MeadMilkBreadA message actually deliveredA swift and honest report
Invocation Approach
Tone
Swift and courteous
Address
GnáFrigg's MessengerRider of Hofvarpnir
Relationship
The one sent who comes back with the answer
Warning
She is a messenger the message is hers to carry not to edit
Resonance
Messengers travellers those speaking truth to power
Symbols
HorseThe airThe errandWings
Mythology Summary
Gná is Frigg's messenger, sent into other worlds on her errands; she rides the horse Hofvarpnir, which goes through the air and over the sea, and Gylfaginning 36 quotes a verse in which the Vanir, seeing her fly, ask 'what flies there, what fares there, what glides in the air?' and she answers that she flies not but fares on Hofvarpnir, begotten by Hamskerpir with Garðrofa. Snorri adds that from her name comes the saying that anything which fares high in the air 'gnæfir'. That verse is the whole of her story: she has no myth and no cult.
Modern Practice
Gná is called before carrying a message that matters — the difficult letter, the truthful report, the request that must not be softened into uselessness. The practice is to deliver it accurately and to bring back the reply.