The Romans reported that Norse tribes worshiped the earth goddess Nerthus. Some scholars think she's twin sister of the sea god Njord. Her name sounds like a female version of his, just like his daughter's name (Freyja) is a female version of his son's (Frey).
🎨 Emil Doepler

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Lofn is an obscure goddess of love from Norse mythology who has special permission from Odin to encourage love and marriage between people who had been forbidden to be together. As nothing else is said about Lofn, it is debated what exactly this signifies.
🎨 Alphonse Mucha

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Hail Freya on this Freya‘s Day!

Beauty and battle fury
Align in You,
O fierce and fragrant Lady of the Vanir.
May the Queen of Valkyries
Spread Valshamr as wings
Over our way,
And Folkvangr gleam through the mist
To inspire our steps,
Our fates bound by seidr lore
To the destiny of the Gods.

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Sunrise as bright as Brisingamen
Spills over the burgeoning earth,
And falcons dive upon the hunt
For scurrying feet amidst the rising corn;
The Sacred Lady treads on eager ground
That weeps within Her steps
Its tears of ripening hues,
The world perfumed by passing Freya‘s touch.

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Odin and Freya, ride!
Valshamr, cover us;
Gungnir, defend us;
Brisingamen, guide us;
And Draupnir forge in us
The strength and wisdom
Of the Old Ones!

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Hail to the Allfather on this Odin’s Day.

May strength, courage and wisdom
Be your blessings to us, O Odin,
And Gungnir’s certain strike
Our defence
On the ancient ways;
May Huginn and Muninn
Be our guides,
And call forth our Thoughts
And Memories
Of lore long past.

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Come, let us wander into the woods
And there, beside the ancient ash,
And beneath the reaching oaks
Cast a circle of fellowship —
Of sisters and brothers,
Hailing the Old Ones,
Summoning the Keepers
Of Ancient Lore,
To teach us the ways of yesteryear,
In whispers clothed in moonlight.

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The frenzy that fires the berserker’s fury
Is that same Allfather’s touch
That stirs a wielding of the poet’s pen;

O Odin inspire us,
O Ófnir, incite us!
In deeds,
In words —
And in both, wisdom.

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