Frigg
Frigg is a Norse goddess who knows the fate of everyone but does not tell it. She is defended by Freyja when Loki accuses her during the flyting at Ægir's celebration.
↻ synthesized from 13 sources
When
- First attested
- 500 BCE
- Attested period
- -500 – 2020
- Historical notes
- Attested in the Old Norse Poetic Edda poem Lokasenna.
Relationships
- co occurs with
- Gullveig, Þorgerðr Hölgabrúðr, Irpa, Menglöð, Þrymr, Heimdallr, Óttar, Sleipnir, Svaðilfari, Frea, Ingwaz, Frīg, Frīja, Frike, Dís, Sinthgunt, Sunna, Idisi, Forseti, Völva, Beldeg, Rindr, Litr, Hermod, Balderus, Þökk, Norns, Helheim, Fulla, Njörðr, Skaði, Gefjon, Óðr, Hnoss, Gersemi, Hildisvíni, Ægir, Vættir, Þjazi, Iðunn, Perchta, Holda, Jörð, Hyrrokin, Freyr, Vali, Nanna, Höðr, Hel, Gríðr, Gerðr, Viðarr
- enemy of
- Loki
- child of
- Fjörgynn
- has aspect
- Fulla
Mentioned by
- Njörðr
- Skaði
- Gefjon
- Óðr
- Hnoss
- Gersemi
- Hildisvíni
- Ægir
- Vættir
- Þjazi
- Iðunn
- Perchta
- Holda
- Jörð
- Hyrrokin
- Freyr
and 16 more
Sources
Source passages
“next to Frigg, Freyja is highest in rank among them”
#12632 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5
“Odin would attribute it to Frigg in an attempt to shroud her accomplishments under the Aesir banner. In the universe of Marvel Comics, Frigga, the adopted mother of Thor”
#15155 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5
“Grundy theorizes that the goddesses Frigg and Freyja did not stem from a single goddess... it very possible that Odin/Óðr originally 'could have rejoiced in Frigg and Freyja simultaneously'.”
#15224 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5
“Just as Norse Freyja is usually interpreted as a hypostasis of *Frijjō (Frigg), Norse Freyr is associated with Ingwaz (Yngvi) based on the Ynglingasaga which names Yngvi-Freyr as the ancestor of the kings of Sweden, which as Common Germanic *Ingwia-fraujaz would have designated the "lord of the Ingvaeones”
#26153 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“Dís Freyja Frigg”
#26184 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001