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Frigg and sometimes
Modern English translations have sometimes altered Frigg to Frigga.
Frigg is sometimes accused of infidelity to Odin, specifically in Ynglinga saga, Gesta Danorum and Lokasenna, where Loki accuses her of it.

Frigg and anglicized
* An anglicized form of the Old Norse goddess name Frigg

Frigg and is
Among the visions which the Völva sees and describes in the prophecy known as the Völuspá is one of the fatal mistletoe, the birth of Váli and the weeping of Frigg ( stanzas 31-33 ).
If Bragi's mother is Frigg, then Frigg is somewhat dismissive of Bragi in the Lokasenna in stanza 27 when Frigg complains that if she had a son in Ægir's hall as brave as Baldr then Loki would have to fight for his life.
The connection with and possible earlier identification of Freyja with Frigg in the Proto-Germanic period ( Frigg and Freyja origin hypothesis ) is a matter of scholarly debate.
Like the name of the group of gods to which Freyja belongs, the Vanir, the name Freyja is not attested outside of Scandinavia, as opposed to the name of the goddess Frigg, who is attested as a goddess common among all Germanic peoples, and whose name is reconstructed as Proto-Germanic * Frijjō.
Regarding a Freyja-Frigg origin hypothesis, scholar Stephan Grundy comments that " the problem of whether Frigg or Freyja may have been a single goddess originally is a difficult one, made more so by the scantiness of pre-Viking Age references to Germanic goddesses, and the diverse quality of the sources.
In verse, after Loki has flyted with the goddess Frigg, Freyja interjects, telling Loki that he is insane for dredging up his terrible deeds, and that Frigg knows the fate of everyone, though she does not tell it.
Frigg is described as the only one other than Odin who is permitted to sit on his high seat Hlidskjalf and look out over the universe.
Frigg is the mother of Baldr.
In the Poetic Edda poem Lokasenna 26, Frigg is said to be Fjörgyns mær (" Fjörgynn's maiden ").
The problem is that in Old Norse mær means both " daughter " and " wife ," so it is not fully clear if Fjörgynn is Frigg's father or another name for her husband Odin, but Snorri Sturluson interprets the line as meaning Frigg is Fjörgynn's daughter ( Skáldskaparmál 27 ), and most modern translators of the Poetic Edda follow Snorri.
Frigg is cognate with Sanskrit prīyā ́ which means " wife.

Frigg and major
Frigg plays a major role in section 49 of the 13th century Prose Edda book Gylfaginning written by Snorri Sturluson, where a version of a story relating the death of Baldr is recorded by Snorri.
Frigg, a major goddess and Odin's wife, says that what Loki and Odin did in the ancient past should not be spoken of in front of others, and that ancient matters should always remain hidden.
Davidson also notes a further connection between fertility and apples in Norse mythology ; in chapter 2 of the Völsunga saga when the major goddess Frigg sends King Rerir an apple after he prays to Odin for a child, Frigg's messenger ( in the guise of a crow ) drops the apple in his lap as he sits atop a mound.
However, when they learned that Frigg was an economics major who could increase the value of their loot, they welcomed him with open arms.
Frigg is promoted to major general so that he will outrank the prisoners.

Frigg and goddess
Scholars have theorized about whether or not Freyja and the goddess Frigg ultimately stem from a single goddess common among the Germanic peoples ; about her connection to the valkyries, female battlefield choosers of the slain ; and her relation to other 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 BCE " Isis " of the Suebi.
The goddess Saga, who was described as drinking with Odin from golden cups in her hall " Sunken Benches ," may be Frigg by a different name.
Frigg was a goddess associated with married women.
Frigg is the highest goddess of the Æsir, while Freyja is the highest goddess of the Vanir.
Many arguments have been made both for and against the idea that Frigg and Freyja are really the same goddess, avatars of one another.
There is also an argument that Frigg and Freyja are part of a triad of goddesses ( together with a third goddess such as Hnoss or Iðunn ) associated with the different ages of womankind.
The areas of influence of Frigg and Freyja do not quite match up with the areas of influence often seen in other goddess triads.
The goddess Frigg asks who among the Æsir will earn " all her love and favour " by riding to Hel, the location, to try to find Baldr, and offer Hel herself a ransom.
According to the Prose Edda and the Poetic Edda, the goddess Frigg made everything in existence swear never to harm Baldr, except for the mistletoe which she found too young to demand an oath from.
The Winnili were fewer in number and Gambara sought help from Frea ( the goddess Frigg ), who advised that all Winnili women should tie their hair in front of their faces like beards and march in line with their husbands.
The goddess Freyja declares that Loki must be mad, stating that Frigg knows all fate, yet she does not speak it.
The name Friday comes from the Old English Frīġedæġ, meaning the " day of Frigg ", a result of an old convention equivocating the Old English goddess Frige with the Roman goddess Venus, with whom the day is associated in many different cultures.
In Norse mythology, Fulla is described as wearing a golden snood and as tending to the ashen box and the footwear owned by the goddess Frigg, and, in addition, Frigg confides in Fulla her secrets.
The goddess Frigg surrounded by three other goddesses.

Frigg and Norse
Frigg appears primarily in Norse mythological stories as a wife and a mother.
Old Norse Frigg ( genitive Friggjar ), Old Saxon Fri, and Old English Frig are derived from Common Germanic Frijjō.
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 Norse mythology, Gná is a goddess who runs errands in other worlds for the goddess Frigg and rides the flying, sea-treading horse Hófvarpnir ( Old Norse " he who throws his hoofs about ", " hoof-thrower " or " hoof kicker ").
In Norse mythology, Hlín ( Old Norse " protectress ") is a goddess associated with the goddess Frigg.
In Norse mythology, Fensalir ( Old Norse " Fen Halls ") is a location where the goddess Frigg dwells.
A 16th century depiction of Norse gods by Olaus Magnus ; from left to right, Frigg, Thor, and Odin
The day of the week Friday in Old Norse is called both Freyjudagr and Frjádagr ( for Freyja and Frigg respectively ), in Faröese Fríggjadagur, and in Old High German was Frîatac, Frîgetac, and now Freitag, for Frigg.
Frigg appears a number of times in surviving Norse mythology.
She governs the cultivation as well as the spinning of flax, and in many respects is similar to the Norse goddess Frigg who governed the spinning of wool and was also close to women.
In the third volume of his Deutsche Mythologie, Grimm writes: “ I am more and more convinced that Holda can be nothing but an epithet of the mild and ‘ gracious ’ Fricka ; and Berhta, the shining, is identical with her too .” In Lower Saxony, the parts assigned to Frau Holle are played by fru Freke corresponding to Anglo-Saxon Fricg, Old High German Frikka, Frikkia, Old Norse Frigg.
It is named after Frigg, the Norse goddess.
Household deities fit into two types ; firstly, a specific deity-typically a goddess-often referred to as a hearth goddess or domestic goddess who is associated with the home and hearth, with examples including the Greek Hestia and Norse Frigg.
* Frigg, a goddess in Norse paganism
For the Norse peoples, Frigg is a goddess associated with weaving.

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