Goddess of the Atmosphere, Queen of the Gods
Greater Deity
Symbol: Large cat
Home Plane: Asgard
Alignment: Neutral
Portfolio: Birth, fertility, love
Worshippers: Druids, lovers, diviners, husbands and wives, halflings
Cleric Alignments: CN, LN, N, NG, NE
Domains: Air, Animal, Community, Knowledge
Favoured Weapon: The natural weapons of the animal whose form she assumes
One of Odin’s several wives, Frigga (frig-ga) is primarily concerned with the household and married love. She is a stately, gracious and bountiful woman often invoked during childbirth and by those wishing to conceive. Her attempt to protect Balder was one of the few times she acted to change the future she perceived. She has three handmaidens named Snotra (“Wisdom”), Syn (“Denial”) and Vor (so wise nothing can be hidden from her).
Frigga’s cult focuses on birth and renewal. Her followers include ranchers, animal farmers and married couples raising or conceiving children. They are equally comfortable in family homes and in the fields. The cult teaches followers to pay attention to the signs and omens around them in order to prepare for the future. Accepting fate does not mean that followers passively wait for events to overwhelm them.
Frigga’s clergy are simple folks rooted in the realities of daily life. They understand the pressures of feeding a family and the concerns associated with childbirth. They work to assist and support the faithful, and to provide comfort when needed. The clergy often serve double duty as local midwives for both people and livestock. If wild animals are ill or injured, Frigga’s clergy travel the wilderness seeking, and dealing with, the source.
Frigga’s temples are just as strong and defensible as those of other Asgardians, but they tend to be simpler and smaller. They contain collections of scrying instruments, private rooms where clergy and faithful can confer and small stores of healing supplies. Those in rural areas may have wild animal hospitals. Communities of settled halflings may have their own temple, or may share one with neighbouring communities. Visitors to Frigga’s temples find the comfort of a warm, dry place to rest. Those truly in need find that the clerics’ courtesy and generosity are bounded only by a desire to see the supplicant become self-sufficient.
Source: Deities and Demigods (Page 177)