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Freya

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Freya
goddess of love, beauty, and fecundity; beautiful, blue-eyed blonde. [Norse Myth.: Leach, 425]
See : Beauty, Feminine
Freya
goddess of agriculture, peace, and plenty. [Norse Myth.: Payton, 257]
See : Farming, Fertility
Freya
goddess of eternal youth. [Ger. Myth. and Opera: Wagner, Rheingold, Westerman, 232]
See : Youth
Freya 

(also Freyja), in Scandinavian mythology, the goddess of fertility, love, and beauty. Freya is the sister and sometimes the wife of Frey. She is married to Odin, for whom she searches the earth and weeps golden tears. “Freya” is evidently a later name for the goddess Frigg.
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The four-strong line-up of Freya Eaton, Sam Doherty, Jordan Rigby and Phoebe Henderson swept aside the opposition in brilliant style to retain the title at Rossendale in Lancashire.
Crackley ski side victory by Coventry Evening Telegraph (England)
Thirteen-year-old Freya Smith, from Meltham, achieved an A* grade in the exam which is usually taken three years later.
Freya's exam high note by Huddersfield Daily Examiner (Huddersfield, England)
LAUGHING with her devoted mum, little Freya Jeffrey celebrates her triumph over a life-threatening condition.
LITTLE STARS CELEBRATE THEIR BRAVERY by The Journal (Newcastle, England)
 
 
 
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