GoldMeadFlowersSomething you find beautifulAn act of adornment
Invocation Approach
Tone
Delighted and uncomplicated
Address
HnossThe Precious OneFreyja's Daughter
Relationship
The loveliness of a thing that is only a name
Warning
She is a name not a story do not build doctrine on her
Resonance
Those working with beauty and delight
Symbols
JewelNecklaceGoldCat
Mythology Summary
Hnoss is the daughter of Freyja and Óðr, and Gylfaginning 36 says she is so fair that everything fair and precious is called hnoss — 'treasure' — after her. That single sentence, together with the notice of her sister Gersemi, is the whole of her attestation: she has no myth, no cult and no role, and she exists in the record as a name for beauty. The word survives in Norse poetry as a term for a treasure or jewel.
Modern Practice
Hnoss is a name to use when the work is delight itself — adorning what is already good, keeping something lovely, naming beauty without making it useful. The practice is small and material: a jewel, a flower, a thing made beautiful for its own sake.