Help


[permalink] [id link]
+
Page "Freyr" ¶ 2
from Wikipedia
Edit
Promote Demote Fragment Fix

Some Related Sentences

Freyr and was
Freyr, sometimes referred to as Yngvi-Freyr, was especially associated with Sweden and seen as an ancestor of the Swedish royal house.
He refers to Freyr with the Latinized name Fricco and mentions that an image of him at Skara was destroyed by a Christian missionary.
Examples of goddesses attested in Norse mythology include Frigg ( wife of Odin, and the Anglo-Saxon version of whom is namesake of the modern English weekday Friday ), Skaði ( one time wife of Njörðr ), Njerda ( Scandinavian name of Nerthus ), that also was married to Njörðr during Bronze Age, Freyja ( wife of Óðr ), Sif ( wife of Thor ), Gerðr ( wife of Freyr ), and personifications such as Jörð ( earth ), Sól ( the sun ), and Nótt ( night ).
In response, Loki calls Freyja a malicious witch, and claims that Freyja was once astride her brother Freyr, when all of the other laughing gods surprised her, Freyja then farted.
Njörðr responds that this was his reward when he was sent as a hostage to the Æsir, and that he fathered his son ( Freyr ), whom no one hates, and is considered a prince of the Æsir.
The god Tyr defends Freyr, to which Loki replies that Tyr should be silent, for Tyr cannot " deal straight with people ," and points out that it was Loki's son, the wolf Fenrir, who tore Tyr's hand off.
Njörðr is father of the deities Freyr and Freyja by his unnamed Van sister, was in an ill-fated marriage with the goddess Skaði, lives in Nóatún and is associated with sea, seafaring, wind, fishing, wealth, and crop fertility.
Loki tells Njörðr to " stop " and " keep some moderation ," and that he " won't keep it a secret any longer " that Njörðr's son Freyr was produced with his unnamed sister, " though you'd expect him to be worse than he is.
In the saga, Njörðr is described as having once wed his unnamed sister while he was still among the Vanir, and the couple produced their children Freyr and Freyja from this union, though this custom was forbidden among the Æsir.
The first toast was to be drunk to Odin " for victory and power to the king ", the second to the gods Njörðr and Freyr " for good harvests and for peace ", and thirdly a beaker was to be drunk to the king himself.
For example, in the poem Skírnismál, Freyr was called " Prince of the Æsir ".
The same chapter describes that while Njörðr lived among the Vanir, his wife ( unnamed ) was his sister, and the couple had two children ; Freyr and Freyja.
In Norse mythology, Gymir was a giant whose daughter, Gerðr, married the god Freyr.
He was killed by Freyr.
The circumstances surrounding the event are not given but it is stated that since Freyr had given his sword to his servant Skírnir before sending him to court Gerðr, he was weaponless and therefore used the antler of a hart to kill the giant.
Davidson notes a connection between apples and the Vanir, a tribe of gods associated with fertility in Norse mythology, citing an instance of eleven " golden apples " being given to woo the beautiful Gerðr by Skírnir, who was acting as messenger for the major Vanir god Freyr in stanzas 19 and 20 of Skírnismál.
In Scandinavian mythology, Yngvi, alternatively Yngve, was the progenitor of the Yngling lineage, a legendary dynasty of Swedish kings from whom the earliest historical Norwegian kings in turn claimed to be descended, see also Freyr.
This tradition was also known by the Icelandic historian Snorri Sturluson, who, however had Odin reside in nearby Fornsigtuna, whereas the god Freyr lived in Gamla Uppsala.

Freyr and associated
He referred to other elves as " light-elves " ( ljósálfar ), which has often been associated with elves ' connection with Freyr, the god of fertility ( according to Grímnismál, Poetic Edda ).
Davidson further links the motif of the ship associated with Nehalennia with the Germanic Vanir pair of Freyr and Freyja, as well as the Germanic goddess Nerthus and notes that Nehalennia features some of the same attributes as the Matres.
" Freyr " ( 1901 ) by Johannes Gehrts, The god associated with sacral kingship, virility and prosperity, with sunshine and fair weather, and was pictured as a phallic fertility god.
The tradition is suggested to have begun among the Germanic peoples as a tribute to Freyr, a god in Germanic Paganism associated with boars, harvest and fertility.
His feast day is December 26 and thus he came to play a part in the Yuletide celebrations which were previously associated with Freyr ( Ingwi in England ).

Freyr and with
The most extensive surviving Freyr myth relates Freyr's falling in love with the female jötunn Gerðr.
Although deprived of this weapon, Freyr defeats the jötunn Beli with an antler.
Along with her brother Freyr ( Old Norse the " Lord "), her father Njörðr, and her mother ( Njörðr's sister, unnamed in sources ), she is a member of the Vanir.
Loki retorts that Freyr purchased his consort Gerðr with gold, having given away his sword, which he will lack at Ragnarök.
In chapter 37, after Freyr has spotted the beautiful jötunn Gerðr, he becomes overcome with sorrow, and refuses to sleep, drink, or talk.
: For Freyr and Niord have endowed Griotbiorn with a power of wealth.
Consequently, Nerthus has been identified with Njörðr's unnamed sister with whom he had Freyja and Freyr, which is mentioned in Lokasenna.
The sun shining behind them, the Vanr god Freyr stands with his boar Gullinbursti ( 1901 ) by Johannes Gehrts.
In chapter 7, poetic names for Freyr are listed, including names that reference his association with the Vanir ; " Vanir god ," " descendant of Vanir ," and " a Van.
Scholar Hilda Ellis Davidson says that it has been suggested that the figures are partaking in a dance, and that they may have been connected with weddings and linked to the Vanir, representing the notion of a divine marriage, such as in the Poetic Edda poem Skírnismál ; the coming together of the Vanir god Freyr and his love, Gerðr.
The poem itself starts with the wife of Njörðr, bidding Skírnir to ask of Freyr why he is so sad.
Skírnir agrees to undertake a journey to woo Gerðr, and Freyr furnishes him with his magical steed and sword.

Freyr and fair
In the prose introduction to the poem Skírnismál, the god Freyr has become heartsick for a fair girl ( the jötunn Gerðr ) he has spotted in Jötunheimr.

Freyr and weather
Gods such as Freyr were portrayed as having control over the weather and being a commander of fertility amongst the crops.

Freyr and fertility
* Freyr, a fertility god in Norse mythology
* Freyr ( voiced by Brian Jensen ) A member of the Asgard High Council, named after Freyr, the Norse fertility god and god of love.
Freyr is Freyja's older brother and the god of fertility.
* Terje Leiren believes a grouping of three Norse gods can be discerned that corresponds to the trifunctional division ; Odin as the patron of priests and magicians, Thor of warriors, and Freyr of fertility and farming.

1.061 seconds.