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In Norse mythology, Freyja (Old Norse "(the) Lady") is a goddess associated with love, beauty, fertility, sex, war, gold, and seiðr (magic for seeing and influencing the future). Freyja is the owner of the necklace Brísingamen , rides a chariot pulled by two cats, is accompanied by the boar Hildisvíni, and possesses a cloak of falcon feathers .
Both Freyr and Freyja are represented zoomorphically by the pig: Freyr has Gullinbursti ("golden bristles") while Freyja has Hildisvíni has ("battle-pig"), and one of Freyja's many names is Syr, i.e. "sow". For Old Norse, Snorri says that freyja is a tignarnafn (name of honour) derived from the goddess, that grand ladies, rîkiskonur, are freyjur.
Freyja (Old Norse) (See List of names of Freyja for more) "Lady" [24] Freyr, Óðr: Hnoss, Gersemi: Poetic Edda, Prose Edda, Heimskringla, Sörla þáttr: Frigg (Old Norse) Derived from an Indo-European root meaning "Love" [25] (Gives her name to Friday, as the Germanic equivalent of Venus). Odin (consort), Vili, Vé: Baldr, Höðr
The Germanic god Freyr is referred to by many names in Old Norse poetry and literature. Multiple of these are attested only once in the extant record and are found principally in Skáldskaparmál. Some names have been further proposed by scholars to have referred to the god in the Medieval period, including one from Old English literature.
Articles relating to the goddess Freyja, a goddess associated with love, beauty, fertility, sex, war, gold, and seiðr (magic for seeing and influencing the future). Freyja is the owner of the necklace Brísingamen, rides a chariot pulled by two cats, is accompanied by the boar Hildisvíni, and possesses a cloak of falcon feathers.
Freyja (18 P) Frigg (10 P) G. Gýgjar (1 C, 28 P) Pages in category "Norse goddesses" The following 10 pages are in this category, out of 10 total.
In Norse Mythology, Óttar, also known as Óttar the Simple, is a protégé and human lover of the goddess Freyja. He appeared in Hyndluljóð (the Lay of Hyndla), a poem in the Poetic Edda. In this tale, Óttar is said to be very pious to the goddesses. He built a shrine of stones, a hörgr, and on it made many offerings to Freyja. The goddess ...
Loki finds Þrymr busy with a dog leash; 1871 engraving by George Pearson from a design by W. J. Wiegand In Norse mythology , Þrymr ( Thrymr , Thrym ; "noise" [ 1 ] [ 2 ] ) was a jötunn . He is the namesake of the Eddic poem Þrymskviða , in which he stole Thor 's hammer Mjǫlnir , and the same tale is told in Þrymlur .