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Freya employs giant cats to pull her divine chariot

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The Norse goddess of love, beauty, and war refused to rely on basic horses, instead drafting absolutely massive felines for her personal conveyance. Given the notoriously uncooperative nature of normal house cats, the sheer divine power required to make two giant ones pull a cart in the same direction is frankly her most impressive mythological feat.

Freya employs giant cats to pull her divine chariot
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