Carved from Ash Wood, thisstatue represents the goddess Freyja (old Norse meaning "Lady") who is the most renowed of the Norse goddesses andthe sister and female counterpart ofFreyr,in charge of love, fertility, battle, and death.

Freyja is the owner of the necklace Brísingamen, rides a chariot pulled by two cats, is accompanied by the boar Hildisvíni, and possesses a cloak of falcon feathers allowing her to transform into one. She is the mother of two daughters, Hnoss and Gersemi fathered byher husband r. Along with her brother Freyr, her father Njrr, and her mother (Njrr's sister, unnamed in sources), she is a member of the Vanir. Stemming from Old Norse Freyja, modern forms of the name include Freya, Freyia, and Freja.

Freya is the archetype of thevlva, a professional or semiprofessional practitioner of seidr, the most organized form of Norse magic.It was she who first brought this art to the gods,^[2]and, by extension, to humans as well. Given her expertise in controlling and manipulating the desires, health, and prosperity of others, she’s a being whose knowledge and power are almost without equal.