#lofn

LOFN

Lofn, one of Frigg’s trusted handmaidens, is the Norse goddess of forbidden love, a gentle yet resolute force who dares to weave love where fate itself has forbidden it. She intercedes for lovers whose unions are shunned. She pleads their case before Odin and Frigg, even when the gods decree otherwise. 

Unlike many deities who succumb to Ragnarok, Lofn is prophesied to survive, becoming the new goddess of love. Perhaps it is her unshakable belief in love’s power that grants her this fate—a reminder that even in the face of destruction, love endures.

(Text by Delia Gosforth, Illustration by Ellen Artistic)

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These illustrations all made it into a Norse Goddess Coloring Book!

(Print Copy)

There are also PDF copies available!

We cannot let ourselves contentedly assume this fight is over for good, or forget the monumental amount of work still to be done for all our queer and trans siblings—but for now, I hope we in the (US) lgbtqia+ community and our hard-working allies can allow ourselves a moment of relief.

I offer my gratitude to Frigge for helping defend her queer children who are wed/engaged to someone they love.

I offer my gratitude to Lofn for helping preserve the legality of the oaths taken by queer lovers.

After I wrote Thor and Darcy both recommending the same wedding planner, I went through the Marvel wiki category for Asgardians, looking for a comics reference that would fit "wedding planner to the gods."

Not so long ago, I was telling you I could not find anymore the thesis I had read a few months ago about the Norse goddesses, and that contested Riccardo Ginevra's paper about Sigyn's name, but I did not remember its title... Well I found it on Academia.edu, and EVEN BETTER, I found the academic who wrote it, the amazing and very knowledgeable Ellis B Wylie , aka @loptrcoptr.

Her Master thesis is truly interesting, and give us more information on the Norse goddesses, allowing us to get to know them a little better :3

Sigyn seeing her sisters Idunn, Nanna and Lofn before she is going to get married to Theoric. But little does she know it's Loki, which will surely cheer her up! XD I decided to draw them how they are all depicted in the Earth-616 comics, keeping their color schemes but of course i had a little fun with their outfits! You cant blame me for giving them something better to wear.

Original painting by: AUGUSTE TOULMOUCHE - 1866