Freyr - Ballad of Veraldur

Dumézil (1973, Appendix I) cites a Faroese ballad recorded in 1840 about Odin and his son Veraldur. It is believed that this Veraldur is also Freyr, as per Snorri's statement that Freyr was veraldar goð as mentioned above. In this ballad Veraldur, Odin's son, sets off to Zealand to seek the king's daughter in marriage despite Odin's warnings. The king of Zealand mislikes Veraldur and tricks him into falling into a brewing vat in a "hall of stone" where Veraldur drowns. When Odin hears the news, he decides to die and go to Asgard where his fol ...

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Freyr is mentioned in several of the poems in the Poetic Edda. The information there is largely consistent with that in the Prose Edda. Some details are confirmed, some are neglected while others are added. Völuspá, generally considered the most powerful of the Eddic poems, describes the final confrontation between Freyr and Surtr during Ragnarök. Surtr fer sunnan með sviga lævi, skínn af sverði sól valtíva. Grjótbjörg gnata, en ...

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Freyr (sometimes anglicized Frey[1]) is one of the most important deities in Norse paganism and Norse mythology. Worshipped as a fertility god, Freyr bestows "peace and pleasure" upon mortals. He rules over the rain, the shining of the sun and thereby the produce of the fields. He is one of the Vanir, the son of the sea god Njörðr and brother of the love goddess Freyja. The gods gave him Álfheimr, the realm of the Elves, as a teethi ...

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When Snorri Sturluson composed the Prose Edda in 13th century Iceland the pagan gods were still remembered despite more than two centuries of Christianity. Snorri introduces Freyr as one of the major gods. Njörðr í Nóatúnum gat síðan tvau börn, hét sonr Freyr en dóttir Freyja. Þau váru fögr álitum ok máttug. Freyr er hinn ágætasti af ásum. Hann ræðr fyrir regni ok skini sólar, ok þar með ávexti jarðar, ok á hann er gott at heita til árs ok friðar. Hann ræðr ok fésælu mann ...

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In Iceland, Freyr was second only to Thor in popularity. Some last vestiges of the offerings to Freyr still survive on the Swedish Christmas table in the form of the Christmas Ham, so great was his importance. A strophe of the Anglo Saxon Rune Poem (circa 1100) records that: Ing was first among the East Danes seen by men and this may refer to the origins of the worship of Ingui in the tribal areas that Tacitus mentions in his Germania as being populated by the Inguieonnic tribes. A later ...

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The courtship of Freyr and Gerðr is dealt with extensively in the Eddic poem Skírnismál. Freyr is depressed after seeing Gerðr. Njörðr and Skaði ask Skírnir to go and talk with him. Freyr reveals the cause of his grief and asks Skírnir to go to Jötunheimr to woo Gerðr for him. Freyr gives Skírnir a horse and his magical sword for the journey. Mar ek þér þann gef, er þik um myrkvan berr vísan vafrloga, ok þat sverð, er sjalft mun v ...

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One of the oldest written sources on pre-Christian Scandinavian religious practices is Adam of Bremen's Gesta Hammaburgensis Ecclesiae Pontificum. Writing around 1080 Adam had access to first-hand accounts on pagan practices in Sweden. In his description of the Temple at Uppsala he mentions Freyr by the Latinized name Fricco. Nunc de supersticione Sueonum pauca dicemus. Nobilissimum illa gens templum habet, quod Ubsola dicitur, non longe positum ab Sictona civitate. In hoc templo, quod totum ex auro paratum est, statu ...

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Snorri Sturluson's starts his epic history of the kings of Norway with Ynglingasaga, a euhemerized account of the Norse gods. Here Odin and the Æsir are men from Asia who gain power through their prowess in war and Odin's skills. But when Odin attacks the Vanir he bites off more than he can chew and peace is negotiated after a destructive and undecisive war. Hostages are exchanged to seal the peace deal and the Vanir send Freyr and Njörðr to live with the Æsir. At this point the saga, like Lokasenna, mentions that ...

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The Danish Gesta Danorum describes Freyr, under the name Frø, as the "viceroy of the gods". Frø quoque deorum satrapa sedem haud procul Upsala cepit, ubi veterem litationis morem tot gentibus ac saeculis usurpatum tristi infandoque piaculo mutavit. Siquidem humani generis hostias mactare aggressus foeda superis libamenta persolvit. — Book 3 "There was also a viceroy of the gods, Frø, who took up residence not far from Uppsala and altered the ancient system of sacrifice practised for centuries among many peopl ...

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Freyr, Freyr - Adam of Bremen, Freyr - The Prose Edda, Freyr - The Poetic Edda, Freyr - Skírnismál, Freyr - Skaldic poetry, Freyr - Heimskringla, Freyr - Icelanders' sagas, Freyr - Gesta Danorum, Freyr - Other traditions, Freyr - Ballad of Veraldur, Freyr - Possible Later Survivals, Freyr - Notes

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