Frigg

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Frigg is the Norse goddess of marriage, motherhood, and foreknowledge, and the wife of the chief god Odin.


Statements (48)
Predicate Object
instanceOf Norse goddess
deity
associatedWith domestic life
family
fertility
spinning
weaving
childrenWith Odin NERFINISHED
consortOf Odin NERFINISHED
contrastedWith Freyja in some sources
culture Norse mythology
domain household management
marriage vows
maternity
epithet Odin’s wife
queen of the Æsir
gender female
hasAbility foreknowledge
hasChild Baldr NERFINISHED
Hermóðr (in some traditions)
Höðr NERFINISHED
hasDayAssociation Friday (in some etymologies)
knows fate of all beings
languageOfName Old Norse
memberOf Æsir
mentionedIn Poetic Edda NERFINISHED
Prose Edda NERFINISHED
motherOf Baldr NERFINISHED
Höðr NERFINISHED
mythologicalCycle Baldr’s death myth
pantheon Norse pantheon
possibleCognateWith Freyja
relatedDeity Freyja
residence Fensalir
role goddess of foreknowledge
goddess of marriage
goddess of motherhood
sourceText Grímnismál
Gylfaginning
Lokasenna
sphereOfInfluence childbirth
marital fidelity
women’s lives
spouse Odin NERFINISHED
status chief goddess among the Æsir (in many traditions)
symbol distaff
typeOfMythologicalFigure goddess of fate
usuallyDoesNotReveal her foreknowledge

Referenced by (6)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Odin
consort
Norse mythology
hasDeity
Aesir
member
Baldr
mother
Baldr
parent
Odin
spouse

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