What did Freya do to Odin?

While she and Odin were acknowledged by Mimir to be genuinely in love, Freya eventually chose to leave Odin due to his unjust ways. Because Freya broke the marriage off from Odin, she therefore incurred the Allfather's wrath and spite.
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Why did Freya leave Odin?

Eventually, Freya would break off her marriage to Odin due to his cruelty, and Norse Gods becoming violent, notably Thor killing giants mercilessly. Angered that the marriage was broken, he cursed the goddess to never be able to leave Midgard or harming any living creature.
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What did Freya teach Odin?

Freyja, with her staff, knows the art of predicting the future – prophecy – and she teaches Odin this magical art. Freyja also has a darker side as a goddess of war, and half of the warriors who die in battle go to her sacred meadows of Folkvang.
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Did Odin marry Frigg or Freya?

Frigg, also called Friia, in Norse mythology, the wife of Odin and mother of Balder.
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What did the God Freya do?

Freyja, (Old Norse: “Lady”), most renowned of the Norse goddesses, who was the sister and female counterpart of Freyr and was in charge of love, fertility, battle, and death.
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Was Freya good or evil?

Freya is an important character in 2018's God of War, and even though she comes across as a friend, not a foe, to Kratos and his son Atreus, she's revealed to be the real villain at the end.
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Who is Freya to Thor?

This week on Marvel 101, find out how Freyja went from daughter of Odin's enemy to Thor's step-mother and Queen of the Asgardians. Freyja, like all Asgardian gods, is near immortal and resistant to disease and illness.
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How many wives did Odin have?

Odin was married to Frigg, with whom he fathered Baldur, Hermod, and Hod. With Jord, he fathered Thor but was not necessarily married to her (she was a giant).
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How many kids did Freya and Odin have?

Freyja is the owner of the necklace Brísingamen, rides a chariot pulled by two cats, is accompanied by the boar Hildisvíni, and possesses a cloak of falcon feathers. By her husband Óðr, she is the mother of two daughters, Hnoss and Gersemi.
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Did Frigg cheat on Odin?

Despite being the goddess of marriage, Frigg was unfaithful to Odin on several occasions, including with his brothers. Frigg and Freyja are very like each other, and their functions are sometimes mixed up. As the Queen of the goddesses, Frigg has a group of women around her.
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Who was Odin in love with?

With his wife, Frigg, he had one son, the beloved Baldur. However Odin has numerous extramarital affairs, most famously his affair with Jord, with whom he fathered another prominent Norse God, Thor.
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Who gave Odin his wisdom?

Mímir or Mim is a figure in Norse mythology, renowned for his knowledge and wisdom, who is beheaded during the Æsir–Vanir War. Afterward, the god Odin carries around Mímir's head and it recites secret knowledge and counsel to him.
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Who is Odin and Freya son?

Baldur (Old Norse: Baldr, Nordic: ᛒᛅᛚᛏᚱ), also known as the Stranger, was the Norse Aesir God of Light and Peace. He is the son of Odin and Freya, younger half-brother of Thor, Týr and Heimdall, father of Forseti, and uncle of Magni, Modi and Thrúd, and step-uncle of Ullr.
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How did Odin betray Freya?

Out of fear and feeling deeply betrayed, Odin cursed her to prevent her from ever leaving Midgard in order to stop her making amends to her own kind as many of the Vanir saw her marriage to Odin as a betrayal, and the curse also made it impossible for her to harm any living creature — through either physical or magical ...
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What happens to Freya after Ragnarok?

Though Freya is never mentioned in the events or stories about Ragnarok this is because she is left out. Some believe that she dies in the battle or kills herself after the war out of grief. While some think she dies others think she lives.
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What did Loki do to Freya?

Since she was wearing the necklace and it was impossible to remove without disturbing her, Loki became a flea and bit her, causing Freya to shift.
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Why does Freya cry tears of gold?

Freyja is the goddess of fertility, and Gunnhild proceeds to tell her the story of the deity and her husband. She tells Ingrid Freyja's husband, the god Óðr, is often away from her and she cries tears of gold for him.
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What is Freya's symbol?

Freyja is known as the goddess of love, fertility, beauty, sex, war, death, gold, and magic. Freyja travels in a chariot pulled by two cats, she rides a boar, and she uses a magic cloak. The Necklace of Brisings is a fertility symbol associated with Freyja.
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Who is Odin's first daughter?

Hela, Odin's first born, served as Asgard's Executioner and Goddess of Death, as her and her father made their way through the Nine Realms bringing death, destruction and conquest along for the ride. When Odin had a change of heart and wanted peace, he could not stop Hela's ambition and bloodlust; he imprisoned her.
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What gender is Odin?

Odin was a male god of berserkers and also of the out-of-body ecstasy usually associated with women's magic. He displays shamanistic characteristics through his journeys to various otherworlds in search of this wisdom.
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Who is Odin to Zeus?

To answer the question right away, Zeus and Odin are not the same, nor have they ever been thought to be the same entity at any point throughout history. Zeus is the king of the gods in Greek mythology, whilst Odin is the king in Norse mythology.
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Who birthed Odin?

Bor and Bestla had three sons: Odin was the first, Vili the second, and Vé the third.
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Who are the 3 main Norse gods?

The main gods were Odin, Thor and Frey:
  • Odin was the Viking god of wisdom and war.
  • Thor was very strong, and Vikings would often wear Thor's symbol, a hammer, as a pendant around their necks. ...
  • Frey was the god of fertility and birth. ...
  • Loki was part god and part devil. ...
  • Berserk Tyr was the Viking God of War.
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How are Freya and Loki related?

Freyja and Loki are both characters in Norse mythology. Freyja is a Vanir god from Vanaheim, while Loki is a giant from Jotunheim, though both are thought of as honorary members of the Aesir and are usually found in Asgard. One of Loki's tricks resulted in Thor's hammer, Mjollnir, being stolen.
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How did Odin lost his eye?

He sacrificed his eye in Mimir's well and he threw himself on his spear Gungnir in a kind of symbolic, ritual suicide. He then hanged himself in Yggdrasil, the tree of life, for nine days and nine nights in order to gain knowledge of other worlds and be able to understand the runes.
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