Prayers for Gefjon

Inspired by Galina Krasskova’s Agon dedicated to Gefjon, I wrote these two poems.

 

A Hailing Prayer to Gefjon

Hail to Gefjon, Far-seeing Goddess!

Hail to Gefjon, Who knows Her own Worth!

Hail to Gefjon, Who shapes liche and hame!

Hail to Gefjon, Who drives hard Her Oxen!

Hail to Gefjon, Who plowed and claimed Zealand!

Hail to Gefjon, Who claims Her own pleasure!

Hail to Gefjon, whose halls house the virgins!

Hail to Gefjon, Ásynja!

Hail to Gefjon, Mother of Jotnar!

Hail to Gefjon, Whose Consort is Skjöldr!

Hail to Gefjon, Whose Plow is Mighty!

Hail to Gefjon, Whose Courses are Swift!

Hail to Gefjon, Whose Lands are Fertile!

Hail to Gefjon, Whose Ways are Wise!

 

Land-finding Prayer to Gefjon

We seek, we seek land of our own

Growing green and good

We ask Gefjon to lend us your aid

So we may settle soon!

 

We ask for land for orchards

We ask for land for grain

We ask for land for goat, hive, and lamb

Whose harvests shall be great!

 

We seek, we seek a place to build

A hof to call our own

Where we can raise a horn to You

Within our hallowed home!

Sigyn Project: Day 11

A poem I wrote awhile ago to Sigyn.

 

Ever-patient Lady

I come to you in quandary

How do you lift your bowl so high?

How do you catch the vicious venom?

Lady of the Staying Power

How do you catch without seething hate?

How do work your Will?

I come, a creature without patience

May I hold your bowl a moment?

May I learn of your long-suff’ring?

I come, a small mortal

Offering my hands

Ever-patient Lady

 

