Of what was 'Frey' the god, in Norse mythology?
"that the figures are taking part in a dance, and that they may have been connected with weddings, as well as linked to the Vanir group of gods, representing the notion of a divine marriage, such as in the ""Poetic Edda"" poem ""Skírnismál""; the coming together of Gerðr and Freyr. Norway Sweden Denmark Netherlands Belgium Freyr Freyr (Old Norse: Lord), sometimes anglicized as Frey, is a widely attested god associated with sacral kingship, virility and prosperity, with sunshine and fair weather, and pictured as a phallic fertility god in Norse mythology. Freyr is said to ""bestow peace and pleasure on"
"Freya (comics) Freya is a fictional Asgardian appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics, based on the Norse deity of the same name. Within the context of the stories, Freya is the Asgardian goddess of fertility. She appears as a supporting character of Thor. Freya first appeared in ""Thor"" #321 (October 1993) and was created by Bill Mantlo and Don Heck. Freya is the Goddess of Fertility who used to work as a former Valkyrie. The people of Asgard have started a cult that worships her on the Isle of Love. On one occasion, Rimthursar lied to Freya"
"Freyja In Norse mythology, Freyja (; Old Norse for ""(the) Lady"") is a goddess associated with love, sex, beauty, fertility, gold, seiðr, war, and death. 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. By her husband Óðr, she is the mother of two daughters, Hnoss and Gersemi. Along with her brother Freyr, her father Njörðr, and her mother (Njörðr's sister, unnamed in sources), she is a member of the Vanir. Stemming from Old Norse ""Freyja"", modern forms of the name"
"as the first element of the dithematic personal name ""Frøydis"". Freyja In Norse mythology, Freyja (; Old Norse for ""(the) Lady"") is a goddess associated with love, sex, beauty, fertility, gold, seiðr, war, and death. 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. By her husband Óðr, she is the mother of two daughters, Hnoss and Gersemi. Along with her brother Freyr, her father Njörðr, and her mother (Njörðr's sister, unnamed in sources), she is a member of the Vanir."
"Asgardians have. She can also speak in the languages of the Nine Realms. Freya (comics) Freya is a fictional Asgardian appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics, based on the Norse deity of the same name. Within the context of the stories, Freya is the Asgardian goddess of fertility. She appears as a supporting character of Thor. Freya first appeared in ""Thor"" #321 (October 1993) and was created by Bill Mantlo and Don Heck. Freya is the Goddess of Fertility who used to work as a former Valkyrie. The people of Asgard have started a cult that worships"
"meanings: ""pine needle"", ""conifer"", ""tree"" or ""grain"", especially ""barley"". Magnus Olsen suggested that Barri meant ""cornfield"". This supports his interpretation of the union of Freyr and Gerðr as a holy wedding between a fertility god and the Earth Mother. But this interpretation has been contested and Barri could be rendered into ""coniferous forest"" (as Rudolf Simek noticed, it would be a suitable name for a grove) and the signification of Barrey might be ""barley-island"" or ""grain-island"", which, John Lindow underlined, ""makes no sense in the context of a fertility myth"". Barri In Norse mythology, Barri is the place where Freyr"
"(or aesir, as they were called) worth mentioning are the thunder-god Thor and the love-goddess Freya. Most information about Scandinavian mythology is contained in the old Norse literature including Norwegian literature, the Eddas and later sagas. Other information comes from the Danish historian Saxo Grammaticus with fragments of legends preserved in old inscriptions. Unfortunately, we know relatively little about old religious practices in Norway or elsewhere as most of the knowledge was lost in the gradual Christianisation. Due to nationalistic movements in the late 18th century, Norwegian scholars found renewed interest for Norse religion, translating many of the myths to"
"throughout the worlds and bestowed among humanity the runic alphabet; the beautiful, seiðr-working, feathered cloak-clad goddess Freya who rides to battle to choose among the slain; the vengeful, skiing goddess Skaði, who prefers the wolf howls of the winter mountains to the seashore; the powerful god Njörð, who may calm both sea and fire and grant wealth and land; the god Frey, whose weather and farming associations bring peace and pleasure to humanity; the goddess Iðunn, who keeps apples that grant eternal youthfulness; the mysterious god Heimdall, who is born of nine mothers, can hear grass grow, has gold teeth,"
"sacrifice of a boar to Freyr. The 12th Century Danish ""Gesta Danorum"" describes Freyr, under the name Frø, as the ""viceroy of the gods"". That Freyr had a cult at Uppsala is well confirmed from other sources. The reference to the change in sacrificial ritual may also reflect some historical memory. There is archaeological evidence for an increase in human sacrifices in the late Viking Age though among the Norse gods human sacrifice is most often linked to Odin. Another reference to Frø and sacrifices is found earlier in the work, where the beginning of an annual ""blót"" to him"
"sought to demonize the native gods, belief and reverence in the gods, including Freyja, remained into the modern period and melded into Scandinavian folklore. comments that Freyja became a particular target under Christianization: However, Freyja did not disappear. In Iceland, Freyja was called upon for assistance by way of Icelandic magical staves as late as the 18th century, and as late as the 19th century, Freyja is recorded as retaining elements of her role as a fertility goddess among rural Swedes. The Old Norse poem ""Þrymskviða"" (or its source) continued into Scandinavian folk song tradition, where it was euhemerized and"
"of the name of the Norse goddess Freyja, the Old Norse form of the name of the island was ""Frøy"" or ""Frey"" (the ending ""-a"" in the modern form is actually the definite article - so the meaning of ""Frøya"" is 'the Frøy'). Therefore, the name of the island probably has the same root as the name of the Norse god Freyr, brother to Freyja. The names originally were titles: ""lord"" or ""lady"". The oldest meaning of the common word was ""(the one) in front; the foremost, the leading"" and here in the sense ""the island in front of Hitra""."
