Freya oil

Price range: $3.25 through $80.25

An anointing oil dedicated to Freyja, the Norse goddess of love, beauty, seiðr and the battle-slain. Used to honour her and in love, glamour and seership work.

Freyja rides in a chariot drawn by two cats, wears a cloak of falcon feathers, and takes half of all who die in battle to her hall. She is far more than a goddess of love.

Origin & Traditional Use

Freyja is the foremost goddess of the Vanir in Norse myth, sister of Freyr and daughter of Njörðr. The Eddas and sagas make her a goddess of love, desire and beauty, of gold, and of seiðr, the trance magick she is said to have taught to Odin. Half of the battle-dead go to her field, Fólkvangr. The oil is a modern blend made for devotion to her.

Uses by Tradition

Witchcraft & Folk Magick

Love and glamour: dab on the throat and wrists before meeting someone, as an offering to Freyja and a touch of her allure.
Love candles: dress a red or gold candle on a Friday and set a piece of amber beside it.

Ceremonial & Occult Magick

Seiðr and trance: anoint the brow before seated seership, chanting or staff work in modern Heathen practice.
Devotion: anoint her image and offer mead, honey, flowers or amber at a Heathen altar.
Courage: anoint the breastbone before facing a fight, asking the chooser of the slain to stand with you.

A Simple Working

On a Friday evening, set a gold or red candle before an image of Freyja.
Anoint the candle with Freya oil from top to bottom.
Pour a small horn or glass of mead or honey water as an offering.
Light the candle and speak to her plainly about the love or confidence you want.
Anoint your own throat and wrists.
Let the candle burn down and pour the mead outside on the earth.

Pairs Well With

Amber: the stone of Freyja’s tears in later lore.
Mead: the traditional Heathen offering.
A red candle: for love and passion workings.
Rose petals: for love and glamour baths.

Lore & History

Snorri Sturluson tells that Freyja wept for her missing husband Óðr and that her tears turned to red gold. Ynglinga saga says she first brought seiðr to the Æsir. In Lokasenna, Loki taunts her with having slept with every god and elf in the hall, a sign of how strongly she was tied to desire. The oil is a modern blend; the lore is medieval Icelandic.