Freya's Welcoming

History

Freya's Welcoming was created by Freya, Florence Welch, and Alex Daddario as an embrace for joining womanhood.

Execution

The ritual takes place at a secret location of Freya's choosing and begins with the participants surrendering themselves to the earth. They are brought down to Freya's secret underground location, given a concoction to drink, that lulls them into sleep. They awaken underwater and surface to realize they are in a lake surrounded by forestry. No matter the season they begin in, they awaken to somewhere where it is always a light spring. Some presume they are no longer on earth, which is correct. The girls make their way to the shore where the other participants, typically their mothers, grandmothers, aunts, older sisters, and other female relatives wait for them. 
They dry off and the family of a girl, typically the mother(s), will begin painting their face and body with their blood. They are then dressed in opaque robes, each girl selects whichever color she would like to wear. Then the singing and dancing begins as the relatives of the girls watch.
The first song is always "Big God", followed by "How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful". Both songs are sung by Florence alone as the girls dance. After these two songs, the girls will begin to perform songs of Florence that they have selected that speak to them personally. No two girls are allowed to sing the same song, so it's recommended to have a backup song in mind. The order of girls typically goes from oldest to youngest, but it's not a strict rule, and often the most outgoing girls will sing first.
When a girl sings all other girls will sing and dance with her.
The second to last and last song will be sung by Florence Welch as the main singer and the girls participating. The songs are "Mother" in which the girls will perform for their mothers, if they do not have mothers, either because they are the first generation or their mother is dead. The last song if the original version of "Third Eye". A song about change and growth and the new world they will face as women.

Components and tools

Blood: The blood of mothers, along with a thickening agent, is used to paint the faces and bodies(optional) of their daughters. Paintbrush: Used to paint along with fingers and hands.

Participants

Generation 1

• Alex Daddario - Third Eye
• Athena "Christie" Griffin
• Emilia Daenerys 'Dany' Clarke
• Sadie Adler - Landscape
• f

Generation 1.2

• Kuvira
• Maggie Rhee
• Tara Chambers
• Virineïa 'Vasha' Chandler-Cooper
• f

Generation 2

• Althia
• Calypso
• Enid Rhee 
• Diane 'Shitshow' 
• Maahes Griffin-O'Hurn 
• Rachel Ward 
• Rowan Antariksa 
• Awkafina - Valkerie
• Madison Lintz 
• 'Vahsa' Chandler

Generation 2.2

• Emily Griffin-O'Hurn (Change her name to Nikita)
• Gracie Marquand
• Jaemie Daddario - Ship to Wreck
• Lagertha Griffin(Atlas' daughter)
• Lauren Rhee
• Zaziya 'Domino' Taylor - Leave my Body

Generation 2.3

• Alice Daddario
• Andromeda "Eivor" Daddario
• Hope Diyoza
• Nirvana "Blondie" Leonhart - Rabbit Heart
• (Kuvira's daughter)(NAME HER)

Generation 3

• Aloy Daddario - Landscape
• Donnatella Leonhart
• Love Daddario-Griffin(Look into her last name later)
• Marian "Hawke" Daddario - Third Eye
• Marvell Daddario
• Merci 'Mercy' Daddario
• Yrsa Daddario
• Vanir Griffin (Change her name to Vanya)

Generation 4

• Clarke II Daddario
• Elizabeth "Debicki" Leonhart
• Lena Daddario
• Lexa II Daddario
• Merricat Daddario

Observance

The ritual takes place typically after the 18th birthday of the youngest girl in an age group. The age group cannot be separated by more than 10 years between the oldest and youngest girl. A minimum of five participants is required.