Like other Germanic deities, veneration of Freyr is revived during the modern period through the Heathenry movement. Quem litationis morem annuo feriarum circuitu repetitum posteris imitandum reliquit. According to the Prose Edda, Freyr had to fight Beli without his sword and slew him with an antler. And toward this house went a woman; when she raised her hands and opened the door before her, brightness gleamed from her hands, both over sky and sea, and all the worlds were illumined of her. The third is Frikko, who bestows peace and pleasure on mortals. Encyclopaedia Britannica's editors oversee subject areas in which they have extensive knowledge, whether from years of experience gained by working on that content or via study for an advanced degree.... Be on the lookout for your Britannica newsletter to get trusted stories delivered right to your inbox. Although deprived of this weapon, Freyr defeats the jötunn Beli with an antler. Quorum significationes eiusmodi sunt: 'Thor', inquiunt, 'praesidet in aere, qui tonitrus et fulmina, ventos ymbresque, serena et fruges gubernat. But the result at Ragnarök, the end of the world, will be much more serious. Gylfaginning XXXVII, Brodeur's translation. Freyr, sometimes referred to as Yngvi-Freyr, was especially associated with Sweden and seen as an ancestor of the Swedish royal house. Gerd, daughter of the giant Gymir, was his wife. The human figures are almost always clothed and are sometimes depicted with their knees bent. He is … He criticizes the Vanir for incest, saying that Njörðr had Freyr with his sister. [15], The Skog Church Tapestry portion possibly depicting Odin, Thor and Freyr, An example of the small gold pieces of foil that may depict Gerðr and Freyr. The god Týr speaks up in Freyr's defense. -[11]. Freyr is said to "bestow peace and pleasure on mortals." But among the Asaland people it was forbidden to intermarry with such near relations. Although originally one of the Vanir tribe, he was included with the Aesir. En Freyr lét eigi þat til skorta ok gaf honum sverðit. Freyr and Freyja are twins of the Vanir clan of Norse Gods. Our editors will review what you’ve submitted and determine whether to revise the article. Freya (Old Norse Freyja, “Lady”) is one of the preeminent goddesses in Norse mythology. In Norse mythology, the story is told of the courting of a young giantess named Gerd by the god Freyr and his servant Skirnir. The statue is seven centimeters tall and is displayed at the Swedish Museum of National Antiquities.[13]. As with most Norse gods and goddesses, little was known of Freya’s childhood and early development.In the Ynglinga saga, a book of the Heimskringla by Snorri Sturluson, Freya was presented as a leading deity of the Vanir and a player in the Aesir-Vanir War. Freyr was worshipped as a god of fertility, prosperity, and good harvest. Her father was Njörd, the sea god.Pigs were sacred to her, and she rode a boar with golden bristles. Freyr was revered as the god of fertility and reproductive health in men. Landnámabók includes a heathen oath to be sworn at an assembly where Freyr, Njörðr, and "the almighty áss" are invoked. Þat var einn dag er Freyr hafði gengit í Hliðskjálf ok sá of heima alla. Freyr is the god of fertility and fruitfulness. His sister and female counterpart, Freyja, was goddess of love, fertility, battle, and death. Hostages are exchanged to seal the peace deal and the Vanir send Freyr and Njörðr to live with the Æsir. Ynglinga saga 13, Laing's translation. Either Snorri or Adam may also have had distorted information. The dwarves build Freyr a ship, Skidbladnir, that can hold all the gods or fit in his pocket. Odin goes on to conquer the North and settles in Sweden where he rules as king, collects taxes and maintains sacrifices. The same skald mentions in Arinbjarnarkviða that his friend has been blessed by the two gods. FREYR. Freyr (Old Norse: Lord), sometimes anglicized as Frey, is a widely attested god in Norse mythology, associated with sacral kingship, virility, peace and prosperity, with sunshine and fair weather, and with good harvest. The other, Woden—that is, the Furious—carries on war and imparts to man strength against his enemies. Siquidem propitiandorum numinum gratia Frø deo rem divinam furvis hostiis fecit. Gesta Danorum 6, Fisher's translation. The depiction features a cross-legged seated, bearded male with an erect penis. Since Alfheimr or Álfheimr