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Dominique Pagani discusses Freia on two occasions: in 2016 in "Marx Plage", then at greater length in 2021 in a session on whether sciences of history are possible. He first dwells on her name, which he links to a root meaning "free". He presents her as the goddess of beauty and love and treats her as the equivalent of Venus1. He traces her role in the plot: she is promised to the giants as payment for the palace, then taken hostage when Wotan goes back on his word, and she is finally replaced by gold23. He points to the scene where, covered in gold, she lets her gaze show through a gap, which is enough to hold Fasolt back. He also stresses that her leitmotif contrasts with the musical themes of exploitation4. Finally, he recalls that she grows the golden apples that give the gods eternal youth5. For him, Freia thus serves to set beauty and freedom against the rule of gold.
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Season 9.2 · 29 Jan 20219 #13 How can sciences of history be real?
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