Freyja : Cat Cult and Fertility Magic
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- Опубликовано: 7 сен 2024
- A Shamanic and Archaeological perspective of the Feline Cult and Fertility Magic linked to the Norse Goddess Freyja.
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Your sweet kitty is looking down and loving you. Freya is taking good care of him, I know it
I hope he's having fun and probably getting fatter too ;p
Blessed Be!
May Freya send you another companion when your heart is ready.
waiting for a new furry companion ^^
@@ArithHärger I waited for one to find me. It took 5 years and my wife brought home a Norwegian Forest Cat kitten from the local animal shelter. His name is Odin.
I was advised to research Freyja due to her affiliation with cats because I have 11 cats. This video was so perfect for that and I'm glad that I came across it and this channel. So thank you very much. I have a subscribed ❤️
You’ll see your friend again. I lost my car of 17 years in 2019 and I still miss her and think of her, so I can empathize. Blessed be.
I am sorry for your loss. Cats are always so very special.
while I don't doubt that a connection with fertility may exist, the practical use for cats is that they would keep the population of mice down, and this is a service they also rendered in Egypt where they were adored and linked to their Goddess of Love Bast. If there are no mice, then the wheat, barley and other grains can sustain a community through the winter, so cats were a matter of life and death which is why (as you say) they were not sacrificed and were linked to earthly bounty. This also sheds light on how they were important to FREYA, and therefore in the Vanir cult, which was agricultural--rather than the Aesir.
lost my cat of 14 years a couple of months ago. pets break your furniture and then your heart. sorry for your loss.
Cats (and hares) have a nocturnal side. At a time of paganism and sun worship they were considered a portal to the soul. people thought in the sun's absence they could get up to divilment. whose eyes reflect the moon which reflects the all seeing sun? 🇮🇪🐍🦌🎶
I had noticed that Freyja's cats were not named. I think also that account of the Volva's elaborate dress mentioned several animal skins, all of which may have been symbols of her helping spirits. This is a very interesting video, thank you Arith
my best friend is a cat. tim. i can appreciate how u feel. arith i have lived in a bay, in a town of 200. only accesable by boat. a fishing village in newfoundland. a life style that couldn't be more northman. i'd say if the viking town had 2 cats it would soon have 8. people actually took litters, put them in a bag with a rock and threw them off the warf. cats were very valuable to northmen but a shortage i don't see. i'm really enjoying your in depth teachings. thank yew gare
Sounds like a cool place where you live. I live in a place where elders did the same to little cats; on a bag with water and drown them. Children like myself grew up surrounded by cruelty and we became cruel ourselves towards others. By things change when we give way to compassion. Thx friend 🙂
When I just started out with Freya she brought a grey male tabby boy into my life that looks just like one of her cats. He is the sweetest most loving cat I've ever had. To top it off I adopted him on a thursday (Thor's day) and it is Thor who brings Freya her kittens in mythology 🤗🐈
What an old age ... Mine also passed on this year, and she was 17-1/2, my loving Freya cat. Blessed be ...
Awesome video man and very informative. May Mr Teeku rest well in Freyjas' tender care.
Cats are healing animals among being very spiritually connected with people. Their pur and intimate nature is how they convey the healing.
I rewatch this one periodically and it always makes me tear up. He looked so much like my sweet Agent who was my closest companion through some of my most challenging times and when I first stumbled upon your videos while learning the runes. 🧡 I hope they are having their best afterlives in Freyja’s hall and maybe they’ll come back to visit in another form sometimes.
As an amateur archeologist I helped excavating a first and second century site in the terp mound of Techum, near Leeuwarden, Friesland (in The Netherlands) in 2016. After finding at least eight pits filled with animal parts (predominantly fish, cattle bones, carved wood and even a carved 'staff'.) I found a sole female skull of a young female in her twenties. It was pkaced on a modest 'floor' of pottery and accompsnied by a cat's metatarsus. She was dubbed 'the witch of Techum', but after finding a male skull (with knife marks, as if defleshed) and posdible dog bones, the site felt different to me. The pits and skull burials near the pits would have been on the shoreline of and ancient see arm, called the Bordine (from Pgmc. 'bordunga', 'border-water', frontier). That could make it a liminal space in the late Frisian Iron Age. The Idea of using sacrificial animals to make contact with land spirits, ancestors or other 'other than human entities, is enticing. Thank you!
