Lyrics: Freya
A sword of fire and an axe of cold
Vision of the Sibyl has foretold
Armies gather on the battle-plain
All will fall and earth will die in flame
Here on the battle-plain
We will die in flame
In falcon's feathers soaring overhead
Choosing warriors among the dead
Twilight written in the runes of crones
Freya weeps upon her golden throne
Upon her golden throne
We wait for her alone
Call us unto you hall
Take us into your thrall
The battle rages, but they fight in vain
When all is done it must begin again
FROM THEIR 2006 ALBUM, Age of Winters.
Freya is a Norse Goddess more specifically the Moon
Goddess who was always depicted as promiscuous which is why she is associated with fertility; Freya has many of the
same features of the other Moon Goddess throughout Astro-theological religions
like Semiramis, Diana, Isis, etc. The first line is a reference to the duality
of the Sun/Moon dynamic; The Sun being the Sword of Fire and the Moon being an
Axe of Cold for obvious reasons.
The next line hints to the Valkyries who gather dead warriors, half of
them to be exact while Freya gets the other half; it should be noted further
that the Valkyries are the Norse equivalent of the Four Horsemen of the
Apocalypse and symbolize the flame. Which explains the next line which states
that the entire Earth will die in flame.
The next verse refers to the falcon which is also associated
with Freya; as the myth goes Freya had falcon plumes which she possessed that
she could give to someone and they would shape-shift into a falcon; but when she take on the falcon form it is to choose her half of the dead warriors for the eternal battle in
Valhalla.
The next two line I am struggling to decode but I do know
that runes are a type of stone associated with mysticism and crones is a
reference to the ancient Greek god Chronos who was the personification of both
the planet Saturn and Time. It is from his name that we get the term
Chronological which is organizing something in a logical order with respect to
time.
This personification of Saturn which is also know as
"El" would later be applied to the Norse God Odin. It is also worth
noting that the word Saturn comes from the latin word "Sathan" which
means adversary and is also the etymology of the term Satan. Now follow
this...Lucifer who is "Sathan" the adversary and personification of
the planet Saturn (El), was an ang-EL, who fe-EL into he-EL where he became the
dev-EL and is widely regarded as ev-EL. Keep this in mind as I bring it all
together at the end.
The next two lines are referencing Freya on her throne and
the warriors waiting for her; but the final four lines are probably the most
important of the entire song, at least in terms of understanding the the story being told.
"Call us into your hall", means to call us to
Valhalla; Valhalla is not the Norse representation of Heaven. Valhalla is
Valh-EL-la; which means the realm of EL or Saturn. The next line states
"take us into your thrall". A thrall was a serf or slave in the
Ancient Scandinavian societies, and today the Merriam-Webster dictionary
defines a thrall as either "a person in moral or mental servitude" or
"a state of servitude or submission". To take us into your thrall
would be to make us your slaves, in this particular case the slaves of endless
war. "The battle rages, but they fight in vain; when all is done they must
begin again." Because they have been brought to the realm of El or
Valh-El-la they must be adversaries to one another; but Saturn is also the God
of Time or more specifically the God of the Time Loop, which is why their
battles are in vain for it will loop around to begin again. It is because of this time loop
that Saturn is associated with the number 8 because turned sideways it is the
symbol of infinity or the time loop which is often depicted as the ouro boros,
which is the snake eating itself.
One last important note to make is that Freya and Odin's
wife Frigg are practically identical in their personifications which means they
are the same deity. And further implies Freya is Odin's wife and that her and
the Valkyries are working together in order to stage this eternal war. Sure,
you can say that Freya and Odin are polar opposites. But the Earth has two
polar opposite point as well, but still remains the same singular planet.
Now just tell me if this sounds familiar at all, two
factions who claim to be against each other. Who recruit the population to
argue and fight each other, but no matter who seizes the upper-hand the endless
war continues.
Interestingly, what is the symbol of the Republican Party in
America? Of course it is the EL-ephant=Saturn/Odin; and the symbol of the Democrats
the Donkey of course! Which is a specific type of (W)horse=Moon Goddess/Freya.
With all that said I do love this song and The Sword puts on a fantastic
live performace.
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