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

The goddess Freya journeys to Midgard and strays into a cave…full 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… so she goes inside. As she moves along the cave she begins to hear hammering…then 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…then she runs back to Asgard and her husband, Odur. Freya thinks that with the necklace Odur will praise her beauty more than ever…but how wrong she is!

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Resources

Activities extending the sagas into a range of literacy work including writing and SPAG

Resource Pack

More from the series: Viking Sagas

Loki relates how Odin creates Asgard (for gods), Midgard (humans) and Jotunheim (giants).

1: Odin creates the world

Loki steals the necklace from Freya...but is caught and must return it to Odin.

3: Freya and the Goblins - Part 2

Loki and Thor journey to Jotunheim to challenge their enemies, the giants.

4: Thor and the Giants - Part 1
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