Gefjun
Sign in to savethumb|300px|Detail of the Gefion Fountain (1908) by [[Anders Bundgaard]] In Norse mythology, Gefjon (Old Norse: ; alternatively spelled Gefion, or Gefjun , pronounced without secondary syllable stress) is a goddess associated with ploughing, the Danish island of Zealand, the legendary Swedish king Gylfi, the legendary Danish king Skjöldr, foreknowledge, her oxen children, and virginity. Gefjon is attested in the Poetic Edda, compiled in the 13th century from earlier traditional sources; the Prose Edda and Heimskringla, written in the 13th century by Snorri Sturluson; in the works of skalds; an
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Na mitologia nórdica, Gefjun (ou Gefjon, ou ainda a grafia alternativa Gefion) é uma deusa Vanir, associada à arada, a ilha dinamarquesa Zelândia, a o rei sueco lendário , o rei e a virgindade. Ela é citada no Edda em verso, compilado no século XIII a partir de fontes tradicionais; no Edda em prosa e no Heimskringla, escrito também no século XIII por Snorri Sturluson. Também, nas obras dos escaldos.
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