Thank you Arith for a well researched and beautiful video. It seems strange in this day and age to hear that cats were rare in the North of Europe when you see how numerous they are now.
The farmers had a practical reason to keep cats near to the farm - to hunt and kill the rodents that can damage crops and stored grain.
I hope that your health is improvimg my friend, you certainly look more bouyant than before.
Hey my friend I am pleased to know that you are getting better, as for me I am as I am, a Christian neighbour told me that he was praying for my recovery but the amputated toes are still missing. On a serious note I plan a short trip to Lisboa this summer and would be honoured to meet upif at all possible?
yeah, christian prayers tend not to make limbs and other things grow back :/ Oh that would be wonderful if you come to Lisbon. During Summer most of the time I'm not around. I myself go on vacations, this year to Italy. But if I'm here, I certainly would like to see you my friend and drink some beers :p
Thanks Arith it would be great. There is one place that I particulary want to visit, the shop where they sell the best natas in Portugal. I have heard about it for years but the only time I set foot in Lisbon was the airport exchanging flights to and from Funchal. It would also be good if Mr T was back from his Viking exploits so I could tell him face to face that I am his greatest fan.
We have made exact replicas of the Osebergskipet and the Wagon. We have to assume that they were used in rituals in agricultural cults. The wagon is surprisingly useful for transport!
The death of my 17,5 friend nearly 3 weeks ago brought me here...just started watching and already feel it was a good choice
I'm sorry for your loss. I hope this video was useful :)
Very informative! Been playing Assassin’s Creed Valhalla and wanted to learn more about Freyja!
I'm late but from one cat lover to another I'm sorry to hear about your Mr. Tico. I have a tabby named Tinkerbell and she is my world. Cats are wonderful and it doesn't surprise me to see them being linked with the divine.
Kitty magic is the best magic of all
Blessed Be!
Thanks for sharing Mr. Tico's video with us. I, too, hope he is with Freyja. 😻
very interesting video , loved the pics of the osberg ship and great idea showing the ref points on the map ....... and yes you managed to reduce me to tears , (only an animal can do this to me ) I remember Mr Tico well and He was totally beautiful and I know my very, very dear friend that you would have given him the best of lives .....
It's so tender this video in honor of your dearest mr. Tico, Arith!!! I love cats!! And also feel afinity with Frejya Goddess, since the first time I've heard abort her... Thank for share those informations!...
Im a cat lover to an great extend.
Is always a great loss when a feline friend passes away. Sorry for your friend loss,
An incredible insight not popularly seen. I really thank you for the video. Gracias!
Hits you right in the feels.
Greetings from Pennsylvania, USA. Great video. My beloved cat Snowy (RIP🧡) passed away January 2020. He was 22 years old. He was originally a barn cat when I adopted him and made him a house cat. I think he would rather have been outside but I didn't want him to get hurt. But I adopted him with his sister and then added 3 other cats and 8 dogs over the years, so he was never lonely. I hope he has joined your cat and Freyja. 🙂
Great video! I especially appreciate that you brought up the connection of snakes and cats. I've left many people puzzled when I've shared my opinion of a possible link between the two and a few of their stunning similarities. I'm grateful to have found your channel as I've been looking for quality videos on the runes as well as Norse and Pagan mythology and history. Thank you and I look forward to diving into your channel!
Now that is some dedication to your cat there.
Another wonderful video!
May Mr. Teekus road be bright and a joy to travel.
I really enjoyed this video but why not mention the unique Norwegian forest cat? Much love and attention and reverence must have gone to breeding such cats! And they influenced n.americn cat genes very much! We are actually using this to prove the vikings came to America much earlier than we thought
Thank you for your kind words and feedback once again ^^ Oh yeah Norwegian cats can be of great value for info such as this, but I haven't researched about them. I thought of them, actually, but to make a single video I research so much sources that I end up having to cut a lot of information or my videos would be Documentaries :p actually, there's a video of mine coming next month which has 40min, which isn't good for youtube since people are very impatient nowadays and prefer to watch short clips ;p but that's actually a very useful information from your part, cat genes to prove vikings came to America much earlier than originally thought. I might research about it as well. Thank you!
