DAUGHTERS OF FREYJA MISSION STATEMENT

As Co-creators of ‘Daughters of Freyja’ we had a vision in which Freyja and her feminine counterparts within the Norse Pantheon would once again receive the recognition they deserve. 

All too often, modern Heathenry focuses on the male Gods, and at best only mention briefly their female counterparts. In part this is due to the nature of the reference materials available whose focus is on the macho/male roles the God forces and how they play out in the mythology.

We, as the Daughters of Freyja, seek to redress this inequality by giving greater focus to the feminine deities within the pantheon. We aim to restore the balance rather than deny the existence of the masculine divinity.

As a group we each have specialities which we bring to this collective. These range from a focus on the more academic side, as in literary analysis of extant texts from Old Norse traditions; through to the more practical side of modern day ritual and ceremony, this includes practical Seidr.

We are all about reclaiming the feminine Goddess, often seen as an appendage to the male God persona. The female Goddesses are as lively, and as relevant to today's society as the Gods.

In short we aim to reclaim the feminine in the following areas:

1. We seek 'balance' in ritual and ceremony where male Gods are called and honoured, as each God is called we invoke a Goddess with balancing attributes.
2. We aim to reclaim the importance of the feminine in mythic tales by stressing the importance of counter balance that is so often concealed within the layers of the story.
3. Reclaiming the feminine within the Runic Lore; there is a whole dimension of ‘feminine' attributes which have, for the most part been ignored.

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We are not neo feminists, denying or denigrating the masculine; rather we are a collective of women seeking to re-balance the scales by actively promoting the feminine divine within the Heathen community!