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Flyting or fliting is a contest consisting of the exchange of insults between two parties, often conducted in verse.
1545 woodcut by Lucas Cranach referencing (and possibly illustrating) flyting. German peasants respond to a papal bull of Pope Paul III. Caption reads: "Don't frighten us Pope, with your ban, and don't be such a furious man. Otherwise we shall turn around and show you our rears."
The Norse gods Freyja and Loki flyte in an illustration (1895) by Lorenz Frølich.
Freyja
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In Norse mythology, Freyja is a goddess associated with love, beauty, fertility, war, gold, and seiðr. Freyja is the owner of the necklace Brísingamen, rides a chariot pulled by two cats, is accompani
Flyting
…reads: "Don't frighten us Pope, with your ban, and don't be such a furious man. Otherwise we shall turn around and show you our rears." The Norse gods Freyja and Loki flyte in an illustration (1895) by Lorenz Frølich. Flyting or fliting (Classical Gaelic: immarbág, Irish: iomarbháigh, lit. "counter-boasting…
A depiction of Freyja. Within Norse paganism, Freyja was the deity primarily associated with seiðr.
Freja (1905) by John Bauer
While Freyja's cats look on, the god Thor is unhappily dressed as Freyja in Ah, what a lovely maid it is! (1902) by Elmer Boyd Smith.