Freyja Is a Norse Goddess, Not a Temptress A detailed look at Freyja in Norse mythology, how she ruled love, desire, and fate with authority, how the Norse honored her as a goddess of choice and battle, and how Christianity rewrote her story by turning her freedom into sin, her magic into witchcraft, and her power into a warning the North never believed. Norse mythology Mythology Old gods Viking Lore Norse afterlife Forgotten gods Christian Rewrites Freyja Freya Forgotten goddesses Goddess erasu