"in Frigg and Freyja simultaneously"". Grundy posits that, over time polygynous marriages dwindled during the Viking Age and into the Christianization of the North Germanic territories and, as a result, such a relationship was less easily reflected in the deities of the people. Óðr In Norse mythology, Óðr (Old Norse for the ""Divine Madness, frantic, furious, vehement, eager"", as a noun ""mind, feeling"" and also ""song, poetry""; Orchard (1997) gives ""the frenzied one"") or Óð, sometimes angliziced as Odr or Od, is a figure associated with the major goddess Freyja. The ""Prose Edda"" and ""Heimskringla"", written in the 13th century"
"or ""Frey"" (the ending ""-a"" in the modern form is actually the definite article - so the meaning of ""Frøya"" is 'the Frøy'). Therefore, the name of the island probably has the same root as the name of the Norse god Freyr, brother to Freyja. The names originally were titles: ""lord"" or ""lady"". The oldest meaning of the common word was ""(the one) in front; the foremost, the leading"" and here in the sense ""the island in front of Hitra"". Until 1906 the island and municipality name was spelled ""Frøien"" (""-en"" is the definite article in Danish-Norwegian). Frøya (island) Frøya"
"Sword of Freyr In Norse mythology, the sword belonging to Freyr, a Norse god associated with sunshine, summer and fair weather. Freyr's sword is depicted in Norse mythology as one of the few weapons that is capable of fighting on its own. After Freyr gave up the sword to Skírnir for the hand of the giantess Gerðr, he will die at Ragnarök because he didn't have his sword, fighting Surtr with an antler. Freyr asks Skírnir to bring Gerðr to him, Skírnir demands his sword from him, and Freyr readily gives it. The loss of Freyr's sword has consequences. According"
"goddesses and figures in Germanic mythology, including the thrice-burnt and thrice-reborn Gullveig/Heiðr, the goddesses Gefjon, Skaði, Þorgerðr Hölgabrúðr and Irpa, Menglöð, and the 1st century CE ""Isis"" of the Suebi. Freyja's name appears in numerous place names in Scandinavia, with a high concentration in southern Sweden. Various plants in Scandinavia once bore her name, but it was replaced with the name of the Virgin Mary during the process of Christianization. Rural Scandinavians continued to acknowledge Freyja as a supernatural figure into the 19th century, and Freyja has inspired various works of art. The name ""Freyja"" transparently means (the) 'lady' and"
"Thor, not with Forseti. Forseti Forseti (Old Norse ""the presiding one,"" actually ""president"" in modern Icelandic and Faroese) is the god of justice and reconciliation in Norse mythology. He is generally identified with Fosite, a god of the Frisians. Jacob Grimm noted that if, as Adam of Bremen states, Fosite's sacred island was Heligoland, that would make him an ideal candidate for a deity known to both Frisians and Scandinavians, but that it is surprising he is never mentioned by Saxo Grammaticus. Grimm took ""Forseti"", """"praeses"""", to be the older form of the name, first postulating an unattested Old High"
"Forseti Forseti (Old Norse ""the presiding one,"" actually ""president"" in modern Icelandic and Faroese) is the god of justice and reconciliation in Norse mythology. He is generally identified with Fosite, a god of the Frisians. Jacob Grimm noted that if, as Adam of Bremen states, Fosite's sacred island was Heligoland, that would make him an ideal candidate for a deity known to both Frisians and Scandinavians, but that it is surprising he is never mentioned by Saxo Grammaticus. Grimm took ""Forseti"", """"praeses"""", to be the older form of the name, first postulating an unattested Old High German equivalent *""forasizo"" (cf."
