#18 – Freya’s Tears by Anne-Marie Zilberman

$218.00

Freya’s Tears is the 18th Most Famous Painting of all time.

The legend of Freyja and her Golden Tears has inspired people for many centuries. (story below) This painting is often attributed to Klimt but was not painted by him. ‘Golden Tears’, also known as Freya’s Tears’, was painted by French artist Anne-Marie Zilberman in the style of Klimt. Influenced by his work, Zilberman applied gold leaf to make the tears.

#18 – Freya’s Tears by Anne-Marie Zilberman. Painted in 1862

The Legend of Freya:

Freya is one of the most influential and important Gods in Norse mythology – the Goddess of Fertility, Love, and Beauty. She was brought up with her twin brother Freyr and their father Njord. Freya had a husband named Odr, with whom she had two daughters, Hnoss and Gersemi. Odr was mortal, but Freya’s love for her husband was so great that she even asked the gods to make her husband a god as well. Also, she wished they’d allow him into Valhalla after his death, as Freya wanted him to join this paradise of heroes, even more than “her own” paradise Folkvangr.

Odr often went on long journeys and was absent for long periods of time. (Travelling and going on long adventurous journeys was very important in Viking culture, and those who traveled extensively were highly respected. Odr in that way became a symbol of that desire in Norse Mythology.) Freya longed for Odr, and she took off and wandered the world in search of her beloved partner in life. While in her search, she disguised herself and used many different names, so that she would not be recognized. From the despair of not finding her spouse, she began to cry. As her tears fell to the ground in drops, they turned into pure gold, and those that fell into the sea turned into amber stones. People could see the rare gemstones and golden teardrops, and they knew that the goddess had passed that way in her search for her beloved husband.

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