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ARTICLES RELATED TO Heimskringla | | | |  Heimskringla: Encyclopedia II - Olof Trätälja - HeimskringlaHis mother was Gauthild, a princess of West götaland, whose maternal grandfather was Olof the Sharp-sighted, the king of Nerike.
His mother sent him to his foster-father Bove in West Götaland, where he grew up with his foster-brother Saxe who was surnamed Flette.
When Olof heard of his father's death, he assembled the men who were willing to follow him and went to his kinsmen in Nerike, because after his father's atrocities, th ...
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| | | | Heimskringla: Encyclopedia II - Temple at Uppsala - Heimskringla Snorri Sturluson relates that the Temple was built by the god Frey, who settled at Uppsala:
Odin took up his residence at the Maelare lake (Mälaren), at the place now called Old Sigtun. There he erected a large temple, where there were sacrifices according to the customs of the Asaland people. He appropriated to himself the whole of that district, and called it Sigtun (by some suggested to be the same as Tacitus's Sitones). To the temple priests he gave also domains. Njord dwelt in Noatun, Frey in Upsal, Heimdal in th ...
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| | | | Heimskringla: Encyclopedia II - Fornsigtuna - Heimskringla In his Heimskringla, Snorri Sturluson relates that odin and the Aesir first arrived at Old Sigtuna when they came to Sweden:
Odin took up his residence at the Maelare lake, at the place now called Old Sigtun. There he erected a large temple, where there were sacrifices according to the customs of the Asaland people. He appropriated to himself the whole of that district, and called it Sigtun. To the temple priests he gave also domains. Njord dwelt in Noatun, Frey in Upsala, Heimdal in the Himinbergs, Thor in Thrudvang, Balder in Breidablik; to all ...
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| | | | Heimskringla: Encyclopedia II - Freyr - Heimskringla 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 ...
See also: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 Read more here: » Freyr: Encyclopedia II - Freyr - Heimskringla |
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| | | | Heimskringla: Encyclopedia - Freya Freya (Old Norse: Freyja), the sister of Frey (Freyr) and the daughter of Niord (Njǫrðr), is usually seen as the fertility goddess of Norse mythology. Freya means lady, female ruler, in Old Norse (cf. fru or Frau in Scandinavian and German). While there are no sources suggesting that she was called on to bring fruitfulness to fields or wombs, she was a goddess of intimacy whose tears were gold. She was also goddess of love, sex, war, beauty, prophecies, and attra ...
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| | | | Heimskringla: Encyclopedia - Norse mythology Bilskirnir, Breidablik, Élivágar, Eliudnir, Fensalir, Fólkvangr, Gimlé, Ginnungagap, Gjallar Bridge, Gjöll, Gladsheim, Glasir, Glitnir, Gnipa, Himinbjörg, Hindarfjall, Horgr, Idavoll, Jotunheim, Ironwood, Hlidskjalf, Midgard, Muspelheim, Mirkwood, Nastrond, Niflheim, Noatun, Sessrúmnir, Singasteinn, Slidr River, Sökkvabekkr, Thrudvang, Thrymheim, Utgard, Valhall, Vanaheim, Hvergelmi ...
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| | | | Heimskringla: Encyclopedia - Odin Odin is considered the highest god in Norse mythology and Norse paganism. His role, like many of the Norse pantheon, is complex: he is god of both wisdom and war. He is also attested as being a god of magic, poetry, victory, and the hunt.
His name is, in Old Norse, Óðinn. Although its precise meaning is debated, the name is thought to be related to the word óðr, meaning "excitation" or "fury".
Worship of Odin dates to Proto-Germanic paganism, and the names Old English (and Old Saxon) Wōden; Old ...
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