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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 ...
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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 ...
Ydun (1858) by Herman Wilhelm Bissen. In Norse mythology, Iðunn is a goddess associated with apples and youth. Iðunn is attested in the Poetic Edda, compiled in the 13th century from earlier traditional sources, and the Prose Edda, written in the 13th century by Snorri Sturluson.
Detail of the Gefion Fountain (1908) by Anders Bundgaard. In Norse mythology, Gefjon (Old Norse: [ˈɡevˌjon]; alternatively spelled Gefion, or Gefjun, pronounced without secondary syllable stress) is a goddess associated with ploughing, the Danish island of Zealand, the legendary Swedish king Gylfi, the legendary Danish king Skjöldr, foreknowledge, her oxen children, and virginity.
Ásynjur (singular 'ásynja') refers to female members of the Æsir, the principal pantheon in Norse mythology Wikimedia Commons has media related to Ásynjur . Subcategories
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 ...