Music for Creating Sacred Headspace
It goes without saying that composing lyrics and music for a song to honor a specific Deity would be a wonderful offering, that They would appreciate, but not all of us have this option, and furthermore, I have found They enjoy some modern music. (Not only do we not exactly know what music sounded like in, oh, say, the year 500 B.C.E., but the Gods are still around, and are aware of what's going on with Midgard.)
As an offering to Frey and other Deities, I burned a few CDs with some modern songs that make me feel Their respective presences, and I use them as a meditation tool, to put on my headphones and listen to the music, so it puts me in a headspace to spend quality time with Them. Here is a list of songs that I suggest for encountering the Deities listed.
It should also be noted that while many of these songs will register a big "no duh" as why they were chosen -- "Fields of Gold" is definitely a Frey song, and "Enter Sandman" creepily Odinic -- others were chosen due to how I experience the Deity through the lyrics, and some of these songs have been chosen because of my synaesthesia, and your mileage will definitely vary as to whether or not you think it's a good match for the Deity.
Songs for Frey
"The Dancer", "You Come Through" -- PJ Harvey
"Fields of Gold" -- Sting
"Open Your Eyes" -- Bobby Caldwell
"I Miss You", "Pagan Poetry" -- Bjork
"Overcome" -- Tricky w. Martina Topley-Bird
"In Your Eyes" -- Peter Gabriel
"Catch the Sun" -- Doves
"The Hollow" -- A Perfect Circle
"Photograph" -- The Verve Pipe
"Ivo", "In the Gold Dust Rush" -- Cocteau Twins
"Burning Bright" -- Shinedown
"The Sensual World" -- Kate Bush
"Falls On Me" -- Fuel
"Grace" -- Jeff Buckley
"Love Song" -- The Cure
"Desire" -- Gene Loves Jezebel
"Stand Inside Your Love" -- Smashing Pumpkins
"Sun Is Shining" -- Finley Quaye
"Sexual Healing" -- Marvin Gaye
"All Mine" -- Portishead
"Wild Horses" -- The Sundays
"Here With Me" -- Dido
"Empty Skies" -- Kosheen
"Cherish the Day" -- Sade
"Sweet Harmony" -- The Beloved
"Driving" -- Everything But the Girl
available here
Songs for Freyja
"Vuoi Vuoi Me (Henrik Schwarz Remix)" -- Mari Boine
"She Wants to Move" -- N.E.R.D.
"Everything She Does Is Magic" -- The Police
"Aikea-Guinea", "Lorelei" -- Cocteau Twins
"Into the Fire" -- Sarah MacLachlan
"Spellbound" -- Siouxie and the Banshees
"Tears from the Moon" -- Sinead O'Connor w. Conjure One
"Big Time Sensuality", "Enjoy" -- Bjork
"Promiscuous Girl" -- Nelly Furtado
"Buffalo Stance" -- Neneh Cherry
"Lady" -- The Commodores
"The Glamorous Life" -- Sheila E
"Closer" -- NIN
"Spin Spin Sugar (Armand van Helden Mix)" -- Sneaker Pimps
"Lover Girl" -- Teena Marie
"Gypsy" -- Fleetwood Mac
"Bootylicious" -- Destiny's Child
"Kiss You Off" -- Scissor Sisters
"Shut Your Mouth", "Push It" -- Garbage
"Justify My Love" -- Madonna
available here
Songs for Gerda
"Electric Light" -- PJ Harvey
"Frozen" -- Madonna
"Letting the Cables Sleep" -- Bush
"Need Fire" -- Cocteau Twins
"Fade Into You" -- Mazzy Star
"Black Metallic" -- Catherine Wheel
"Head Over Heels" -- Tears for Fears
"Lose My Breath" -- My Bloody Valentine
