Arts & Sciences

Welcome to the Hall of Freyja’s Tears

Historical Underpinnings

Freyja is the patron goddess of the A&S hall given that gold, being the theme of the event, is her providence.

“Margr morðelds fárbjóðr of hlaut at fleiri tôr Freyju of
morgin, þars vér felldumsk, at vôrum þar.”		“Many an offeror of the harm of murder-fire got all the more tears of Freyja
[GOLD] in the morning, where we felled one another, because we were there.”

Note: This helmingr is the first in a series of three verse quotations in Skm (SnE) exemplifying gold-kennings of the type tôr Freyju ‘tears of Freyja’. Sourced: https://skaldic.org Citation: Kate Heslop (ed.) 2017, ‘Skúli Þorsteinsson, Poem about Svǫlðr 5’ in Kari Ellen Gade and Edith Marold (eds), Poetry from Treatises on Poetics. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 3. Turnhout: Brepols, p.366.

Competition Theme(s)

The hall, all competitions will revolve around those things which are Freja’s domain:
1. Beauty.
2. Fertility.
3. Gold.
4. Love.
5. Magic.
6. Sex.
7. War.

In order to sponsor a competition, fill out the form found here: https://forms.gle/WJR9oo3ir7BfG4xc8

Classes & Salons

In order to sponsor a class or a salon, fill out the form found here: https://forms.gle/nya2fLUvsWC26Hax9

Open Display

There will be an open display area employing the stoplight system. The stoplight system functions as such:
1. Green = Critical and positive feedback is welcome.
2. Yellow = Positive feedback welcome.
3. Red = No feedback is welcome.
Note: While we enourage those in a position to do so, we cannot guarantee that you will receive the feedback that you want. We can, however, do our best to make sure that your boundaries are respected.

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