Sublime

Odin’s hall, and Freyja’s, hold “all men who have fallen in battle since the beginning”, but they will be too few “when the wolf comes”, as Fenrir inevitably will at the Ragnarök. Kings and their retinues are therefore especially welcome, with the Valkyries serving wine for such a royal entrance.

Deities from ancient pantheons who often represent the Maiden include the Greek goddesses Artemis and Persephone, the Nordic goddess Freya, and the Celtic goddess Rhiannon.

The Maiden’s domains include art, creativity, beauty, intelligence, exploration, discovery, and self-expression. She is associated with dawn, sunrise, fresh potential, and new life.

she was also a goddess of sensual love,

Beivve, their sun goddess, travels across the sky each day in a ring of reindeer antlers, casting fertility back down to earth.

And although she has other domains as well, including prosperity and victory in war, she has remained throughout time as a symbol of the undeniable power of the feminine.