I did a search for "Friga" and look what came up:
Frigg (or Friga) is a major goddess in Norse paganism, a subset of Germanic paganism. She is said to be the wife of Odin, and is the "foremost among the goddesses". Friga appears primarily in Norse mythological stories as a wife and a mother. She is also described as having the power of prophecy yet she does not reveal what she knows. Friga is described as the only one other than Odin who is permitted to sit on his high seat Hlidskjalf and look out over the universe. The English term Friday derives from the Anglo-Saxon name for Frigg, Friga.
One of the Anglo-Saxon goddesses originally brought from the North by the Vikings, her name is still in common use. Friday is Friga's day. She has some childbirth affiliations, but is more akin to the female sexual power of Venus. A more rounded figure perhaps in that she covers both areas. Because of her strong sexual image it is thought that the modern taboo slang ‘Frig' also links directly to her. She also had the gift of prophecy and far-seeing, hence the Tarot cards she is holding. All in all she was a very powerful goddess, that seems to prefigure the modern woman very successfully in her In fact the aspect that has so revolutionised the life of present-day women is their ability to control their fertility. As a consequence under the drum to her left is a packet of the contraceptive pill.
Just as the Greeks had their Aphroditos as welll as Aphrodite, so the Scandinavians had their Friggo as well as their Friga. This divinity, too, was androgyne. Friga, to whom the sixth day of the week was dedicated, was sometimes thought of as a hermaphrodite (having both male and female reproductive organs). She was represented as having members of both sexes, standing by a column with a sword in her right hand, and in her left hand a bow.
I'm sure Stevew and Tito will find this interesting.
The next time someone tells me, "Thank God it's Friday" I am going to reply, "No, Thank God it's Friga-Day!"
