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Freyr (Old Norse: 'Lord'), sometimes anglicized as Frey, is a widely attested god in Norse mythology, associated with kingship, fertility, peace, prosperity, fair weather, and good harvest. Freyr, sometimes referred to as Yngvi -Freyr, was especially associated with Sweden and seen as an ancestor of the Swedish royal house .
Yngvi is a name of the god Freyr, perhaps Freyr's true name, as freyr means 'lord' and has probably evolved from a common invocation of the god. In the Íslendingabók (written in the early twelfth century by the Icelandic priest Ari Þorgilsson ) Yngvi Tyrkja konungr 'Yngvi king of Turkey ' appears as the father of Njörðr who in turn is the ...
All power is of God: Eric XIV: 1560–1568 Gud giver åt vem Han vill God gives to whom He wishes John III: 1568–1592 Gud vår beskyddare God our protector Sigismund: 1592–1599 För rätten och folket For the justice and the people Charles IX: 1599–1611 Gud min tröst God my comfort Gustav II Adolf: 1611–1632 Med Gud och segrande vapen
J. R. R. Tolkien's bestselling fantasy novel The Lord of the Rings had an initial mixed literary reception. Despite some enthusiastic early reviews from supporters such as W. H. Auden, Iris Murdoch, and C. S. Lewis, scholars noted a measure of literary hostility to Tolkien, which continued until the start of the 21st century.
The god Freyr was the most important fertility god of the Viking Age. [234] He is sometimes known as Yngvi-Freyr, which would associate him with the god or hero * Ingwaz , the presumed progenitor of the Inguaeones found in Tacitus's Germania , [ 235 ] whose name is attested in the Old English rune poem (8th or 9th century CE) as Ing. [ 236 ]
Because of similarities in age and design, Eldjárn wrote that it "seems doubtless" that it belongs to the same artistic tradition as the Eyrarland statue from Iceland. [10] The latter is often assumed to be a representation of the god Thor , but also resembles a smaller Icelandic whalebone figure, found in a grave in Baldursheimur together ...
Sweden further received Western Pomerania (henceforth Swedish Pomerania), Wismar, the Archbishopric of Bremen, and the Bishopric of Verden as hereditary fiefs, thus gaining a seat and vote in the Diet of the Holy Roman Empire and in the respective diets of three Imperial Circles: the Upper Saxon Circle, Lower Saxon Circle, and Lower Rhenish ...
One thousand people and seven communities followed his example. The Suigi have sometimes been identified as the Swedes, though this has been rejected by several other scholars. [26] On the other hand, Olof's coinage (see below) indicates that he was a Christian already at the time of his accession in c. 995. [27]