Odin and Freyja at the sky window by Emil Doepler 1905
"At this point, the men of old tell a silly story that the Wandals coming to Godan (Wotan) besought him for victory over the Winnili and that he answered that he would give the victory to those whom he saw first at sunrise; that then Gambara went to Frea (Freja) wife of Godan and asked for victory for the Winnili, and that Frea gave her counsel that the women of the Winnili should take down their hair and arrange it upon the face like a beard, and that in the early morning they should be present with their husbands and in like manner station themselves to be seen by Godan from the quarter in which he had been wont to look through his window toward the east. And so it was done. And when Godan saw them at sunrise he said: "Who are these long-beards?" And then Frea induced him to give the victory to those to whom he had given the name."
-Paul the Deacon, History of the Lombards, Chapter 8
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| Emil Doepler illustration from Walhall: Die Götterwelt der Germanen (The Gods of the Teutons) 1905. Bottom: Women look up to Wodan and Frea with their long hair tied to appear as beards. Inspired by the account of Wodan and Frea naming the Langobards from Origo Gentis Langobardorum. Further up on the page Wodan stands with Frea as he looks downward at the women. |
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| Women look up to Wodan and Frea with their long hair tied to appear as beards. Inspired by the account of Wodan and Frea naming the Langobards from Origo Gentis Langobardorum. Further up on the page Wodan stands with Frea as he looks downward at the women. |
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