The Germanic god Freyr is referred to by many names in Old Norse poetry and literature. Multiple of these are attested only once in the extant record and...
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and good harvest. Freyr, sometimes referred to as Yngvi-Freyr, was especially associated with Sweden and seen as an ancestor of the Swedish royal house...
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needed] List of names of Thor List of names of Freyr List of kennings Mercurius Cimbrianus Names of God in Old English poetry Godan and Wodan The use of grimmR...
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elsewhere, while other names are well attested throughout the sources of Norse mythology. List of names of Odin List of names of Freyr List of kennings Simek...
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requirements. These epithets include: Name of God in Christianity Wuldor List of kennings List of names of Odin List of names of Freyr Swanton, p. 133 Derived from...
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Yngvi (redirect from Yngvi Freyr)
are names that relate to a theonym which appears to have been the older name for the god Freyr. Proto-Germanic Ingwaz was the legendary ancestor of the...
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Freyja (redirect from List of names of Freyja)
By her husband Óðr, she is the mother of two daughters, Hnoss and Gersemi. Along with her twin brother Freyr, her father Njörðr, and her mother (Njörðr's...
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Njörðr (category Mythological kings of Sweden)
Njörðr (Old Norse: Njǫrðr) is a god among the Vanir. Njörðr, father of the deities Freyr and Freyja by his unnamed sister, was in an ill-fated marriage with...
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Gerðr (category Freyr)
Norse: [ˈɡerðz̠]; "fenced-in") is a jötunn, goddess, and the wife of the god Freyr. Gerðr is attested in the Poetic Edda, compiled in the 13th century...
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The first element of the name is derived from Proto-Norse *Ing(w)ia (Ingi-), Norse Yngvi, who is better known by the title Freyr "Lord". The second element...
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"people of the meadows" (cf. Old High German angar), the god *Ingwaz[citation needed] – a proposed Proto-Germanic form of Freyr's earlier name Yngvi, –...
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The Rocks at Freÿr form a large rock mass on the right bank of Meuse, between Waulsort and Anseremme in (Wallonia Belgium). Its walls of varying gradients...
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of literature, various chronicles, runic inscriptions, personal names, place names, and other sources. This article contains a comprehensive list of Germanic...
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1962), Israeli film director, screenwriter and film score composer Ari Freyr Skúlason (born 1987), Icelandic footballer Ari Fuji (born 1968), pilot in...
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Thor (redirect from List of places named after Thor)
god Freyr's messenger, Skírnir, threatens the fair Gerðr, with whom Freyr is smitten, with numerous threats and curses, including that Thor, Freyr, and...
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Norse mythology (redirect from Table of Norse mythology)
seafaring, and so also wealth and prosperity. Freyja and Freyr's mother is Njörðr's unnamed sister (her name is unprovided in the source material). However, there...
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Skíðblaðnir (category Freyr)
provided. Among other names, Freyr is referred to as "possessor of Skidbladnir and of the boar known as Gullinbursti". The first of the two Grímnismál stanzas...
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some strains of Norse paganism saw him as a fertility god (possibly due to bringing rain) and the father of Freyr and Freyja instead of Njordr Aphrodite...
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Fornjót (section Ancestor of the House of Yngling)
of which name Fornjótr. The names of Swedish kings are shown in bold. Ynglings Notes In most sources Yngvi is presented as the same figure as Freyr,...
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field where Freyja receives half of those who die in battle, and also the name of a ship. Skíðblaðnir, a boat owned by Freyr. Ullr's bone, Ullr could traverse...
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god of thunder Thorstein means "Thor's stone" Thorkel means "Thor's craft" Thorulf means "Thor's wolf" Thordis Thora Ing, an old name for Freyr (an epithet...
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Yngling (redirect from House of Ynglings)
tally with Icelandic sources. The dynasty claimed descent from the gods Freyr and Njörðr, and other kings were likely mythical as well, whereas others...
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Ari Freyr Skúlason (born 14 May 1987) is an Icelandic professional footballer who plays as a left-back for Sylvia in Sweden. He previously played at senior...
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personification of day Earendel, god of rising light and/or a star Eostre, considered to continue the Proto-Indo-European dawn goddess Freyr, god of sunshine...
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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...
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etymology List of generic forms in British place names List of names of Odin Slavic names Germanic personal names in Galicia Germanic names in Italy e...
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position than Odin in Icelandic and Norwegian place names, sagas and Landnámabók. Gunnell suggests that Freyr, whose cult was centred in Uppland in Sweden,...
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Vanir (category Types of deities)
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"...
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folk traditions and iconography of Olaf absorbed elements of the gods Thor and Freyr from Norse mythology. Like Freyr, he became associated with fertility...
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king of all horses Árvakr and Alsviðr, horses that pull Sól's chariot Blóðughófi, Freyr's horse Falhófnir, a horse of the gods Glað, a horse of the gods...
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