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I know this is a year and a half old, but I really like your shows explaining Norse Paganism and your kitty , 17 years, had a really good run and I'm sure he was happy with you.
As an archaeologist with a focus on me so america and a Norwegian. I'll never forget how shocked I was when looking again at the ship museum in Oslo..
The colors were suddenly wrong and the whole cat thing. Never heard anyone else speak about this..
But cats rare? Not in Norway. They were commonly found under every barn and mostly feral in my childhood..
Thank you Arith for the video. This was special to me as cats have always had a special place in my heart. Currently as I write this, I have 1 of my 2 "kitties" on my lap purring away. They are my protectors and are prescribed service animals from PTSD military service related. That is why Freyja is one of my chosen God's that I communicate with. Great video! 👍
Prayers for your fine cat.
Please do an Oseberg ship video! I would love to watch it.
So sorry to hear about your cat great video thank you
Another interesting video, thank you, and I am so sorry for the loss of your beloved kitty.
Thank you. Yeah it's always hard.
I sat and had a fifteen minute Convo with a stray cat. I told it how wonderful and sexy it was and how much I want to touch it but not to scare it and did the thing where I get a little closer then back off over and over. Never got to pet but it was a nice vibe
outstanding vid....
Thank you my friend :)
Muito querido da tua parte apresentares este vídeo! Eu sabia que o nossos boneco nos fazia bem! Saudades, obrigada Arith! Beijo
Os animais estão sempre presentes na vida dos Humamos, cada vez mais é importante valorizarmos o bem que nos proporcionam! É nosso dever entender as suas qualidades, o que pudemos aprender com eles. Hoje transmitiste uma versão de quão presente está na nossa história e de que forma o vemos e ainda o que nos falta ver! Obrigada gosto de como colocas estas questões!
Tenho saudades daquele porco-sujo, enfim. Agradeço o apoio como sempre hehe ;P Beijinhos!
Thank you. R. I. P. Mr Tico
Not only Christianity, Abrahamic Religions in general, especially Jewish Religion, is the main Culprit, not anything Je-SUS said and did, we must remember, that Biblical Jesus never existed, neither did Judaism, since there is no Archaeological evidence for their Existence or for any such "Ancient Israel" it just never existed, so Judaism and Christianity seem to have arisen at the same time, about 200 to 400 AD, and not before it.
But yes, once established, the whole Native And true Religion of the Levantine people, of PALESTINE aka PHOENICIA, the Religion of the Gods where ANAT and ISHTAR and ASHERA were Parallels to FREYA, APHRODITE-VENUS, were also worshiped, the Abrahamic plague destroyed even their own Worship of the Goddesses, the same with ISIS and BAST in Egypt, where the Cat was also a Sacred Animal.... It is time to awaken our Worship of the Goodnesses and Gods... Hail the DEITIES!!!...
Cats are my best friends....always have been
Hi May you find joy in your memories of your companion... love this so interesting as my pareon is Freyja always have cats with her on my Altar, thinking i might do something to help stray cats etc giving time to them would be nice understand more about the Cats now thank you great to hear you on thiese videos will watch more liked and subscribed Halsa Valang
Ave Lyra. Bast, Freya, Li Shou, Ai-Apaec, and many others were watchers over mankind. From the deserts of Egypt to the jungles of South America, cats have been worshipped far and wide.
This was very interesting. It makes sense to me that cats would be associated totemically with Freyja and with women's magic. Out of curiosity (because I have not been able to find anything), is there any information on the role of dogs in Norse life?
hehe you are not the first to ask that, yes there is information concerning dogs in norse societies, at least archaeological ones. I've spoken a bit about dogs in the Cult of Odin video, but only a little. I may create a video about that subjects because dogs and horses were the most sacrificed animals in northern Europe. The dog is often connected to Odin and to nobility and to warriors of great renown whose objective in burial context is to send them to Valhalla.
I will look forward to that video!
WOW! I've already arranged for my cremation, now, to make it complete..."Here, Kitty, Kitty!"
Thank you, Arith, I enjoyed this subject immensely, being a cat person and having a pet named Freyja (a dog) maybe this is why she's whooping everyone else, flexing her feline muscle, if you will.
