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 ).

Freyr was associated with sacral kingship, virility and prosperity, with sunshine and fair weather, and was pictured as a phallic fertility god, Freyr " bestows peace and pleasure on mortals ".

In the Icelandic books the Poetic Edda and the Prose Edda, Freyr is presented as one of the Vanir, the son of the sea god Njörðr, brother of the goddess Freyja.

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.

" In stanza 43, the creation of the god Freyr's ship Skíðblaðnir is recounted, and Freyr is cited as the son of Njörðr.

In chapter 6, a list of kennings is provided for Njörðr: " God of chariots ," " Descendant of Vanir ," " a Van ," father of Freyr and Freyja, and " the giving god.

This has led to theories about the relation of the two, including that Njörðr may have once been a hermaphroditic god or, generally considered more likely, that the name may indicate an otherwise unattested divine brother and sister pair such as Freyr and Freyja.

All sources note that the ship is the finest of ships, and the Poetic Edda and Prose Edda attest that it is owned by the god Freyr, while the euhemerized account in Heimskringa lists attributes it to the magic of Odin.

A second clan of gods, the Vanir, is also mentioned in Norse mythology: the god Njord and his children, Freyr and Freyja, are the most prominent Vanir gods who join the Æsir as hostages after a war between Æsir and Vanir.

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.

Some scholars have doubted that they were known outside Scandinavia ; however, there is evidence that the god Freyr is the same god as the Germanic deity Ing ( reconstructed as Proto-Germanic * Ingwaz ), and that, if so, he is attested as having been known among the Goths.

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.

The god Njörðr asks Freyr's servant Skírnir to talk to Freyr, and in the first stanza of the poem, Skaði also tells Skírnir to ask Freyr why he is so upset.

The prose prologue to the poem says that the god Freyr, the son of Njörðr, sits in Odin's throne, Hliðskjálf and looked over all the worlds.

In Norse mythology, Gymir was a giant whose daughter, Gerðr, married the god Freyr.

In Norse mythology, Gerðr ( Old Norse " fenced-in ") is a jötunn, goddess, and the wife of the god Freyr.

In the Poetic Edda poem Skírnismál, the god Freyr sat on the high seat Hlidskjalf and looked into all worlds.

* Gerðr or Gerda, giantess wife of the Norse god Freyr

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.

Aeneas and the god Tiberinus ( god ) | Tiber, by Bartolomeo Pinelli.

Constructed under the direction of the Khmer people | Khmer king Suryavarman II, it was to serve as the monarch's personal mausoleum and as a temple to the Hindu god Vishnu.

In Maya religion, the dwarfism | dwarf was an embodiment of the Maya maize god | Maize God's Maya religion # Goblins and dwarfs | helpers at Maya maize god # Cosmological creation myth | creation

Statue of Asclepius, the Greek God | Greek god of medicine, holding the symbolic Rod of Asclepius with its coiled snake | serpent

Another fragmentary example of a " donation stele ", in which the Old Kingdom pharaoh Pepi II Neferkare | Pepi II grants tax immunity to the priests of the temple of Min ( god ) | Min

The reverse commemorates the sun god Sol Invictus | Elagabal.

The Norse god Odin, carrying the spear Gungnir on his ride to Hel ( location ) | Hel

A silver statuette of Mercury ( mythology ) | Mercury the Ancient Rome | Roman god of trade.

Roman depiction of the Tiber as a river-god ( Tiberinus ( god ) | Tiberinus ) with cornucopia at the Campidoglio, Rome.

Image: Heimdallr and valkyries by Frølich. jpg | A depiction of valkyries encountering the god Heimdallr as they carry a dead man to Valhalla ( 1906 ) by Lorenz Frølich.

The Norse mythology | Norse boar Gullinbursti with the god Frey, 1901 painting by Johannes Gehrts

The god Týr or Tiw, identified with Mars ( god ) | Mars, after whom Tuesday is named.

** Frey ( Marvel Comics ), a comic book character based on this god

* Yngvi is a name of the god Freyr, perhaps intended as Freyr's true name while Frey ' Lord ' is his common title.

The big wooden idol represents god Frey ( Ing ), the picture in front of it goddess Freya ( Walpurgis ), and the small red idol god Thor.

These were kindred of the god Frey, and most faithful witnesses to the gods.

They likewise held the god Frey to be the founder of their race.

Moreover, the dynasties are the same, i. e. the descendants of the god Frey ( i. e. the Ynglings ) and intermediary Skjöldungs.

It was also used in an Anglo-Saxon runic poem describing the first appearance of the god Frey ( called Ing, see Yngvi ):

In Norse mythology, the god Frey " possessed a magic sword that struck out at Jotuns of its own accord.

Another Anglo-Saxon divinity was Frey, who is mentioned in both The Dream of the Rood and a poem by the monk Caedmon, in both of which he is compared to the later Christian god Jesus Christ, indicating that Frey was perhaps a sacrificial deity.