According to Norse Mythology for Smart People,

(The only source I want to read, thank you

very much!)

Friday is named for either Freya or Frigg.

The first name’s a title, “Lady,” 

the other’s a first name, “Beloved,”

depending on which branch 

of Nordic myth you choose to climb.

Party girl of the Aesir gods,

Freya’s famous as goddess 

of love, beauty, fertility and fine

material possessions—like

magic glow stick necklaces.

 

In some of the Eddic poems

Loki slanders her(as Frigg) 

for bedding all the gods and elves.

 

Known himself to weave a trickster net,

maybe her volva knack for conjuring 

simply pissed him off.

 

She’d never let him sip

that ritual liquor.

He’d never ascend to Folkvang,

her afterlife for warriors.

She’d never share her feather cache,

or secrets for shapeshifting.

 

Tonight, when you raise

ritual cups to warriors who fight

for their right to weekend,

remember to toast the Beloved.

Thank goddess, it’s Freya’s Day.