Blue Tree

Freya's Cloak

It was said that Freya had a cloak made of falcon feathers that allowed her to fly in the shape of a falcon. She is associated with fertility, the moon, water, wealth, creativity, the rune Fehu, and sexuality. Freya had two sacred gray tabby cats (a girl after my own heart!). Later those same cats were seen to be related to witches (the priestesses of pagan religions). Cats were thought to be shape shifters and guards of the gate to the underworld, where Freya was known to go. Freya started to come up a lot for me in various forms of synchronicity, so I painted this image. I put one of her gray cats at her side and another within her cloak. I put maps with her cloak, the blues of water, and drew in feathers. This piece is 10"x10" on panel. The sides are painted white, so it can be hung on the wall as is.

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