flying Frigg on a church wall.

While reading Prudence Jones & Nigel Pennick's A History of Pagan Europe, we came across an illustration of a 12th century CE depiction of Frigg riding a distaff on the wall of Schleswig Cathedral in Schleswig-Holstein, northern Germany, and found this picture of it. Possibly an attempt to reduce the Goddess to a witch, but it also shows the Goddess' endurance as a figure still referential enough for inclusion in a church mural centuries after conversion. The flying distaff may reinforce the line of thought that her weaving was ritually akin to the Norns' weaving of destiny, which allowed her the secret knowledge of a future that she could never speak of to anyone else.

[Photo by Alexander Foss.]

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Guillermo Maytorena IV knew there was something special in the Norse Lore when he picked up a copy of the d'Aulaires' Norse Gods and Giants at age seven. Since then he's been fascinated by the truthful potency of Norse Mythology, passionately read & studied, embraced Ásatrú, launched the Map of Midgard project, and spearheaded the neologism/brand NorsePlay. If you have employment/opportunities in investigative mythology,  field research, or product development to offer, do contact him.