means "World of Álfar (Elves)" the fact that Freyr should own it is one of the indications of a connection between the Vanir and the obscure Álfar. This is supported by Tacitus, who wrote about the Germans: "In their ancient songs, their only way of remembering or recording the past they celebrate an earth-born god Tuisco, and his son Mannus, as the origin of their race, as their founders. Freyr (pronounced “FREY-ur;” Old Norse Freyr, “Lord;” sometimes anglicized as “Frey”) is a god who belongs to the Vanir tribe of deities. The god Freyr was a member of the Vanir, a powerful group of gods with prophetic and healing powers. Freyja is the goddess of love, beauty, and wealth. Norse mythology Prose Edda. 1. She was associated with much of the same qualities as Frigg: love, fertility and beauty. It is almost certainly the taboo name of … The most extensive surviving Freyr myth relates Freyr's falling in love with the female jötunn Gerðr. Written c. 1080, one of the oldest written sources on pre-Christian Scandinavian religious practices is Adam of Bremen's Gesta Hammaburgensis ecclesiae pontificum. Let us know if you have suggestions to improve this article (requires login). The sacrifice of dark-coloured victims to Freyr has a parallel in Ancient Greek religion where the chthonic fertility deities preferred dark-coloured victims to white ones. Freyr is the son of Njorð by Njorð's own sister. Frey fell into a sickness; and as his illness took the upper hand, his men took the plan of letting few approach him. In the Norse religion, Freyr was the son of the Vanir Njord and the twin brother of Freya. Freyr had a son named Fjölnir, who succeeds him as king and rules during the continuing period of peace and good seasons. Freyr, sometimes referred to as Yngvi-Freyr, was especially associated with Sweden and seen as an ancestor of the Swedish royal house. Siquidem humani generis hostias mactare aggressus foeda superis libamenta persolvit. In this temple, entirely decked out in gold, the people worship the statues of three gods in such wise that the mightiest of them, Thor, occupies a throne in the middle of the chamber; Woden and Frikko have places on either side. The information there is largely consistent with that of the Prose Edda while each collection has some details not found in the other. Hann ræðr fyrir regni ok skini sólar, ok þar með ávexti jarðar, ok á hann er gott at heita til árs ok friðar. Sigurður Nordal argued for this view but the possibility represented by Ursula Dronke's translation above is equally possible. Þá er Njörðr var með Vönum, þá hafði hann átta systur sína, því at þat váru þar lög; váru þeirra börn Freyr ok Freyja. The two giants Gymir and his wife Aurboda had a daughter named Gerd, she was the most beautiful of all the women.. One day the God Freyr had sneaked into Odin’s house where he could look out over all the nine realms, here he sat in the seat called Hlidskjalf.When Freyr sat there, he looked out of the window and to the north, where he saw a magnificent house on a hill with a woman next to it. 1 Often depicted with an enormous phallus, Freyr was worshiped across Scandinavia (particularly in Sweden), … But the result at RagnarÇ«k, the end of the world, will be much more serious. This description has similarities to the older account by Adam of Bremen but the differences are interesting. Frey was called by another name, Yngve; and this name Yngve was considered long after in his race as a name of honour, so that his descendants have since been called Ynglinger. Freyr is said to "bestow peace and pleasure on mortals." Freyr Freyr is a Norse god of weather and fertility; brother of Freya. He tells Skírnir that he has fallen in love with a beautiful woman and thinks he will die if he cannot have her. To Mannus they assign three sons, from whose names, they say, the coast tribes are called Ingaevones; those of the interior, Herminones; all the rest, Istaevones". His wife was called Gerd, daughter of Gymir, and their son was called Fjolne. The tapestry is originally from Hälsingland, Sweden but is now housed at the Swedish Museum of National Antiquities. Gesta Danorum 1, Fisher's translation. Corrections? Some scholars have preferred a slightly different translation, in which the sun shines "from the sword of the gods". Finally, Gunnar had to flee back to Norway with his young bride and had her baptized at the court of Olaf Tryggvason. By signing