Deity Ásynjur
Freyja
Goddess associated with love, beauty, fertility, sex, war, gold, and seiðr in Norse mythology
- Child of Njord and Sister-wife of Njörðr
- Consort of Óðr
A god is known
by the accounts
that name it.
Accounts kept apart
Family
The family of Freyja
Parents, consorts and children as the accounts give them. Choose a consort to see the children the stories give the two.
Accounts differ about a god’s family. Where they name different parents, the tree sets them side by side instead of choosing one.
The family as a list · 8
Kinship in an account 8
What this means
Parentage as a named source tells it. Not an independently established biological relationship, and different accounts disagree.
Does not imply an independently established biological relationship · agreement between accounts · marriage as a legal institution · exclusivity, or a single canonical pairing · shared parentage in every account · descent from the same generation in a single tree
Imported from Wikidata unless a tile says otherwise. Nothing here has been read by an editor.
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child of (child) Njord one of the Vanir, a group of gods within Norse mythology - child of (child) Sister-wife of Njörðr Norse mythological character
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parent of (mother) Gersemi Norse mythical character - parent of (mother) Hnoss Old Norse Goddess; fictional character
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parent of (mother) Sigyn mythical wife of Loki -
partner of Odin widely attested deity in Norse mythology -
partner of (spouse) Óðr nordic god -
sibling of Freyr Norse god associated with kingship, fertility, peace, prosperity, fair weather, and good harvest
Accounts
Where Freyja appears
Each work is its own account. Where two disagree about a parent or a deed, both readings stand.
What this means
Works this figure is recorded as appearing in. Each is an account, not a chapter of one story: where two of them disagree about a parent or a deed, both readings stand and this site keeps the disagreement. The earliest account below is computed from these works, not stated by any source — a fact about which texts this collection holds and when they were written, not a date for the figure, who has none, and not a floor for the tradition, which is older than anything that survives of it.
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No date recordedLokasenna
Old Norse poem from the Poetic Edda -
No date recordedHyndluljóð
Old Norse poem often considered part of the Poetic Edda - Written 14th century CE
Sörla þáttr
14th-century Norse work
The earliest account held here Computed
Sörla þáttr written 14th century CE
A date for the text, never for the deity.Connections
How Freyja connects
Grouped by the kind of relationship, because a successor is not a son and a shared symbol is not an influence.
Affiliation 4
What this means
Association with a tradition or school. Traditions branch, overlap and re-merge; this is not a clean single-origin tree.
Does not imply a fixed roster · that every account of the tradition knows this figure · personal belief at every point in a life · the practice of a population
Imported from Wikidata unless a tile says otherwise. Nothing here has been read by an editor.
- is part of Ásynjur plural feminine of Æsir
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is part of Norse mythology the body of myths belonging to the North Germanic peoples -
is part of Vanir group of norse gods associated with fertility, wisdom and the ability to see the future - belongs to Norse mythology the body of myths belonging to the North Germanic peoples
Identification 2
What this means
One figure treated as another in some context. Not literal identity in all contexts, and usually a claim by a third party.
Does not imply literal identity in all contexts · that either tradition made the identification
Imported from Wikidata unless a tile says otherwise. Nothing here has been read by an editor.
Sources
Sources and evidence
Where every statement on this page comes from, and how each one stands.
15 statements on this record
- 11 Has references The statement cites something outside Wikimedia. That citation has not been checked here.
- 4 Imported Taken from Wikidata as it stands. Nobody here has read it.
Only this record’s own statements. What other records say about it is counted on theirs.
Three layers, three licences
- Text
- Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0, quoted, not merged
- Pictures
- Wikimedia Commons · each file’s own terms
Review
Not yet read by an editor here. Every relationship on this page is an import.
Disagreements are kept, not resolved, and a count of sources is not a confidence score.
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