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From: In the Crystal Mountains, NC
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posted November 12, 2002 02:49 AM         

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The origins of my FRIDAY - FAIRY DAY Lexi...

Looking back on some of my re-search I found something I wrote to a friend about my affinity with fairies. It had to do with Odin and his wife Freya (sometimes called Frigg). I've had dreams relating to these two. I wrote:
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...then there is FREYA which contains the name or word FRAY which means FAIRY. I love fairies! And in the Old Religion, FRIDAY was and is a day devoted to the Goddess FREYA, from which we get the name FRIDAY. I was born on a Friday. The word FRIDAY contains the words FAY, FAIRY, AIR, FAIR and DAY. I love it!! Hey looky here:

FRIDAY
A D F I R Y

FAIRY DAY!
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Just wanted to share...

eternal

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posted November 12, 2002 03:26 AM         

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Another reason to like fridays!

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Food is the only art that nourishes!

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posted November 12, 2002 07:39 AM         

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Friday is a day, ruled by Venus..good day to worship the Goddess!

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posted November 12, 2002 11:27 AM         

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"Never mentally imagine for another that which you would not want to experience for yourself, since the mental image you send out inevitably comes back to you." Rebecca Clark

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posted November 12, 2002 11:36 AM         

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eternal! I that lexi! It appears you hear the druids, too.

Hopeful

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posted November 13, 2002 10:19 AM         

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I agree, Friday is a wonderful day! I just wanted to add that while Frigg and Freya once were one, they later developed different personalities. Frigg became the wife of Odin, while Freya is the fertility goddess, corresponding to Venus (Roman mythology) and Afrodite (Greek mythology) - while Frigg can be said to correspond to Hera, wife of Zeus.
I just have to grab this occassion to tell one of the sweetest love stories I know...In Norway, Frey is a rare name on woman and Freystein an even rarer name for a man. I once had a collegue called Frey..One Easter, a friend of her who worked with a mountain rescue group at a ski resort center suddenly got ill and Frey took her place, last minute. She arrived at the cottage where she was gonna stay and found all this equipment labelled "Freys'" - getting really impressed that on such a short notice they had everything ready for her. Then in storms a man, shouting: "Who stole all my stuff!" That was Freystein. And when he stopped being angry he fell in love..

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posted November 22, 2004 11:20 PM         

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I love Fridays...

Dean.

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posted November 23, 2004 12:30 AM         

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Saturdays are better.

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posted November 23, 2004 03:05 AM         

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Great story, Stella!

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posted November 23, 2004 08:08 AM         

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I thought I replied to this already ~ anyway, horaay for FAIRY DAY and for fairies in general!

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posted November 23, 2004 12:25 PM         

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Freya is one of my three favorite Goddesses along with Rhiannon and Juno.

If you really want to pay tribute to Freya on Friday wear gold, as gold is believed to be made from Freyas tears when she mourned for Odin.

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posted November 23, 2004 01:32 PM         

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Thank you miss_apples. Do you know the story of Freya and Odin? I'd love to know if you do?

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posted November 23, 2004 05:24 PM         

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Yay for fairies!
and Fridays

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posted November 24, 2004 12:44 PM         

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I cant tell you the exact story from the top of my head. But basically, Odin disappeared and she mourned for him by crying tears of gold. Some sources say she was never married to Odin but rather another God named simply Od.

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From: nevada
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posted November 24, 2004 01:40 PM         

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Awesome work!
I love Nordic Mythology, ok in reference to astrology
Monday (Moon Day)
Tuesday (Mars Day)
Wednesday (Mercury Day)
Thursday (Thors day, Jupiter)
Friday (Venus day)
Saturday (Saturns day)
Sunday (Suns Day)

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