That was very well done and incredibly interesting, though I must say animal sacrifice is quite a vile thought for me and I have to try and view it from the spiritual aspect of the ancestors only. Is there nothing related to dogs in the same way? Thank you friend.
Thank you ^^ ... yeah our ancestors were too hardcore, too cruel; animals and people, no distinction, no remorse, no mercy, no pity... glad those days are over. Makes no sense nowadays and we can do sacrifices still in a different way but without harming anyone or anything. Yeah about dogs there are references, dogs and horses were the most common to be sacrificed. I've talked a bit about dogs in the case of Odin on the video about his cult, but maybe I shall have to delve much more on that, on some other video ;p
I think the view of mortality was a lot different. Death was something that people had to face much more closely. They were more comfortable with death and saw it as a transferral of worlds. But yes I agree, the idea of killing little puppies and kitties is abhorrent to me.
My cat Caligula says hello. Could Freya's cats have been Lynxes? Also, would you consider doing a video on the story of Nornagest?
Amazing, thank you for this amazing work! 🤘🏽
Thank you ❤ 🐈
Mr Kootie is 18yrs and someday he will go 😢. Sorry your buddy couldn't stay longer
Hail Freyja
Knowledgeable,Thxs.
My cats name is Freya I had no idea her name was related to any of this when I did that lol I’m sorry for your loss may you find another friend when you are ready.
just want to say sorry, for your lose
thank you :)
Eu amei, gratidão 🤘🤘🤘🔥🔥💜
The "squirrel"-cat may be a mother cat nursing a kitten. Just a thought. That was what I saw in that carving.
Freya is a fertility goddess and cats procreate very VERY efficiently. Unfortunately in the United States alone we euthanize millions of cats a year because irresponsible pet owners do not spay their cats and they have litter after litter of kittens that can find no homes, and of course when the kittens grow up and are no longer "cute" the owner loses interest and the poor cat ends up in a kill shelter. Their astonishing fertility compared to other beings, and Freya being a fertility goddess is no coincidence as far as I am concerned. ❤🐈🐱🐯🐅🐆❤
Goodnite sweet kitty
Freyas cats are named Beegul and Treegul. Bee gold and tree gold. Honey and Amber.
Where exactly did you find that? Because such names don't appear in any sources, not even the oldest. No names are given to Freyja's cats. Beegul and Treegul I can only find in Norse mythology Fan Art, characters created by artists. Please, if you found in historical sources other than the Fan Art fantasy ones, share with us, because that may help a lot.
www.vikinganswerlady.com/vik_pets.shtml
Honestly I thought it was common knowledge. I remember when I first started researching the lore I read it. So my first source, not sure. The website I pasted, viking answer lady, is pretty good about cited sources.
I quote what you sent me "(...)Old Norse literature never recorded the names of the goddess's cats. One author, Diana Paxson in her novel Brisingamen assigned the poetic names Tregul ("tree-gold", or amber) and Bygul ("bee-gold", or honey) to Freyja's cats where they appeared in her story. There is no evidence at all in Norse literature for these names, of course (...). I read Diana Paxson "Brisingamen" and it's a novela, it's fantasy. And the very person of that website affirms what I've said - there are no names for Freyja's cats, unfortunately. However, that doesn't mean they had no names, they probably had, but as I've said in this video (and will reinforce on the next one), the names for Freyja's cats, if there were any, were wiped out from the sources.
Interesting. Paxon is the leader of the Troth.
We call that UPG, unverifiable personal gnosis, on the religious side.
I stand corrected.
I know who she is. By the end of this month I will even speak about one of her books. There is a big difference between her religious books supported by the sources and academic works, and her fantasy novelas. She made that clear. The book you are quoting is fantasy and she didn't created it to be a source of knowledge about Norse culture. She created that one, and others, to be a fantasy novela completely apart from academic works.
I'm certain you sweet fur family is in Freyas ❤ care blessed be
I have a simple theory.
If cats were the friend of women in the home, protecting them from vermin then I'd imagine women wouldn't allow men to harm them, not just for practical reasons, but for their maternal instinct of protecting anything with big cute eyes. If men sacrificed cats, their home life would be miserable. Some things never change.
