Freyr
Freyr is typically referred to as one of the Vanir. Examples of this are seen in the þulur, where Njöðr and Freyr are listed in the ása heiti ("Poetic equivalents for áss"). In Ynglinga saga, Freyr was exchanged as a hostage from the Vanir with Hœnir and Mímir from the Æsir.
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When
- First attested
- 1500 BCE
- Attested period
- -1500 – 2020
- Historical notes
- Mentioned by Mikael Agricola.
Relationships
- enemy of
- Hœnir, Mímir, Surtr, Beli, Gunnarr helmingr
- co occurs with
- Ukko, Rauni, Röönikkä, Maaemä, Virankannos, Gefjon, Óðr, Hnoss, Gersemi, Hildisvíni, Gullveig, Þorgerðr Hölgabrúðr, Irpa, Menglöð, Loki, Ægir, Þjazi, Baldr, Iðunn, Sleipnir, Svaðilfari, Sif, Heimdallr, Hött, Óð, Gersimi, Sūrya, Sol, Saulė, Sulis, Tsar Solnitse, álfar, Ingwaz, Nehalennia, Aveta, Njǫr-un, Frigg, Byggvir, Gerðr, Blóðughófi, Indra, Yngvi, Ingunar-Freyr, Ingun, Skírnir, Vili, Ve, Jötunn, elves, dwarfs, Beyla, Skaði, Gymir, Hrímgrímnir, Lóðurr, Lýtir, Balder, hofgoðunum, Heimdal, Nerthus, Ing, Ingwi, Odin, Skjöldr, Yngvi-Freyr, Ingui, Freyja, Neorth, Froyr, Fiolni, Yngvi, son of Alrekr, Yngvi Tyrkja konungr, áss, Thor, devils
- sibling of
- Freyja
- parent of
- Fjölnir
- served by
- Gullinbursti, Skíðblaðnir, Blóðughófi, Beyla, Skírnir, Byggvir
- manifested by
- *Fraujaz
Mentioned by
Sources
Source passages
“where Njöðr and Freyr are listed in the ása heiti ("Poetic equivalents for áss") and Freyja in that for the ásunjur. The main tales that present the Æsir and Vanir as distinct family groups are those concerning the Æsir-Vanir war, which are contained within Völuspá, Ynglinga saga and Skáldskaparmál. This conflict between the gods occurred long in the past and in Ynglinga saga ends with the exchange of Hœnir and Mímir as hostages from the Æsir with Njörðr, Freyr and Kvasir from the Vanir.”
#2782 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“Theories range from Rauni being another name of Ukko, name of Ukko's thunder goddess wife, name of Ukko's earth mother wife Maaemä, or being a name of an entirely separate fertility deity influenced by Norse Freyr”
#7780 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“Odin was the king of the realm, and made Njörðr and Freyr temple priests. Freyja was the daughter of Njörðr”
#12663 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5
“the names Freyja ('lady, mistress') and Freyr ('lord') are cognates stemming from the common root *frawjōn”
#15151 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5
“The 12th-century skald Einarr Skúlason, cited by Snorri in Skáldskaparmál, refers to Hnoss in a kenning as Freyia's "glorious child" and Freyr’s niece:”
#15163 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001