Freyr
Sign in to savethumb|The Rällinge statuette from [[Södermanland, Sweden, believed to depict Freyr, Viking Age]] In Norse mythology, Freyr (Old Norse: "(the) Lord") is the god associated with kingship, fertility, peace, prosperity, fair weather, and good harvest. Freyr, sometimes referred to as Yngvi-Freyr, was especially associated with Sweden and seen as an ancestor of the Swedish royal house. According to Adam of Bremen, Freyr was associated with peace and pleasure, and was represented with a phallic statue in the Temple at Uppsala. According to Snorri Sturluson, Freyr was "the most renowned of the æsir",
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In Norse mythology, Freyr was a major god associated with kingship, fertility, peace, prosperity, fair weather, and good harvests, and was especially important to Sweden as an ancestor of its royal house. Freyr mattered significantly to Viking Age Scandinavians because he was believed to bring the conditions necessary for survival and thriving—both in terms of successful crops and stable, peaceful rule.
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- Name
- Adam of Bremen
- ''Prose Edda''
- ''Gylfaginning''
- Skaldic poetry
- ''Nafnaþulur''
- ''Poetic Edda''
- ''Völuspá''
- ''Grímnismál''
- ''Lokasenna''
- ''Skírnismál''
- ''Ynglinga saga''
- ''Ögmundar þáttr dytts''
- Other Icelandic sources
- ''Gesta Danorum''
- Yngvi
- Archaeological record
- Rällinge statuette
- Skog tapestry
- Gullgubber
- Toponyms
- [[Norway]]
- [[Sweden]]
- [[Denmark]]
- Modern influence
- See also
- Notes
- References
- Primary sources
thumb|The Rällinge statuette from [[Södermanland, Sweden, believed to depict Freyr, Viking Age]] In Norse mythology, Freyr (Old Norse: "(the) Lord") is the god associated with kingship, fertility, peace, prosperity, fair weather, and good harvest. Freyr, sometimes referred to as Yngvi-Freyr, was especially associated with Sweden and seen as an ancestor of the Swedish royal house. According to Adam of Bremen, Freyr was associated with peace and pleasure, and was represented with a phallic statue in the Temple at Uppsala. According to Snorri Sturluson, Freyr was "the most renowned of the æsir", and was venerated for good harvest and peace.
In the mythological stories in the Icelandic books the Poetic Edda and the Prose Edda,Freyr, one of the Vanir, is the son of the god Njörðr and his sister-wife, and the twin brother of the goddess Freyja. The gods gave him Álfheimr, the realm of the Elves, as a teething present. 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 is also known to have been associated with the horse cult. He also kept sacred horses in his sanctuary at Trondheim in Norway. He has the servants Skírnir, Byggvir and Beyla.