“ He rules the heavens; the clouds and the wind are subject to him. Frigga, his favorite goddess, controls nature, and Freyja, who is also sometimes represented as his spouse, is the custodian of the dead. Saga, the goddess of poetry, is Odin's offspring. Being the god of storm, Odin is also the god of war, and directs the course of battles by the Valkyries, virgin goddesses, who take the slain to Valhalla to lead an immortal life of joy and festivity in the company of Odin. ”