Grimnismal
Folkvang is the ninth, and there Freyia arranges
the choice of seats in the hall;
half the slain she chooses every day,
and half Odin owns.
Lokasenna
Freyja said
Loki said
Freyja said
Loki said
Thrymskvida
[Thor awakes to find that his hammer is missing. He and Loki set out to
retrieve it.]
They went to the beautiful court of Freyia
Freyia said
[Loki flies off to visit the giant Thrym and returns to report to the gods]
'It was an effort and I've had some success;
Then they went to see the beautiful Freyia,
Freyia then was angry and snorted in rage,
[Thor and Loki dress up in drag and return to Thrym]
Then said Thrym, lord of ogres:
'Gold-horned cows walk here in the yard,
[Much hilarity ensues as Loki helps to pass off Thor as Freyia. Thor gets
his hammer back.]
Oddrúnargrátr
'May all the kindly beings help you,
[Hyndla:]
[Freyia:]
'Mad you are, Loki, when you reckon up your ugly, hateful deeds;
Frigg knows, I think, all fate,
though she does not speak out.'
'Be silent Freyia, I know all about you;
you aren't lacking in blame;
of the Æsir and the elves who are in here,
each one has been your lover.'
'False is your tongue, I think you just want
to yelp about wicked things;
the Æsir are furious with you, and the Asynior,
you'll go home discomfited.'
'Be silent, Freyia, you're a witch
and much imbued with malace,
you were astride your brother, all the laughing gods surprised you,
and then, Freyia, you farted.'
and these were the first words that he spoke:
'Will you lend me, Freyia, your feather cloak,
to see if I can find my hammer?'
'I'd give it you even if it were made of gold,
I'd lend it to you even if it were made of silver.'
Thrym has your hammer, the lord of the ogres;
no man will ever take it back from him again,
unless he's brought Freyia as his wife.'
and these were the first words which he spoke;
'Dress yourself, Freyia, in a bride's head-dress!
We two shall drive to the land of the giants.'
all the halls of the Æsir trembled at that,
the great necklace of the Brisings fell from her;
'You'll know me to be the most sex-crazed of women,
if I drive with you to the land of the giants.'
'Be upstanding, giants, and spread straw on the benches!
Now they are bringing me Freyia as my wife,
the daughter of Niord from Noatun!
jet-black oxen to the giant's delight;
many treasures I possess, many necklaces I possess,
Freyia was all I seemed to be missing
Frigg and Freyia and more of the gods,
as you warded away the dangerous illness from me.'
Hyndluliod
'Deceitful you are, Freyia, when you question me,
when you look at me that way,
when you're taking your lover on the way to Valhall,
young Ottar, son of Innstein.'
'You're confused, Hyndla, you must be dreaming,
when you say my lover is on the road to Valhall;
there my boar is glowing with his golden bristles,
Battleswine, whom those skillful dwarves,
Dain and Nabbi, made for me.
