Var (mythology)

Var ( old north Vár , Vör ) is one of the Asinnen in Norse mythology .

Var means "beloved" and is a goddess of marriage and love, which Snorri in the Gylfaginning says she oversees the contracts that spouses make with one another. Snorri was probably erroneously etymologically guided by the Old Icelandic word várar (contracts) . The meaning "beloved" is considered to be certain (cf. Svölnis Var - "Odin's beloved"). She is also one of the servants of the goddess Frigg . She is probably one of the matrons like Snotra , Hlín or Sjöfn .

literature

Rudolf Simek : Lexicon of Germanic Mythology (= Kröner's pocket edition . Volume 368). 3rd, completely revised edition. Kröner, Stuttgart 2006, ISBN 3-520-36803-X .

Individual evidence

^ Rudolf Simek: Lexicon of Germanic Mythology (= Kröner's pocket edition. Volume 368). Kröner, Stuttgart 1984, ISBN 3-520-36801-3 , p. 434.

[1] Rudolf Simek: Lexicon of Germanic Mythology (= Kröner's pocket edition. Volume 368). Kröner, Stuttgart 1984, ISBN 3-520-36801-3 , p. 434.