up for this email, you are agreeing to news, offers, and information from Encyclopaedia Britannica. He is the noblest of the gods. This would add a further layer of tragedy to the myth. The compound Ingui-Frea (OE) and Yngvi-Freyr (ON) likely refer to the connection between the god and the Germanic kings' role as priests during the sacrifices in the pagan period, as Frea and Freyr are titles meaning 'Lord'. Worshiped especially in Sweden, he was also well-known in Norway and Iceland. When Skírnir finds Gerðr he starts by offering her treasures if she will marry Freyr. En þat var bannat með Ásum at byggja svá náit at frændsemi. He's also the ruler of Alfheim and Lord of the Elves. Gesta Danorum 3, Fisher's translation. He dedicates a horse to the god and kills a man for riding it, setting in motion a chain of fateful events. The figures coincide with 11th century descriptions of statue arrangements recorded by Adam of Bremen at the Temple at Uppsala and written accounts of the gods during the late Viking Age. She was the sister of Freyr. It is obvious how far his heart was removed from frivolity if he could not even bear to watch these occasions. Gylfaginning XXIV, Brodeur's translation. … He was, like his father, fortunate in friends and in good seasons. Gylfaginning 37, EB's edition, It chanced one day that Freyr had gone to Hlidskjálf, and gazed over all the world; but when he looked over into the northern region, he saw on an estate a house great and fair. According to Norse mythology, Freyr and his father were sent to live with the Æsir as hostages in the peace agreement at the end of the Æsir-Vanir War. Freyr gives Skírnir a steed and his magical sword for the journey. Updates? At this point the saga, like Lokasenna, mentions that incest was practised among the Vanir. Such a memory may also be the source of a description in book 6 of the stay of Starcatherus, a follower of Odin, in Sweden. Freyr is the god of fertility and fruitfulness. Alter Wodan, id est furor, bella gerit, hominique ministrat virtutem contra inimicos. Among the Norse gods, he was known for his bravery, strength, healing powers and righteousness. The idea is that the sword which Surtr slays Freyr with is the "sword of the gods" which Freyr had earlier bargained away for Gerðr. Freyr goes as a hostage to the Aesir, along with Njord and Freya. In Norse mythology, Freyja is a goddess associated with love, beauty, fertility, sex, war, gold, and seiðr. And men guessed it was because Thorgrim had been so dear to Frey for his worship's sake that the god would not suffer the frost to come between them. Freyr. In book 9, Saxo identifies Frø as the "king of Sweden" (rex Suetiae): Quo tempore rex Suetiae Frø, interfecto Norvagiensium rege Sywardo, coniuges necessariorum eius prostibulo relegatas publice constuprandas exhibuit. The reference to public prostitution may be a memory of fertility cult practices. [2] He has the servants Skírnir, Byggvir and Beyla. In Gísla saga a chieftain named Þorgrímr Freysgoði is an ardent worshipper of Freyr. Social Studies for Kids - The Monitor and the Merrimack, Frey - Student Encyclopedia (Ages 11 and up). Ynglinga saga 12, Laing's translation, Þá er allir Svíar vissu, at Freyr var dauðr, en hélzt ár ok friðr, þá trúðu þeir, at svá mundi vera, meðan Freyr væri á Svíþjóð, ok vildu eigi brenna hann, ok kölluðu hann veraldar goð ok blótuðu mest til árs ok friðar alla ævi síðan. Viewable online: Gesta Hammaburgensis ecclesiae pontificum, "Northvegr - The Story of Gisli The Outlaw", http://faculty.washington.edu/leiren/vikings2.html, The Temple at Old Uppsala: Adam of Bremen, Sacred trees and groves in Germanic paganism and mythology, Mythological Norse people, items and places, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Freyr&oldid=996480266, Articles containing Old English (ca. Freyr reveals the cause of his grief and asks Skírnir to go to Jötunheimr to woo Gerðr for him. He also kept sacred horses in his sanctuary at Trondheim in Norway. Freyr reisti at Uppsölum hof mikit, ok setti þar höfuðstað sinn; lagði þar til allar skyldir sínar, lönd ok lausa aura; þá hófst Uppsala auðr, ok hefir haldizt æ síðan. The protagonist of Hrafnkels saga is a priest of Freyr. Freyr When Gunnar had promised this, a demon jumped out of the god effigy and so Freyr was nothing but a piece of wood. Freyr is mentioned in several of the poems in the Poetic Edda. But when Odin attacks