Fjörgyn
Fjörgyn f. or Fjörgynn m. is the name of two characters from Nordic mythology .
In Hárbarðslióð and Völuspá , Fjörgyn is a name for Jörd , mother of the god Thor .
In Skáldskaparmál and Lokasenna , Fjörgynn is the father of the goddess Frigg .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Hárbarðslióð , verse 56: "There Fiörgyn Thôr meets her son:"
- ↑ Völuspá , verse 55: "Yet Fiörgyn's son travels nine feet"
- ↑ Skáldskaparmál, Friggjarkenningar (Chapter 27, Chapter 19 in other editions): “Hvernig Skal kenna Frigg? Svá, at kalla hana dóttur Fjörgyns , kona Óðins, móður Baldrs "
- ↑ Ögisdrecka , verse 26: “ Be quiet , Frigg! Fiörgynn's daughter is you "
literature
- Rudolf Simek : Lexicon of Germanic Mythology (= Kröner's pocket edition . Volume 368). 2nd, supplemented edition. Kröner, Stuttgart 1995, ISBN 3-520-36802-1 .