Freyja vs Xochiquetzal

Most renowned of the Vanir, goddess of love, beauty, and fertility, but also associated with war and death. She receives half of those who die in battle in her hall Folkvangr.

Freyja is the daughter of the sea god Njord and an unnamed mother, possibly the earth goddess Nerthus or a sister of Njord from the Vanir. She came to Asgard as a hostage after the Aesir-Vanir War, along with her father and twin brother Freyr. In exchange, the Aesir sent Hoenir and Mimir to the Vanir. The Vanir, feeling cheated, beheaded Mimir, but the exchange brought lasting peace. Freyja taught the Aesir the magic of seidr, a form of shamanic sorcery previously unknown to them. She became so beloved among the gods that she was granted her own hall, Sessrumnir, in the field of Folkvangr.

Freyja is the goddess of love, beauty, gold, and magic (*seidr*). She drives a chariot pulled by giant cats and wears the necklace Brisingamen.

The goddess of beauty, love, flowers, and female sexuality. Xochiquetzal was patron of artisans, weavers, and pregnant women, and dwelt in the paradise of Tamoanchan.

Xochiquetzal was created in the paradise of Tamoanchan. She was initially consort of the rain god Tlaloc, but Tezcatlipoca abducted her to be his own. Her abduction introduced desire and longing into the world.

Xochiquetzal ("Precious Feather Flower") was the Aztec goddess of **beauty, love, pleasure, flowers, and female sexuality**. Unlike many Aztec deities associated with darkness or sacrifice, she represented joy, youth, and the pleasures of life. She was eternally young and beautiful, dwelling in **Tamoanchan**, the paradise above the heavens.