the Vanir he bites off more than he can chew and peace is negotiated after the destructive and indecisive Æsir-Vanir War. 450-1100)-language text, Articles containing Old High German (ca. (1949). Then began the Upsal domains, which have remained ever since. Home. En er Freyr var dauðr, báru þeir hann leyniliga í hauginn, ok sögðu Svíum at hann lifði, ok varðveittu hann þar 3 vetr. It was the faith of the local people that Frey was alive, as seemed to some extent to be the case, and they thought he would need to have a sexual relationship with his wife; along with Frey she was to have complete control over the temple settlement and all that belonged to it. Menu. Gesta Danorum 1, Olrik's edition, [I]n order to mollify the divinities he did indeed make a holy sacrifice of dark-coloured victims to the god Frø. In a poem by Egill Skalla-Grímsson, Freyr is called upon along with Njörðr to drive Eric Bloodaxe from Norway. Her mother is unknown, but could be Nerthus. Gunnar destroyed the wooden idol and dressed himself as Freyr, then Gunnar and the priestess travelled across Sweden where people were happy to see the god visiting them. Frey is the brother of Freyja. He rides the shining dwarf-made boar Gullinbursti and possesses the ship Skíðblaðnir which always has a favorable breeze and can be folded together and carried in a pouch when it is not being used. Freyr, of the Vanir tribe, was a Norse god of peace and prosperity. A manly individual is resistant to wantonness. He was the brother of the fertility goddess Freya. Cuius etiam simulacrum fingunt cum ingenti priapo. Þá svarar Skírnir, sagði svá at hann skal fara sendiferð en Freyr skal fá honum sverð sitt. Freyr and Freyja figure in many lays and stories of medieval Iceland. Here Odin and the Æsir are men from Asia who gain power through their prowess in war and Odin's skills. Many Norse accounts claim that he was the twin brother of the goddess Freya. En er hann leit í norðrætt, þá sá hann á einum bœ mikit hús ok fagrt, ok til þess húss gekk kona, ok er hon tók upp höndum ok lauk hurð fyrir sér þá lýsti af höndum hennar bæði í lopt ok á lög, ok allir heimar birtusk af henni. Frø quoque deorum satrapa sedem haud procul Upsala cepit, ubi veterem litationis morem tot gentibus ac saeculis usurpatum tristi infandoque piaculo mutavit. He governs also the prosperity of men. Freyr is one of the main Vanir gods in Norse mythology but he was also accepted as an honorary Æsir (Asgardian) god in Asgard after the Æsir-Vanir War. Freyr (Old Norse: Lord), sometimes anglicized as Frey, is a widely attested god associated with sacral kingship, virility and prosperity, with sunshine and fair weather, and pictured as a phallic fertility god in Norse mythology. Freyr er hinn ágætasti af ásum. Odin makes Njörðr and Freyr priests of sacrifices and they become influential leaders. A strophe of the Anglo-Saxon rune poem (c. 1100) records that: This may refer to the origins of the worship of Ingui in the tribal areas that Tacitus mentions in his Germania as being populated by the Inguieonnic tribes. The Old Norse name Freyr ('lord') stems from a Proto-Norse form reconstructed as *fraujaʀ based upon the attested runic inscriptions fraui (c. 800 AD) and frohila (from an earlier *frōjila). A chariot drawn by cats was another of her vehicles. He is the son of Njord, and he is the brother of the goddess Freya, unfortunately, his mother is unknown.His name means “Lord” and it can be spelled in various ways, for instance, Frey, Frej, Frø, Frö, and Frøj. He delivered abominable offerings to the powers above by instituting the slaughter of human victims. His likeness, too, they fashion with an immense phallus. Ynglinga saga 4, Schultz's edition, While Njord was with the Vanaland people he had taken his own sister in marriage, for that was Freyja is the owner of the necklace Brísingamen, rides a chariot pulled by two cats, is accompanied by the boar Hildisvíni, and possesses a cloak of falcon feathers. In the meantime they raised a great mound, in which they placed a door with three holes in it. He had his important in Ragnarok, encountering the giant Surtr in his last battle. According to Adam of Bremen, Freyr was associated with peace and pleasure, and was represented with a phallic statue in the Temple at Uppsala. Snorri Sturluson starts his epic history of the kings of Norway with Ynglinga saga, a euhemerized account of the Norse gods. King Hadingus