Óðr
Óðr is a Norse god and the husband of Freyja. He is frequently absent, causing Freyja to cry tears of red gold for him and search for him under assumed names. He is the father of Hnoss and Gersemi.
↻ synthesized from 5 sources
When
- First attested
- 0 CE
- Attested period
- 700 – 2020
- Historical notes
- Husband of Freyja, attested in 13th century Norse sources.
Relationships
- co occurs with
- Hildisvíni, Frigg, Gullveig, Þorgerðr Hölgabrúðr, Irpa, Menglöð, Þrymr, Sleipnir, Svaðilfari, Heimdallr, Gersemi, Ullr, Menglad, Hnoss, Ullinn, Wōðanaz, Njörðr, Freyr, Skaði, Gefjon, Thor, Loki, Ægir, Þjazi, Iðunn, Sif, Oðinn, Baldr
- consort of
- Freyja
- manifested by
- Odin
Mentioned by
Sources
Source passages
“she and her husband Óðr had two immensely beautiful daughters, Gersemi and Hnoss”
#12656 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5
“Gersemi (Old Norse: "relic") is the daughter of Freyja and Óðr, and the twin sister of Hnoss.”
#15145 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“Grundy notes that Óðr appears to date to at least before the Viking Age. Grundy opines that 'as pointed out by Jan de Vries and others, there is little doubt' that Óðr and Odin were once the same figure.”
#15221 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5
“Cope suggests that Odin originated as a weather god and as the shaman Óðr.”
#38321 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5
“Philologist Jan de Vries has argued that the Old Norse deities Óðinn and Óðr were probably originally connected (as in the doublet Ullr–Ullinn), with Óðr (*wōðaz) being the elder form and the ultimate source of the name Óðinn (*wōða-naz).”
#38592 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001