Andy Orchard says that in Völuspá, Hlín appears to be just another name for Frigg, and adds that " the numerous occurrences of the name in skaldic poetry in poetic periphrases or kennings for women do nothing to dispel the confusion.

Frigg appears a number of times in surviving Norse mythology.

Frigg ( sometimes anglicized as Frigga ) is a major goddess in Norse paganism, a subset of Germanic paganism.

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.

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, 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.

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.

* An anglicized form of the Old Norse goddess name Frigg

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.

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.

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.

" Rudolf Simek agrees that Hlín seems to appear as another name for Frigg in Völuspá, and that in skaldic poetry Hlín was a well known mythological figure by the 10th century.

Odin and his wife, Frigg, are the rulers of Asgard.

Frigg is cognate with Sanskrit prīyā ́ which means " wife.

Then his brothers began to divide his inheritance ; but his wife Frigg they shared between them.

In his work Historia Langobardorum, Paul relates how Odin's wife Frea ( Frigg / Freyja ) had given victory to the Langobards in a war against the Vandals.

The narrative commences at a point when Odin and his wife, Frigg, were sitting in Hlidskjalf, looking out on the worlds.

" Davidson adds that " yet this is not the impression given in the account of Hermod's ride to Hel later in Gylfaginning ( 49 )" and points out that here Hel " with authority as ruler of the underworld " and that from her realm " gifts are sent back to Frigg and Fulla by Balder's wife Nanna as from a friendly kingdom.

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.

... Frigg is his wife, and she knows the fate of men, although she tells not thereof.

In chapter 49, High describes that when Odin and his wife Frigg arrived at the funeral of their slain son Baldr, with them came the valkyries and also Odin's ravens.

In Snorri Sturluson's Skáldskaparmál, Jörð ( as the personified earth ) is called the rival of Odin's wife Frigg and his other giantess concubines, Rindr and Gunnlöd, the mother-in-law of Sif, Thor's wife, daughter of Nótt, and sister of Auðr and Dagr.

* In the Vikings Tarot the High Priestess is Frigg, the wife of Odin.

She is also frequently equated with Nerthus, who also rides in a wagon, and Odin's wife, Frigg, from her alternate names Frau Guaden, Frau Goden, and Frau Frekke as well as her position as mistress of the Wild Hunt.

Rerir and his wife were unable to have children until the goddess Frigg, the wife of Odin sends them a giantess named Hljod in the shape of a crow to deliver an apple of fertility to the couple.

* Frijjō, wife of Wodanaz, Norse Frigg.

Image: Frigg, Odens hustru. jpg | Frigg, wife of Odin ( 1893 )

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.

Frigg is the mother of Baldr.

Frigg, his mother, here takes an oath from all things, which includes disease, poisons, the elements, objects and all living beings that none will harm Baldr.

In the 13th century Prose Edda, due to the scheming of Loki, the god Baldr is killed by his brother, the blind god Höðr, by way of a mistletoe projectile, despite the attempts of Baldr's mother, the goddess Frigg, to have all living things and inanimate objects swear an oath not to hurt Baldr after Baldr had troubling dreams of his death.

The latter turned to Odin ( Godan ), while Gambara, the mother of the two Lombard chieftains Ibor and Aio, turned to Odin's spouse Frea ( Freyja / Frigg ).

* Twark, stating that this literary archetype of an overprotective mother arguably originates in Germanic mythology, traces it as far back as the Nordic goddess Frigg, who tried to protect her son Balder from all earthly perils.

Sent by Baldr's mother, the goddess Frigg, the god Hermóðr rides to the location of Hel to resurrect Baldr.