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Hnoss

deity sky Norse single tradition · 4

Hnoss is the very fair daughter of Freyja and Óðr.

↻ synthesized from 4 sources

When

First attested
700 CE
Attested period
700 – 1500
Historical notes
Documented in the Prose Edda, 13th-century Icelandic source.

Relationships

co occurs with
Hildisvíni, Frigg, Gullveig, Þorgerðr Hölgabrúðr, Irpa, Menglöð, Sleipnir, Svaðilfari, Heimdallr, Gersemi, Menglad, Njörðr, Freyr, Odin, Skaði, Gefjon, Thor, Loki, Ægir, Þjazi, Baldr, Iðunn, Sif, Oðinn, Freyja
sibling of
Gersemi, Gersimi
child of
Óð, Óðr, Freyja

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Mentioned by

and 2 more

Sources

wikipedia (4)
  1. Freyja
  2. Gersemi
  3. Hnoss
  4. Óðr

Source passages

“her husband Óðr had two immensely beautiful daughters, Gersemi and Hnoss, who gave their names to our most precious possessions”

#12658 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5

“Gersemi (Old Norse: "relic") is the daughter of Freyja and Óðr, and the twin sister of Hnoss.”

#15146 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001

“In Gylfaginning (The Beguiling of Gylfi), Hnoss is portrayed as the beautiful daughter of Freyja and Óð: In Skáldskaparmál (The Language of Poetry), a þulur (18–22) mentions Hnoss as the daughter of Freyja”

#15159 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001

“the reference to Hnoss as their only child is surprising—why, for example, should Baldr not be mentioned?”

#15218 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5