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Pages in category "Norse goddesses" The following 10 pages are in this category, out of 10 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. Álfröðull; F. Freyja;
In Norse mythology, a valkyrie (from Old Norse valkyrja "chooser of the fallen") is one of a host of female figures who decide who will die in battle. Selecting among half of those who die in battle (the other half go to the goddess Freyja 's afterlife field Fólkvangr ), the valkyries bring their chosen to the afterlife hall of the slain ...
Norse goddesses (4 C, 10 P) Gýgjar (1 C, 28 P) N. Norns (9 P, 1 F) V. Valkyries (2 C, 30 P) Pages in category "Female supernatural figures in Norse mythology"
The Norns (Old Norse: norn, plural: nornir) are a group of deities in Norse mythology responsible for shaping the course of human destinies. [1] The Norns are often represented as three goddesses known as Urd ( Urðr ), Verðandi , and Skuld , who weave the threads of fate and tend to the world tree, Yggdrasill , ensuring it stays alive at the ...
The names Gefjun and Gefn are both related to the Alagabiae or Ollogabiae, Matron groups. [8] Scholar Richard North theorizes that Old English geofon and Old Norse Gefjun and Freyja's name Gefn may all descend from a common origin; gabia a Germanic goddess connected with the sea, whose name means "giving". [9] Hörn 'flaxen'(?) [5] Gylfaginning ...
The theonyms Frigg (Old Norse), Frīja (Old High German), Frīg (Old English), Frīa (Old Frisian), and Frī are cognates (linguistic siblings from the same origin). [2] [3] [4] They stem from the Proto-Germanic feminine noun *Frijjō, which emerged as a substantivized form of the adjective *frijaz ('free') via Holtzmann's law. [4]
Fulla (Old Norse: , possibly 'bountiful') or Volla (Old High German, 'plenitude') is a goddess in Germanic mythology. In Norse mythology , Fulla is described as wearing a golden band and as tending to the ashen box and the footwear owned by the goddess Frigg , and, in addition, Frigg confides in Fulla her secrets.
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