Hildisvíni
animal_ally earth Norse single tradition · 3
Hildisvíni is a boar that accompanies the goddess Freyja in Norse mythology.
↻ synthesized from 3 sources
When
- First attested
- 0 CE
- Attested period
- 1150 – 2020
- Historical notes
- Boar companion of Freyja, attested in 13th century Norse sources.
Relationships
- co occurs with
- Frigg, Gullveig, Þorgerðr Hölgabrúðr, Irpa, Menglöð, Heimdallr, Óttar, Gullinbursti, Sæhrímnir, Njörðr, Freyr, Odin, Skaði, Gefjon, Óðr, Hnoss, Gersemi, Thor, Loki, Vættir, Hyndla
- serves
- Freyja
- allied with
- Freyja
Mentioned by
Sources
wikipedia (3)
Source passages
“In doing so, Freyja turns Óttar into her boar, Hildisvíni, and, by means of flattery and threats of death by fire, Freyja successfully pries the information that Óttar needs from the jötunn Hyndla.”
#12626 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5
“Freyja rides on her boar Hildisvíni and Hyndla on a wolf. Their mission is to find out the pedigree of Óttarr so that he can touch his inheritance”
#15166 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“Hildisvíni - Boar associated with Freyja”
#41322 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001