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    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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    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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    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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    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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  • 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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