A Goddess is quite a different creature from a Princess, after all. In the original version, the Goddess Freya could distribute her favours equally between four hefty dwarves in order to win the Brisingamen, retaining all her power and glory throughout. Snow White, on the other hand, a mere mortal Princess, could play at keeping house for seven dwarves but at the end, had to retire gracefully to her coffin of glass, innocence and virginity intact, there to await her destiny in the form of her Prince Charming, submissive and quiescent until the kiss of true love should dislodge the awful (uneaten!) Apple of Knowledge from her throat.
About Me
- Valkyrie Hawk
- My name is Eugenia-Maria Martino de Conde. Freyashawk is the name under which I write game guides and play many games. I specialise in Northern mythology but my original academic background is in History and British Law. Mine is the view of an exile, a Swan-Maiden rather than a god. Not an exile from heaven (that would be arrogant), but an exile nonetheless. I have lived in La Jolla, Nepal, London, Southampton, Manhattan, Roma, Pennsylvania et alia but spiritually belong to no land. Thus the affiliation with the air, hawk and swan. A Valkyrie chooses heroes from the slain. Walking among the dead is disconcerting. My greatest loves are my daughter and my Puttikins, my Himalayan cat clan. As Freyashawk, I write strategy guides for games. Time to write another novel for a writer can be a Valkyrie, creating warriors from her imagination that inspire people in the eternal battle between good and evil. Therein is the power I desire.
