Freyja is the Norse Goddess of love, beauty, magic (seidhr), fertility, war and death. Her name means “The Lady”. She is one of the Vanir, sister to Freyr, daughter to Njรถrรฐr and mother to Hnoss and Gersemi by รรฐr.
Her name is variously spelled Frรธya, Freya, Freja, Freyia, Freia and she is sometimes called Gefn, Hรถrn, Mardรถll, Sรฝr, Valfreyja, or Vanadรญs.
Half of those who die in battle go to Freyja’s hall Sessrรบmnir in Fรณlkvangr (the other half go to Odin’s hall Valhalla). She travels in a chariot drawn by two cats, wears a magical necklace called Brรญsingamen and a cape of falcon feathers. She keeps the boar called Hildisvรญni.
Stories of Freyja appear extensively throughout Scandinavian folklore and notably in the Poetic Edda, the Prose Edda, and Heimskringla.