deity
Freyja
The named Norse goddess of love, seiðr, and the slain share. Not Freyr as her brother, and not Frigg as Odin’s wife under one id.
Also known as Vanadis
Norse tradition
Freyja appears in Norse tradition.
Þrymskviða and Lokasenna in the Poetic Edda name Freyja among the gods, and Grímnismál seats her field among the slain-share. A named Vanir goddess in that verse corpus, not Frigg under a merged love-goddess label and not Freyr.
from Anonymous (Eddic poems); Carolyne Larrington (translation) · Poetic Edda, medieval Icelandic compilation; Larrington trans. 1996/2014
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Freyja appears in Asgard.
Þrymskviða and Lokasenna in the Poetic Edda seat Freyja among the Aesir company even as a Vanir goddess. A named presence of Freyja in Asgard speech, not Fólkvangr as her slain-field alone.
from Anonymous (Eddic poems); Carolyne Larrington (translation) · Poetic Edda, medieval Icelandic compilation; Larrington trans. 1996/2014
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Freyja appears in Fólkvangr.
Grímnismál in the Poetic Edda assigns Fólkvangr to Freyja and the slain share she receives. A named presence of Freyja in Fólkvangr, not Valhalla as Óðinn’s hall and not a meadow dump.
from Anonymous (Eddic poems); Carolyne Larrington (translation) · Poetic Edda, medieval Icelandic compilation; Larrington trans. 1996/2014
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Brisingamen is sacred to Freyja.
Þrymskviða in the Poetic Edda names Brísingamen as Freyja’s necklace lent for the false bride. A dedicated necklace-to-Freyja claim in that poem, not a generic charm and not every golden torque.
from Anonymous (Eddic poems); Carolyne Larrington (translation) · Poetic Edda, medieval Icelandic compilation; Larrington trans. 1996/2014
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Fólkvangr is sacred to Freyja.
Snorri’s Gylfaginning seats Fólkvangr as Freyja’s field where she chooses half the slain. A named place dedicated to that goddess, not valhalla as Odin’s hall and not freyja→appears_in→folkvangr as the PE seat alone.
from Snorri Sturluson · Gylfaginning, c. 1220
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Cat is sacred to Freyja.
Snorri’s Gylfaginning has Freyja’s chariot drawn by cats. A named animal dedicated to that goddess’s riding, not cat→appears_in→norse as the kind walk alone and not Freyr’s boar under a sibling flatten.
from Snorri Sturluson · Gylfaginning, c. 1220
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sources
- Poetic Edda · Anonymous (Eddic poems); Carolyne Larrington (translation)
The Poetic Edda, trans. Carolyne Larrington.
- Gylfaginning · Snorri Sturluson
Snorri Sturluson, Gylfaginning, in the Prose Edda.