so that Frejya would not kill them all. Frejya belonged to a Group of Gods and Goddesses known as the Vanir. These specific Gods where associated with wild places and animal, nature and the unseen realms. No man or God could resist her when she wore her necklace known as the Brisingamen.

It is said that Aphrodite was born when her father Cronus was castrated by his sun Uranus and his part was thrown into the sea. Aphrodite was thus born and appeared on a shell and was carried to shore. The sea nymphs dressed her and adorned her with flowers and gold. Aphrodite was the more promiscuous of the two. She was said to have many "relations" with different Gods and Mortals. She is also known to be the more jealous and violent of the two. Although Aphrodite was indeed beautiful the secret to her most immaculate beauty was not simply in her look. She wore a magic girdle that made any man that she desired to want her fall instantly in love with her.

                                                                       

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