----- Original Message -----From: LanceSent: Friday, February 02, 2007 7:27 AMSubject: Vedr. Re: Vedr. [norse_course] Freya's/Frigg's DistaffYes, I caught that. Thanks.
llama_nom <600cell@.... co.uk> skrev:
It was hiding in there under a Latinized version of her name:
"Frigga's Distaff. The last of the constellations which may belong to
the Viking Age is Friggjarrokkr, Frigga's Distaff, the three bright
stars that make up the belt of the constellation we know today as
Orion the Hunter. Grimm cites this name from the Swedish Friggerock,
and also Frejerock or Fröjas rock (Teutonic Religion ch. 13 and ch. 22)."
--- In norse_course@ yahoogroups. com, "Patricia Wilson"
<originalpatricia@ ...> wrote:
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> http://www.vikingan swerlady. com/stars. shtml
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> The Viking Answer lady has a lot of info about the names of stars etc
> I do not see Freya's/Friggs Distaff mentioned but here's a start
> Patriicia
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Lance
> To: norse_course@ yahoogroups. com
> Sent: Thursday, February 01, 2007 6:37 PM
> Subject: Vedr. [norse_course] Freya's/Frigg' s Distaff
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> Any idea what Orion's Belt was called in Norse cosmology? I've
found the English translations, at least - Freya's/Frigg' s Distaff.
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> Lance
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