Freyja

thumb|A depiction of Freyja. Within Norse paganism, Freyja was the deity primarily associated with .

thumb|Ódr and Freyja in: Óðr once again begins another journey, leaving Freyja distressed by [[Carl Emil Doepler 'The Elder' (1882).]]

thumb|"Freya" (1882) by Carl Emil Doepler

thumb|The Æsir lift Gullveig on spears over fire as illustrated by Lorenz Frølich (1895)

thumb|Heimdall returns Brisingamen to Freyja, painting by Nils Blommér (1846).

thumb|right|"Freyja awakes Hyndla" (1908) by W. G. Collingwood. thumb|"The Ancestry of Ottar" (1908) by W. G. Collingwood. Hyndluljóð (Old Norse: 'The Lay of Hyndla') is an Old Norse poem often considered a part of the Poetic Edda. It is preserved in its entirety only in Flateyjarbók, but some stanzas are also quoted in the Prose Edda, where they are said to come from Völuspá hin skamma. __NOTOC__ Hyndluljóð is believed to be a relatively late Eddic poem, dating to the second half of the 12th century or later, although including much older traditions, such as that of the 4th c. Gothic king Er

thumb|right|Heimdall and the little Hnoss in: how all things came to be by [[Willy Pogany (1920).]] In Norse mythology, Hnoss (Old Norse: "treasure") is the daughter of Freyja and Óðr, and the twin sister of Gersemi. She is the goddess of wealth, friendship and happiness.

In Norse mythology, Gersemi (Old Norse: "relic") is the daughter of Freyja and Óðr, and the twin sister of Hnoss. She is the goddess of beauty, adoration and freedom.

In Norse mythology, Sessrúmnir (Old Norse "seat-room" or "seat-roomer") is both the goddess Freyja's hall located in Fólkvangr, a field where Freyja receives half of those who die in battle (Odin takes the other half to Valhalla), and also the name of a ship. Both the hall and the ship are attested in the Prose Edda, written in the 13th century by Snorri Sturluson. Scholarly theories have been proposed regarding a potential relation between the hall and the ship.

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semi-opera by John Dryden and Henry Purcell

14th century Norse text