Angrboða, embraced by the serenity surrounding her steed, did not dare look down to the ground below as the air grew thin around them. Following Odin, Freya, their son Baldur, Eir, and Frigg, Loki as a stallion carried her on his back and they climbed towards Asgard. The shapeshifting trickster had somehow convinced her to come with him and all he had to do was to hold out his hand to her. His charm was undeniable.
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Angrboða had started her day like any other. She woke long before first light as she had ever since the passing of her first husband. Upon waking, she made her offering to Hel and to Freya as thanks for allowing her to be present at his hour of death and to give him comfort in his final moments. It was in the midst of completing this offering that a heavy knock fell upon her door three times.
She had no idea who could be calling at her door in this hour. The villagers would often sleep for at least an hour after her own waking. Perhaps someone had taken ill in the night and she was needed to provide remedy or intervention. Quickly, she gathered herself up and went to the door.
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The day the Æsir arrived in the village was a frightful one to be remembered for generations. It was a day that began like any other with mothers rousing husbands and babes from their beds before dawn to conduct the day’s work.
As the sun began its ascent into the sky, the gods began their descent from Asgard. Odin’s chariot was at first mistaken for the sun, the light of dawn glinting off spinning gold wheels. Pulled by the eight-legged horse Sleipnir, the majestic coach floated with ease to the earth below. Following close behind was Freya, queen of Asgard and all the gods. Her cart was pulled by two cats – Bygul and Treagul. Her long flowing hair trailing behind and whipping the clouds into a frenzy.
The king and queen of Asgard were followed by a parade of lesser deities – Loki of the Jotnar, Eir the goddess of healing, Baldur son of Odin, and Frigg the divine mother.
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