Freya/Talk

Hmmm. Is it common knowledge that Freya gets half the dead from the battlefield? Of course, that i never heard about it before is problably its favour :-) --Anders Törlind

No, it's not very common knowledge at all, and only a few sources refer to Freya's acquisition of the (noble) dead. I'll line up the citations for you if you'd like. sjc

The sources should probably go on to the main page. The fact i was a little sceptic about that very fact is that i've actually seen it mentioned before, always without substantiation and only in feminist revisionist publications. Sorry if i came across as suspicious of your knowledge. Great work in the article by the way! -- Anders Törlind

Found the spot where the reference to Freya getting half the dead comes from, it is from the poem Grimnismál. The boar stuff is also corroborative. sjc

By golly, I really should dig out the eddas again if i am to keep up here! :-) Off for a musing on Norse Mythology/Talk --Anders Törlind