In Norse mythology, Brísingamen was the dazzling necklace of the goddess Freyja, symbol of her beauty, desire, and power. Crafted by four dwarves in the depths of the earth, the necklace shone with the fire of the stars. To possess it, Freyja paid a price—spending a night with each of its creators. From that moment, Brísingamen became both her greatest treasure and her most human wound: the emblem of divine love tainted by mortal longing.

Legends tell of Brísingamen’s loss and recovery, of Loki’s theft and Heimdall’s battle to reclaim it, and of Freyja’s endless weeping for what beauty costs. Her tears, it is said, turned to gold as they touched the ground—gifts to a world unworthy of her sorrow.

“Brótr Brísingamens: Freyju Harmkvæða” (“The Shattering of Brísingamen: Freyja’s Lament”) reflects that eternal cycle of radiance and ruin. It is a meditation on the moment when the necklace’s light breaks, and with it, the heart of the goddess herself—a lament for love’s brilliance undone by its own desire.