Freyja

Vanir goddess of love, fertility, war-dead and seiðr; daughter of Njǫrðr, sister of Freyr.

Parentage

• parent: Njǫrðr

Domains

• love beauty
• war slain
• magic seidr

Powers

• Work seiðr to see and shape fate
• Fly wearing a feathered falcon cloak
• choose half the battle-slain for her hall Sessrumnir in Folkvang

Epithets

• Vanadís old-norse · skaldicDís (lady/goddess) of the VanirSnorri Sturluson, Skáldskaparmál 28 (Prose Edda) (primary)
• Mardǫll old-norse · eddicA by-name of Freyja listed among her namesSnorri Sturluson, Gylfaginning 35 (Prose Edda) (primary)
• Gefn old-norse · eddicThe giver; a by-name of FreyjaSnorri Sturluson, Gylfaginning 35 & Skáldskaparmál (Prose Edda) (primary)
• Sýr old-norse · eddicSow; a by-name of FreyjaSnorri Sturluson, Gylfaginning 35 (Prose Edda) (primary); Simek, Dictionary of Northern Mythology, s.v. Sýr (secondary)
• Hǫrn old-norse · eddicA by-name of Freyja (cf. place-names in Hörn-)Snorri Sturluson, Gylfaginning 35 (Prose Edda) (primary)

Relations

• sibling: FreyrHer twin brother, the Vanir god Freyr; both children of Njörðr.Lokasenna 32; Gylfaginning 24 (primary)

Sources

• existence: Prose Edda, Gylfaginning 24, 35 (primary)