"Logi In Norse mythology, Logi, Loge (Old Norse ""fire"") or Hálogi (""High Flame"") is a fire giant, god and personification of fire. He is son of giant Fornjótr and brother of Ægir (sea giant) and Kári (god of the wind). Logi married fire giantess Glöð and she bore him two beautiful daughters—Eisa and Eimyrja. Logi is often confused with Loki, another deity (this could have happened when Richard Wagner wrote his ""Ring des Nibelungen"" operas, in which Loki is a fire demigod (that is, not an áss) and the pun ""Loge""/""Lohe"" (i.e. Loki/blaze) also appears). Logi appears by that name"
"Fornjót In Norse mythology, Fornjót (Old Norse: ""Fornjótr"") was an ancient giant and king of """"Gotland, Kænland and Finnland"""" meaning Gotland, Kvenland and Finland Proper. His children are Ægir (the ruler of the sea), Logi (fire giant) and Kári (god of wind). The name has often been interpreted as ""forn-jótr"" ""ancient giant"", and Karl Simrock (1869) because of this identified Fornjotr with the primeval giant Ymir. But it is also possible, as was suggested by Peter Erasmus Müller (1818), that it is one of a well-established group of names or titles of gods in ""-njótr"" ""user, owner, possessor"", which would"
"merged back together again, forming a new municipality of Frøya. On 1 January 2018, the municipality switched from the old Sør-Trøndelag county to the new Trøndelag county. The name of the island and municipality come from Norse mythology. Although ""Frøya"" is a variant of the name of the Norse goddess Freyja, the Old Norse form of the name of the island was ""Frøy"" or ""Frey"" (the ending ""-a"" in the modern form is actually the definite article - so the meaning of ""Frøya"" is 'the Frøy'). Therefore, the name of the island probably has the same root as the name"
"often used in an ASCII context or as an anglicization of ""Búri"". In the mainland Scandinavian languages ""Bure"" is used as a familiar form. Búri Búri (or Buri) was the first god in Norse mythology. He is the father of Borr and grandfather of Odin, Vili and Ve. He was formed by the cow Auðumbla licking the salty ice of Ginnungagap during the time of Ymir. The only extant source of this myth is Snorri Sturluson's ""Prose Edda"". Búri is mentioned nowhere in the ""Poetic Edda"" and only once in the skaldic corpus. In ""Skáldskaparmál"" Snorri Sturluson quotes the following"
"Frigg In Germanic mythology, Frigg (; Old Norse), Frija (Old High German), Frea (Langobardic), and Frige (Old English) is a goddess. In nearly all sources, she is described as the wife of the god Odin. In Old High German and Old Norse sources, she is also connected with the goddess Fulla. The English weekday name Friday (etymologically Old English ""Frīge's day"") bears her name. Frigg is described as a goddess associated with foresight and wisdom in Norse mythology, the northernmost branch of Germanic mythology and most extensively attested. Frigg is the wife of the major god Odin and dwells in"
"with Odin at one side and ""Fricco"" (presumably Freyr) at the other. He tells that Thor reigned in the skies where he ruled rain, wind and thunder, and that he provided good weather for the crops. In his hand he held a sceptre. Odin was the god of war and courage, his name meant ""the furious"" and he was depicted as a warrior. ""Fricco"", on the other hand, was the god for peace and physical satisfaction, and was thus depicted with a huge phallus. Each god had his own priests and people sacrificed to the gods whose help they needed:"
"Eir In Norse mythology, Eir (Old Norse ""help, mercy"") is a goddess or valkyrie associated with medical skill. Eir is attested in the ""Poetic Edda"", compiled in the 13th century from earlier traditional sources; the ""Prose Edda"", written in the 13th century by Snorri Sturluson; and in skaldic poetry, including a runic inscription from Bergen, Norway from around 1300. Scholars have theorized about whether these three sources refer to the same figure, and debate whether Eir may have been originally a healing goddess or a valkyrie. In addition, Eir has been theorized as a form of the goddess Frigg and"
"Fjölnir Fjölnir (, ""Manifold"" or ""Multiplier"") is a legendary king in Norse mythology said to have been the son of Freyr (Frey) and his consort Gerðr (Gertha). The name appears in a variety of forms, including Fiolnir, Fjölner, Fjolner, and Fjolne. He was claimed as the progenitor of the Swedish Yngling dynasty, reigning from Gamla Uppsala. According to the ""Grottasöngr"", Fjölnir lived from the 1st century BC to the early 1st century AD. Fjölnir was said to have drowned in a vat of mead while visiting Peace-Fróði, a similarly-legendary king of Zealand, the Danish island. Fjölnir was then succeeded by"
