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KS2 English: Viking Sagas. 2: Freya and the goblins - Part 1

The goddess Freya journeys to Midgard and strays into a cave鈥ull of goblins!

Freya and the goblins - Part 1

Loki introduces us to another character - the beautiful but vain goddess, Freya, who looks after the weather and the seasons.

Freya and her husband, Odur, have been invited to a banquet by Odin. So Freya is on the look-out for a new necklace to wear. One day she's walking in Midgard when she stumbles across a cave. It's raining and Freya is worried about her hair鈥 so she goes inside. As she moves along the cave she begins to hear hammering鈥hen discovers goblins mining for silver and gold.

The goblins are enemies of the gods, but they are also well-known for making fantastic jewellery and Freya is transfixed by the sight of a beautiful necklace. Freya is determined to possess it at all costs, so the goblins name their price: she is to give each of them a 'big sloppy kiss'.

Freya is horrified but does as the goblins ask鈥hen she runs back to Asgard and her husband, Odur. Freya thinks that with the necklace Odur will praise her beauty more than ever鈥ut how wrong she is!

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