Adorations of Freya

I adore You, Lady of Vanaheim

I adore You, Vanadís

I adore You, Gefn

I adore You, Hörn

I adore You, Mardöll

I adore You, Skyálf

I adore You, Sýr

I adore You, Thröng

I adore You, Thrungva

I adore You, Valfreyja

I adore You, Lady of Fólkvangr

I adore You, Lady of Sessrúmnir

I adore You, Bearer of Brisingamen

I adore You, Driver of Cats

I adore You, Possessor of Tom-cats

I adore You, Rider of Hildisvíni

I adore You, Daughter of Njord

I adore You, Whose Mother is Mystery

I adore You, Sister of Freyr

I adore You, Widow of Óðr

I adore You, Mother of Hnoss

I adore You, Mother of Gersemi

I adore You, Lover of Dvergr

I adore You, Whose Being is Beauty

I adore You, Whose Eyes see Truth in the heart

I adore You, Whose Ears hear the prayers of lovers

I adore You, Whose Hands caress the body

I adore You, Whose Feet tarry in all the roads of lust

I adore You, Whose hands wield the spear

I adore You, Whose Voice beckons the slain

I adore You, Whose Dance opens the soul

I adore You, Whose Words call the Disir

I adore You, Wanderer of Grief

I adore You, Weeping Widow

I adore You, Lustful Lover

I adore You, Gracious Hostess

I adore You, Blood-quicker

I adore You, Spear-Wielder

I adore You, Beloved One

I adore You, Falcon-borne

I adore You, Amber-Teared

I adore You, Seiðkona

I adore You, Spákona

I adore You Wand-Wielder

I adore You, Sitter Upon the High Seat

I adore You, Teacher of Útiseta

I adore You, Teacher of Spá

I adore You, Teacher of Seiðr

I adore You, Tutor of Odin

I adore You, Whose Form inspires the artist

I adore You, Whose Words give the lover grace

I adore You, Whose Works give the skald voice

I adore You, Whose Lust rouses mansöngr

I adore You, Whose Hands welcome all

I adore You, Whose Power shows Wyrd

I adore You, Whose Instruction bears Wisdom

I adore You, Who sees the innermost heart

I adore You, Who touches the closed mind

I adore You, Who embraces the widow and widower

I adore You, Who sees Love in the deepest dark

I adore You, Who accepts Love in all Its forms

I adore You, Who delights in lust

I adore You, Who seeks the hidden

I adore You, Who Loves the Lost

I adore You, Who welcomes the Dead

I adore You, Who calls the Military Dead home

I adore You, Who aids birth

I adore You, Who aids the wounded heart

I adore You, Who aids the grieving lover

I adore You, Who aids the broken warrior

I adore You, Whose Distaff is of the stars

I adore You, Most Glorious of Goddesses

From hall and bed, from field and grove,

I adore You, Freya

Adorations of Fire

I adore You, Elder Ancestor

I adore You, Heart of Muspelheim

I adore You, Blazing One

I adore You, First Light

I adore You, Last Ember

I adore You, Scorcher

I adore You, Warmer

I adore You, Who Boils the Water

I adore You, Who Melts the Ice

I adore You, Who Light the Offerings

I adore You, Who Dances in Darkness

I adore You, Opener of Seeds

I adore You, Whose Dance enlightens the Worlds

I adore You, Who Dances in wood and rot and grass and oil

I adore You, Who Dances in battle and bedchamber and wound and warrior

I adore You, Whose Touch brings Calcination

I adore You, Who Eats grass and ground

I adore You, Who obliterates the body

I adore You, Bone-searer

I adore You, Wood-scorer

I adore You, Peacekeeper

I adore You, Whose Flames blaze a riot of color

I adore You, Who revealed the First Ancestors

I adore You, Who brought my Ancestors warmth

I adore You, Who brought my Ancestors comfort

I adore You, Who made my Ancestors’ food safe to eat

I adore You, Who taught my Ancestors to forge tools

I adore You, Who taught my Ancestors to forge weapons

I adore You, Who taught my Ancestors to sweat

I adore You, Who taught my Ancestors Your purity

I adore You, Who taught my Ancestors art

I adore You, Who gifted my Ancestors with light by day and night

I adore You, Who gift me with light by day and night

I adore You, Who drives back fear

I adore You, Eater of Wood

I adore You, Feaster of Fuel

I adore You, Who Strips Bone and Flesh

I adore You, Dazzling One

I adore You, Who Brings New Growth

I adore You, Who warms the Gap

I adore You, Who mingled with Ice, blessing us with Water

I adore You, Who mingled with Ice, bringing Ask and Embla to the Gods

I adore You, Who, mingled with Earth, carries prayers to the Holy Ones with Your Smoke

I adore You, Who mingled with Earth, forming Midgard’s continents

I adore You, Who, mingled with Water, gives us precious teas and coffee

I adore You, Who, mingled with Water, brings us the rain

I adore You, Who, mingled with Air, gives us flame to cook our food

I adore You, Who, mingled with Air, lets us shape ore and metal

I adore You, Whose Presence lies in soul and Sol alike

I adore You, Whose Presence sears corruption

I adore You, Who inspires the bard

I adore You, Who gives voice to the storyteller

I adore You, Who emboldens the warrior

I adore You, Whose sparks dance in our brains

I adore You, Whose sparks bid us to speak, our bodies to dance

I adore You, Whose sparks give us happiness, despair, pain, and pleasure

I adore You, Whose sparks bless us with bliss and fill us with holiness

I adore You, Who shows the ways in your dance

I adore You, Whose Forge fashions sword and gun

I adore You, Who Takes the Body into Helheim

I adore You, Who sanctifies the corpse

I adore You, Who consumes the offering

I adore You, Who burns the home

I adore You, Whose conflagration allows new growth

I adore You, Who Dances upon the candle

I adore You, Who drives back the cold

I adore You, Who Lights the Worlds

I adore You, Whose Flame burns in the Heart of Midgard

I adore You, Whose Power echoes from Creation

I adore You, Whose Power calls through Wyrd

From the First Spark to the Last Ash

I adore You, Fire