Frigga ("beloved one"; also known as Frigg) is the All-Mother of the Norse pantheon. She is the wife of Odin and the Queen of Asgard, Goddess of marriage, childbirth, motherhood, wisdom, homemaking, weaving, and spinning. As Goddess of weaving, Frigga is associated with Wyrd, and is said to possess powers of prophecy, yet She does not reveal what She knows or attempt to change it. She is associated with constellation the Orion's Belt which was known as the Frigg’s Distaff upon which She is said to spin the wool that the Norns use to weave the Web of Wyrd.
There is a woman who weaves in the sky
See how She spins, see Her finger fly
She's been before us from beginning to end
She is our mother, lover and friend
She is the weaver and we are the web
She is the needle and we are the thread.
- from "Changing Woman" by Adele Getty
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