The children of Odin - Germanic Mythology

52 CHILDREN OF ODIN
"Behold how your daughter, the child Bbiossa, has grown,^'
said Frigga. Freya looked up and saw a beautiful maiden
standing on Bifrost, the Rainbow Bridge.* She was young, more
youthful than any of the Vanir or the Asjmiur, and her face and
her form were so lovely that all hearts became melted when they
looked upon her.
And Freya was comforted in her loss. She followed Frigga
across Bifrost, the Rainbow Bridge, and came once again into
the City of the Gods. In her own palace in Asgard Freya
dwelt with Hnossa, her child.
Still she wore round her neck Brisingamen, the necklace
that lost her Odur. But now she wore it, not for its splendor,
but as a sign of the wrong she had done. She weeps, and her
tears become golden drops as they fall on the earth. And by
poets who know her story she is called The Beautiful Lady in
Tears.