Frigg – Mythopedia
2022年12月1日 · Historically, most scholars considered Frigg to be an aspect of Freya, a goddess of the Vanir tribe, as her basic characteristics aligned closely with those of Frigg. Like Freya, Frigg was a völva, or practitioner of the magical art of seidr, and sought to divine or alter the future through ritual. While the two goddesses were often presented ...
Baldur – Mythopedia
2022年12月8日 · Lost in sorrow, Frigg asked for a volunteer to travel to the realm of the dead and beg Hel, goddess of the dead, for the release of Baldur. Hermod, Frigg’s son and Baldur’s brother, stepped forward to offer his services. Riding Sleipnir, he traveled for nine days and nine nights before finally arriving in Hel’s halls.
Hlidskjalf – Mythopedia
2022年12月6日 · In the Grímnismál, of the Poetic Edda, Odin and Frigg sat in Hlidskjalf to spy on Agnar and Geirröth, two men that the deities had fostered as youths; Frigg had tended to Agnar, while Odin had raised Geirröth. After debating with Frigg as to who had done a better job at raising their respective children, Odin disguised himself as the ...
Poetic Edda: Lokasenna (Full Text) - Mythopedia
Frigg spake: “If a son like Baldr were by me now, Here within Ægir’s hall, From the sons of the gods thou shouldst go not forth Till thy fierceness in fight were tried.” [19] Loki spake: “Thou wilt then, Frigg, that further I tell Of the ill that now I know; Mine is the blame that Baldr no more Thou seest ride home to the hall.”
Freya – Mythopedia
2023年3月8日 · It was likely that Freya was another version of Frigg (Odin’s wife), and as such it appears that Odr may have actually been Odin. The deities’ various names and identities reflected linguistic, cultural, and mythological differences among the Germanic groups that told stories of these gods and goddesses.
Norse Gods – Mythopedia
2022年11月29日 · The Norse gods and goddesses are the array of deities honored by ancient Nordic worshipers. They primarily came from two different tribes, the Aesir and the Vanir, but were united in their efforts to fight the jötnar, a tribe of giants dwelling in …
Prose Edda: Skáldskaparmál (Full Text) - Mythopedia
By calling him Son of Odin and Frigg, Husband of Nanna, Father of Forseti, Possessor of Hringhorni and Draupnir, Adversary of Hödr, Companion of Hel, God of Tears. Úlfr Uggason, following the story of Baldr, has composed a long passage in the Húsdrápa; and examples are recorded earlier to the effect that Baldr is so termed.
Poetic Edda: Grimnismol (Full Text) - Mythopedia
Othin and Frigg sat in Hlithskjolf and looked over all the worlds. Othin said: “Seest thou Agnar, thy foster ling, how he begets children with a giantess in the cave? But Geirröth, my fosterling, is a king, and now rules over his land.” Frigg said: “He is so miserly that he tortures his guests if he thinks that too many of them come to ...
Loki – Mythopedia
2022年12月8日 · He accused Frigg, Odin’s wife, of adultery with Odin’s brothers Vili and Ve, called Freya a “witch” and claims that she had an incestuous romance with her brother Freyr, boasted that he himself had sired a child with Tyr’s wife, and called Thor a coward and Odin a heretic. He ends with the parting shot at Aegir:
Freyr – Mythopedia
2023年3月8日 · Freyr was the Norse god of peace and prosperity, celebrated at weddings and harvest feasts. One of the Vanir, he was originally brought to Asgard as a hostage, but earned his place in the pantheon through charm and goodwill.