Also... you ever tried to catch and pick up an angry cat? You can muzzle a wolf easier than hold a cats claws. Screw getting a wound infection in those times. Lol
I can not own black cat I had tried about 4 and they gone, but the time someone came to give me a white cat, the cat still alive with me amost 10 years now, I dont know why why why I cant own black cat one , well i having the black and white one too which she was lost and came to my house by herself.
those black cats some are die or disappear i was sad to tell to anyone🖤
12:28 Arith, I think it’s a mom cat nursing her baby.... it’s a kitten under her there on her belly?
My 13 year old kitty just got lost. It's very mysterious. I pray to the Cat God.... bring Neener home!!!! BTW..I'm singke
Do Not Sacrifice
Hope you find him soon or that he returns home. Sorry didnt get the last part of your message
I hope you have get him back brother.
I thought Her cats' names were Bee Gold and Tree Gold.
RIP Mr.Tico
Praise Lyra
It's interesting that a cat is said to have nine lives. Do you have any information on this belief?
You know, all my life I've heard that and I've never researched about it. Amazing, sometimes I feel like I'm sleeping. I'm glad you said that actually, thx for reminding me. In southern Europe the cat has 7 lives but in other parts of the world it's 9. 7 lives I think it was a Muslim belief which was passed down to southern European countries when the Muslims invaded Europe, because in the Kabbalah 7 is the most powerful number, highly magical, and I think (not sure) that even Muhammad had a connection with cats and in the proverbs associated to him and cats it was said that cats had 7 lives. Now, 9 lives, I do believe it was a myth created during medieval times because it was said witches who had a cat, could possess the cat 9 times, enter its body 9 times. There used to be a proverb in the XVI century that Women as well as cats had 9 lives.
Ratatoskr I most cat customs have their source in Egypt. Egyptians speak of 9 subtle energies.
It could be that cats were so sacred(in touch with spirit/energies) they could have been come to believe the cat has a full soul or spirits worth of each energy?
This is just my conclusion and it might change; but I've always wondered about cats nine lives, too, so I thought I'd share my latest theory
I like your theory and so far makes a lot of sense.
Arith Härger thanks to you + Miles for your insights. I think it is fascinating how ancient esoteric knowledge is hidden in plain sight in little anecdotes and proverbs.
Could 9 lives have something to do with the 9 relms? A cats magical ability to shift between them but must sacrafice a life(energy), this is pure speculation however.
HAIL FREYA!!!... HAIL ZEUS-DEUS-DIOS-ODIN!!!... HAIL APOLLON!!!... HAIL ALL THE DEITIES OF THE INDO-EUROPEAN, PAN CAUCASIAN WORLD!!!
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I don’t even know if you check comments on old videos. I have a paper about Her and I’m so lost. I need to find a scholarly source and I’m having no luck
I thought Freyja's cats were Trjegul and Bygul?
No, those names come from a fiction novel by Diana Paxson. I believe it's called Brisingamen
I wonder how much of it also has to do with the fact that cats are induced ovulators. Meaning the act of sex is enough for the body to start ovulation. Cats can also become pregnant even if they are already pregnant (it has to happen with in a certain time window). Typically kitten season is in the spring but where i am (California) you see it at all times of year. Just curious about any kind of connection, if there is one.
RUclips thinks I want to be pagan. I’m getting loads of recommendations for pagan blogs. I’m just a nerd who likes mythology and history and likes my dumb fan fictions to be as accurate as possible
Is there references for this cat cult? Or is this just a theory?
Didn't they know Gaupa (Lynx)?
Good information thank you. Maybe Psychopomp concept is present here... The only thing you didn't mention is what difficult annoying snobby egotistical lill monsters they are😅
Cat eye makes a vesica..
Cats Rule!!!
Hum... i have a feeling that she is more then just that, as is freyr.... unfortunatelly the christian influences also makes it hard to purify the mythologies, the original ones....
an interesting fact is that milk isnt good for cats.
No, cow milk isn't good for most cats due to them being lactose intolerant. All cats naturally drink their mother's milk at birth, and this is their best option for food at such a young age.
#WomenWontWheesht
#WitchesWontWheesht
Bechas the cat
Modern ecologists, say that cats are very important to agricultural survival.