Eir, Goddess statue, Norse pagan altar statue, Asatru heathen god sculpture buy

Handmade wooden statuette of Eir carved out of oak wood.


Dimensions: 8.5 inches tall.
Material: Oak wood.
Handmade.

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1. Each statue is unique, and will be slightly different from the one presented on the photo.

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Eir's (“EYE-eer”) name means “help” or “mercy.” She is one of the handmaids of Frigga, and is also listed as one of the handmaids – or Valkyrjur – of Óðin. She is attested to in the Prose Edda, the Poetic Edda, and Svipdagsmal. Additionally, she is attested to in skaldic poetry, and runic inscriptions. She is named as a goddess who oversees childbirth.

As a Valkyrie, Eir accompanied her battle-sisters. While the other Valkyries chose the slain, Eir would choose who would live and recover, and return to health. As a chooser of life and death, she is sometimes associated with the Norns. Although Snorri does not explicitly name her as one of the asunjar, he also does not name every goddess counted in buy this number. He does, however go on to say that Eir is among the most important of all goddesses.

Her name is a commonly used kenning for “woman” and “women”, which is intriguing when one considers that in proto-Heathen times, the realm of healing was by and large the realm of women. Folk tradition holds that Eir was invoked in healing rituals using a white flower known as Eirflower. She is associated with copper, which was used in healing ceremonies.

In the Poetic Edda, she is attested to being the companion of a particularly kind and compassionate jötunn named Menglöð. The two of them are invoked for healing together. It is theorized that Menglöð may be a hypostasis of Frigga, of Eir, or else a jötnar goddess of healing unto herself.

She is associated in myth with a sacred hill, where she gathers with many wights of healing. This hill, called Lyfjaberg, may be her abode, such as a hill of the Alfar, or perhaps a realm in Ásgard. There she is said to attend to a particularly compassionate, kind jötnar who was called upon for healing – possibly Menglöð again.

In one telling, she guards the castle of Menglöð, atop the mountain Lyfjaberg. The other maids (wights? Valkyries?) are named Hlif, Hlifthursa, Thiodvarta, Biort, Blid, Blidr, Frid, and Orboda. In the lore, it is stated that annual blóts where offered to these maidens atop Lyfjaberg to keep all sickness and pestilence away from the community for the year to come.

In skaldic poetry she is depicted as a companion to another handmaiden, Vár, goddess of wedding vows and legislation that benefits women and families.