"Bizarre Love Triangle" -- Frente! (New Order cover)
"Enjoy the Silence" -- Tori Amos (Depeche Mode cover)
"Joga" -- Bjork
"She Runs Away" -- Duncan Sheik
"Song to the Siren" -- This Mortal Coil
"Teardrop" -- Massive Attack
available here
Songs for Odin
"Enter Sandman" -- Metallica
"Blue Skies" -- Tori Amos w. BT
"Cloudbusting" -- Kate Bush
"Parabola", "Reflection", "Disposition" -- Tool
"Outshined", "Rusty Cage" -- Soundgarden
"One Man Army" -- Our Lady Peace
"Army of Me" -- Bjork
"Voodoo" -- Godsmack
"Prayer" -- Disturbed
"Would" -- Alice in Chains
"We're In This Together Now" -- NIN
"No Way Out" -- Stone Temple Pilots
"In the Air Tonight" -- Phil Collins
"Hrafnagaldor Odins" -- Sigur Ros
"Karma Police" -- Radiohead
"Falling" -- Current 93/HOH w. Bjork
Songs for Frigga
"Thank You For Hearing Me" -- Sinead O'Connor
"Aloysius" -- Cocteau Twins
"Theme from Harry's Game" -- Clannad
"Only Time" -- Enya
"Moon Cradle" -- Loreena McKennitt
Songs for Njord
"Walk on the Ocean" -- Toad the Wet Sprocket
"The Fog" -- Kate Bush
"The Anchor Song", "Oceania" -- Bjork
"Rock Da Boat" -- Aaliyah
"Whales Tails" -- Cocteau Twins
"Whisper to a Scream" -- Icicle Works
"Red Rain", "Washing of the Water" -- Peter Gabriel
"Sly" -- Massive Attack
"Blue" -- A Perfect Circle
"La Mer" -- NIN
"True" -- Spandau Ballet
"Orinoco Flow", "Caribbean Blue" -- Enya
"Once in a Lifetime" -- Talking Heads
"Bridge Over Troubled Water" -- Simon and Garfunkel
Songs for Ullr
"In a Big Country" -- Big Country
"The Dam at Otter Creek" -- Live
"I Would Walk 5000 Miles" -- The Proclaimers
"I Wish You Were Here" -- Pink Floyd
"Mountain Song" -- Jane's Addiction
Songs for Skadhi
"I Stand Alone" -- Godsmack
"Angry Chair" -- Alice in Chains
"Under Ice" -- Kate Bush
"Isobel", "Hunter" -- Bjork
"Lazy Calm", "Pale Clouded White" -- Cocteau Twins
Songs for Thor
"Party Hard" -- Andrew W.K.
"Alive" -- Pearl Jam
"Shout" -- Disturbed
"We Will Rock You" -- Queen
"Storms in Africa" -- Enya
"Thunder Only Happens" -- Fleetwood Mac
also, anything Viking metal...
Songs for Angrboda
anything by Diamanda Galas (esp. "Double Barrel Prayer", "Scream of Love")
Songs for Hela
"Hella" -- Sixth Comm
"Come to Daddy" -- Aphex Twin
"Chinese Burn" -- Curve
"Grow Grow Grow" -- PJ Harvey
"Butterfly Caught" -- Massive Attack
"Down With the Sickness" -- Disturbed
"Pet" -- A Perfect Circle
"Don't Fear the Reaper" -- Blue Oyster Cult (more cowbell!)
"Hella Good" -- No Doubt ;)
Songs for Loki
"Firestarter" -- The Prodigy
"Preach/Pervert" -- KMFDM
"Burning Down the House" -- Tom Jones w. the Cardigans (Talking Heads cover)
"Sick to Death" -- Atari Teenage Riot
"Man in the Box" -- Alice in Chains
"Starfuckers, Inc." -- NIN
"Pardon Me" -- Incubus
"Comfortably Numb" -- Pink Floyd
"Creep" -- Stone Temple Pilots
"Liar" -- Rollins Band
"Been Caught Stealing" -- Jane's Addiction
"Rebel Yell" -- Billy Idol
"Stitches" -- Orgy*
*chorus to song:
Tying yourself to me
Stitch up my emptiness 'cause you're the death of me
So precious loving the thrill
Tying yourself to me
Stitch up my emptiness 'cause you're the death of me
So precious loving the thrill
...Gay BDSM Loki Orgies, FTW.
As you can see, I'm a Gen X/Y'er. LOL.