Frigg
Norse · deity · mythic prehistoric · Recorded classification
Queen of the Æsir, wife of Odin and mother of Baldr; foreknowing patroness of marriage.
Children
Domains
- marriage motherhood
- foreknowledge
Powers
- Know all fates though she tells none
- Bind all things by protective oath
Epithets
- Hlín protective hypostasis/byname of FriggVöluspá 53; Snorri, Gylfaginning 35 (primary)
- Saga goddess often identified with Frigg, drinking with Odin at SökkvabekkrGrímnismál 7 (primary)
- Fjǫrgvinsdóttir Daughter of Fjǫrgynn (the masculine ancestor)Lokasenna 26 (Poetic Edda) (primary)
Relations
- spouse: OdinQueen of the Æsir, wife of Odin and mother of Baldr.Vafþrúðnismál; Lokasenna 26-27; Gylfaginning (primary)
- equated with: FrigCognates < PGmc *Frijjo 'beloved'; Frigedæg and ON Frjádagr both calque dies Veneris, showing a shared Venus-reading. OE Frig is attested almost solely through the weekday — the equation is philological.R. Simek, Dictionary of Northern Mythology (1993), s.v. 'Frigg' (secondary); J. de Vries, Altgermanische Religionsgeschichte, 2nd ed. (1956-57) (secondary)
Sources
- existence: Prose Edda, Gylfaginning 20, 35, 49 (primary)