The goddess of love rides to war on a boar.
This is Freyja, the Vanir goddess of fertility, love, and desire, but her mount tells you the rest of the story. Hildisvíni is her battle-swine, and one of her own kennings is Syr, "the sow." The goddess who governs new cattle in spring and the fire between lovers is the same one who rides into the fray. Love and war in one body, cloak streaming behind her like she commands the wind.
There's more packed into her than any single statue can show: the seiðr-witch and völva who reads and moves fate; the owner of Brísingamen, the gold-and-amber necklace she won from the dwarves; the goddess of flowers and song and cats and children and the one who claims the fallen. In my practice, she sits at Beltaine on the Wheel of the Year, spirit of Venus and element of Earth, the reach of desire toward what it wants. She is the "yes" that is worth the price.
Who she's for: devotees of Freyja / Freya; Norse and Heathen practitioners; anyone working love, desire, fertility, or self-worth magic; seiðr-workers and those drawn to Vanic power; witches marking Beltaine; folks who want a goddess who refuses the tidy little box the world keeps trying to put "love goddess" into.
Why this piece: at 5.5" she's an approachable altar size at a friendly $45, and the antiqued verdigris-and-gold finish suits her perfectly, catching the light on the boar's bristled back and the folds of her flying cloak. Detailed, characterful, and affordable enough to be somebody's first Freyja without being anybody's last.
5.5" painted plaster, verdigris-and-gold finish. $45. In-store, local pickup, or shipped.
