Freyja

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Freyja is a major Norse goddess associated with love, beauty, fertility, magic, and war, often depicted as a powerful and independent figure who rides a chariot drawn by cats.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Freya 1
Norse goddess Freyja 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Norse goddess
mythological figure
associatedWith beauty
cats
death
falcons
fertility
gold
love
magic
seiðr
sex
war
brother Freyr
child Gersemi
Hnoss
culture Norse mythology
surface form: Germanic mythology

Norse mythology
domain battle
fertility
love
magic
epithet Gefn
Mardöll
Sýr
Thröng
Vanadís
family Vanir
Aesir
surface form: Æsir
father Njord
surface form: Njörðr
gender female
hall Sessrúmnir
influenced later Germanic and Scandinavian folk beliefs
mother Njörðr’s unnamed sister
notableMyth acquisition of Brísingamen
weeping tears of gold for Óðr
practices seiðr
receives half of the slain in battle
residence Fólkvangr
sharesSlainWith Odin
spouse Óðr
symbol Brísingamen
teaches seiðr to the Æsir
vehicle chariot drawn by cats
falcon-feather cloak
wears Brísingamen necklace
worshipPeriod Viking Age
worshipRegion Scandinavia

Referenced by (16)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Njord child Freyja
Vikings deityWorshipped Freyja
Norse mythology hasDeity Freyja
Vanir hostageToAesir Freyja
Vanir member Freyja
Freya radar nameOrigin Freyja
this entity surface form: Norse goddess Freyja
Freya radar namedAfter Freyja
this entity surface form: Freya
Njord parentOf Freyja
Frigg possibleCognateWith Freyja
Frigg relatedDeity Freyja
Odin sharesSlainWith Freyja
Freyr sibling Freyja
Freyr twin Freyja