is cursed after killing a divine being and atones for his crime with a sacrifice. Hann ræðr ok fésælu manna. When he dies he is buried in a howe. Gesta Danorum 6, Olrik's edition, After Bemoni's death Starkather, because of his valour, was summoned by the Biarmian champions and there performed many feats worthy of the tellings. Njörðr and Skaði ask Skírnir to go and talk with him. The loss of Freyr's sword has consequences. Ynglinga saga 4, Laing's translation. Freyr (Old Norse: Lord), sometimes anglicized as Frey, is a widely attested god in Norse mythology, associated with sacral kingship, virility, peace and prosperity, with sunshine and fair weather, and with good harvest. Usually depicted as a brawny man with his flowing hair, Freyr, the son of sea-god Njord (and frost giantess, Skadi or Njord’s unnamed sister), was hailed as the foremost of deities when it came to the aspect of fertility – covering both sexual and ecological scopes. In this short story, a man named Gunnar was suspected of manslaughter and escaped to Sweden, where Gunnar became acquainted with this young priestess. The only extended myth related about Freyr in the Prose Edda is the story of his marriage. Frey built a great temple at Upsal, made it his chief seat, and gave it all his taxes, his land, and goods. Freyr is the son of Njörðr, and brother of Freyja; his mother is not named, but Loki says in Lokasenna, stanza 36, that Njörðr had Freyr by his own sister.This is collaborated in Ynglinga saga, where Snorri says that Njörðr had taken his own sister in marriage, which was allowed by Vanir law, and that their children were Freyr and Freyja.. He’s also an honorary member of the other tribe of Norse gods, the Aesir, having arrived in their fortress, Asgard, as a hostage at the closing of the Aesir-Vanir War. Ynglinga saga 13, Schultz's edition, When it became known to the Swedes that Frey was dead, and yet peace and good seasons continued, they believed that it must be so as long as Frey remained in Sweden; and therefore they would not burn his remains, but called him the god of this world, and afterwards offered continually blood-sacrifices to him, principally for peace and good seasons. The 12th Century Danish Gesta Danorum describes Freyr, under the name Frø, as the "viceroy of the gods". According to Adam of Bremen, Freyr was associated with peace and pleasure, and was represented with a phallic statue in the Temple at Uppsala. Lokasenna also mentions that Freyr has servants called Byggvir and Beyla. The woman is Gerðr, a beautiful giantess. Grímnismál, a poem which largely consists of miscellaneous information about the gods, mentions Freyr's abode. Omissions? In the Ic… After Odin's death, Njörðr takes the throne. Freya. They brought all the taxes into the mound, and through the one hole they put in the gold, through the other the silver, and through the third the copper money that was paid. Adeo virtus luxui resistit. According to Snorri Sturluson, Freyr was "the most renowned of the æsir", and was venerated for good harvest and peace. Freyr is fated to fight the fire-giant Surtr and since he does not have his sword he will be defeated. Freyr (Old Norse: Lord), sometimes anglicised as Frey, is a widely attested god associated with sacral kingship, virility and prosperity, with sunshine and fair weather, and pictured as a phallic fertility god in Norse mythology. Her father is Njord. The Swedish royal dynasty was known as the Ynglings from their descent from Yngvi-Freyr. That Freyr had a cult at Uppsala is well confirmed from other sources. Like his sister, he was so shining and beautiful that many people did love him. Freyr is a very important god in Old Norse religion; not so much in Norse mythology as one might suppose, for there he actually appears in only one story, but very much in the cult. Worship of Freyr is alluded to in several Icelanders' sagas. Grímnismál also mentions that the sons of Ívaldi made Skíðblaðnir for Freyr and that it is the best of ships. In the mythological stories in the Icelandic books the Poetic Edda and the Prose Edda, Freyr is presented as one of the Vanir, the son of the god Njörðr as well as the twin brother of the goddess Freyja. In 1904, a Viking Age statuette identified as a depiction of Freyr was discovered on the farm Rällinge in Lunda, Södermanland parish in the province of Södermanland, Sweden. 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