#frig

Who are the Handmaidens?

In the Prose Edda, twelve Goddesses are listed after Frigga as Ásynjur: Fulla, Gefjon, Hlín, Syn, Eir, Sága, Gná, Vár or Vór, Snotra, Vör, Lofn and Sjöfn. Modern Heathens sometimes refer to Them as Frigga's Handmaidens. (This is a piece of shared gnosis, not an historically attested term.) For many of the Twelve, this is all that survives in the way of attestations.

What is the Project?

Gradually over several years, and more intentionally recently, I have been building a devotional cultus around these Goddesses. As part of that, I've been putting together primers on each of the Twelve on my longform blog -- detailing Their surviving attestations, Old English God-names and epithets for Them, my own personal experiences and upg, a prayer, and devotional icon art -- as well as essays and modern myths exploring other aspects of Them and my cultus to Them.

Although I use Old English names for Them and honour Them in a syncretic heathen practice drawing on influences from across the British and Irish Isles, I hope these may be useful and/or interesting for practitioners working in a Norse, Continental, or other context. Or for anyone worshipping and building cultus to lesser-known and lesser-attested Gods!

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Primers

Fulla

Geofen (Gefjon)

Hlēowen (Hlin)

Ār (Eir)

Saga

Lofen & Siofen (Lofn & Sjöfn)

Snotor (Snotra)

Wearn, or Syn (Syn)

Wær (Vör)

Gnæ (Gnā)

Āþ (Vár)

Essays and other posts

Introduction to the Project

Essay on abundance, ānanda, and Fulla

Essay on Frīg and Her importance to my cosmology

The Wren and her sister: a myth of Frīg feat. Ār and Gnæ

Personality: Confident, kind, jealous (especially when it comes to Demond), family-Oriented, flirty and romantic. She likes to indulge in the finer things when she can.

Bio: Crystal was raised in the north by her single mother. She never knew her father and never cared to do so either. She did however wish for siblings that she never got. As a child she was whimpy and shy child and avoided other children and their rough play. Growing up she wish for a big family with many children so they dont feel lonely as she was. She meet Demond when they were teenagers, he helped her confident to grow and Crystal feel over heels in love with him. They had their first son when Crystal was only 17 and the other children quickly followed.

Likes: - Children - Her family - Demond - Jewelry - Whiskey

Dislikes: - Females flirting with Demond - Insults towards her family

Spiecies specefic info: - Female Frigs are bigger than the males, Crystal isnt as muscler as females usually is, but she tower over males. - Frigs cant handle heat very well because of the thick Frig fur.

A new fursona +some manatee studies. . . (It's not that much different than the old fursona.) Manatees have skyrocketed to the top of my favorite animal list recently, there's something about their ability to to circumnavigate the endless stream of Horrors that mankind throws at them while maintaining impeccably chill vibes. . . Also they are just so. . . Scrunkly. . .

I'm officially joining Art Fight for the first time (publicly. . . I joined sneakily one year at the last minute but it wasn't very productive). I didn't particularly want anything in return (because I've been very character shy as of late), but if I HAVE to request something, you can draw Frig here or my dearly departed cat.

you wrap around me,

embracing and enshrouding me in the warmth of a Mother’s arms.

O’ Queen of Osgeard,

you spin the wool of my heart,

shaping it and guiding it to goodness,

and weave the tapestry of my Wyrd.

You call to me,

a Mother’s call to her child,

beckoning them to safety.

I fall into your arms,

held in warmth and home,