"beings. The Furies were female spirits who exacted vengeance against people who committed specific crimes. Keres were female spirits of death and destruction. Persephone was the goddess of the underworld and the spouse of Hades. Thanatos, the god of death, was said to wear dark robes. The Vikings believed that if a warrior died in battle, he would be taken to the Norse afterlife: the hall of Valhöll, in which the warriors would prepare for Ragnarökk, the battle at the end of the world. Rune stones were erected to commemorate particularly brave warriors. Death in one's sleep (a ""straw death"")"
"Búri Búri (or Buri) was the first god in Norse mythology. He is the father of Borr and grandfather of Odin, Vili and Ve. He was formed by the cow Auðumbla licking the salty ice of Ginnungagap during the time of Ymir. The only extant source of this myth is Snorri Sturluson's ""Prose Edda"". Búri is mentioned nowhere in the ""Poetic Edda"" and only once in the skaldic corpus. In ""Skáldskaparmál"" Snorri Sturluson quotes the following verse by the 12th century skald Þórvaldr blönduskáld. The length of the u in the name is not explicitly marked in the manuscripts but"
"The Chief God Odin was the great-grand son of the Giant Ymir. Norse mythology also holds that the entire world of men was created from the flesh of Ymir, a giant of cosmic proportions, which name is considered by some to share a root with the name Yama of Indo-Iranian mythology. An old Icelandic legend says that two night-prowling giants, a man and a woman, were traversing the fjord near Drangey Island with their cow when they were surprised by the bright rays of daybreak. As a result of exposure to daylight, all three were turned into stone. Drangey represents"
"Fróði Fróði (; ; Middle High German: ""Vruote"") is the name of a number of legendary Danish kings in various texts including ""Beowulf"", Snorri Sturluson's ""Prose Edda"" and his ""Ynglinga saga"", Saxo Grammaticus' ""Gesta Danorum"", and the ""Grottasöngr"". A Danish king by this name also appears as a minor character in the Middle High German epic ""Die Rabenschlacht"". The name is possibly an eponym for the god Freyr. The form Fróði is still in use in Icelandic and Faroese and appears Latinized as Frotho or Frodo. This form of the name is used by J. R. R. Tolkien in ""The"
"the goddess Freyja near place names connected to the god Freyr. Fertility and divination rituals that women could take part in or lead were also among those which survived the longest after Christianisation. Different types of animals or objects were connected to the worship of different gods; for instance, horses and pigs played a great role in the worship of Freyr. This did not mean that the same animal could not also play a role in the worship of other deities (the horse was also an important part of the Odin faith). One of the most important objects in Norse"
"1862–1932). Like other Norse goddesses, her name was applied widely in Scandinavia to, for example, ""sweetmeats or to stout carthorses"". ""Vanadís"", one of Freyja's names, is the source of the name of the chemical element vanadium, so named because of its many colored compounds. Starting in the early 1990s, derivatives of ""Freyja"" began to appear as a given name for girls. According to the Norwegian name database from the Central Statistics Bureau, around 500 women are listed with the first name ""Frøya"" (the modern Norwegian spelling of the goddess's name) in the country. There are also several similar names, such"
"Óðr In Norse mythology, Óðr (Old Norse for the ""Divine Madness, frantic, furious, vehement, eager"", as a noun ""mind, feeling"" and also ""song, poetry""; Orchard (1997) gives ""the frenzied one"") or Óð, sometimes angliziced as Odr or Od, is a figure associated with the major goddess Freyja. The ""Prose Edda"" and ""Heimskringla"", written in the 13th century by Snorri Sturluson, both describe Óðr as Freyja's husband and father of her daughter Hnoss. ""Heimskringla"" adds that the couple produced another daughter, Gersemi. A number of theories have been proposed about Óðr, generally that he is somehow a hypostasis of the deity"
"three Moirai are the Parcae or Fata, plural of ""fatum"" meaning prophetic declaration, oracle, or destiny. The English words fate (native wyrd) and fairy (magic, enchantment), are both derived from ""fata"", ""fatum"" . In Norse mythology the Norns are female beings who rule the destiny of gods and men, twining the thread of life. They set up the laws and decided on the lives of the children of men. Their names were Urðr, related with Wyrd, weird (fate), Verðandi, and Skuld, and it has often been inferred that they ruled over the past, present and future respectively, based on the"