Frigg

marriage and motherhood

As the highest goddess and Odin's wife, Frigg stands for marriage, family and knowledge of fate.

💡 Did you know? She knows the future of all beings: but always keeps this knowledge to herself.

queen of the Aesir

As Odin's wife, Frigg is the highest of the Aesir goddesses and mistress of Asgard.

💡 Did you know? Legend says she alone may sit beside Odin on his all-seeing high seat Hlidskjalf.

that of her son Baldr

Frigg made every thing in the world swear never to harm Baldr: but overlooked the harmless mistletoe.

💡 Did you know? It was with a sprig of mistletoe that Baldr was then killed: Loki's deadly trick.

Friday

Friday derives from a Germanic goddess, usually Frigg or Freyja.

💡 Did you know? Frigg and Freyja are sometimes interpreted as two aspects of the same original goddess.

Fensalir

Frigg dwells in the hall Fensalir; from there she watches over marriages and families.

💡 Did you know? Despite her gift of foresight she rarely intervened actively in fate.

with a distaff

Frigg is often shown spinning; she weaves, as it were, the clouds and the threads of fate.

💡 Did you know? In Scandinavia the belt of Orion was called „Frigg's distaff“ after her spinning tool.

all fates

The seeress keeps silent, says the Edda.

💡 Did you know? In this she resembles the Norns.

from all things in the world

Fire, water, ore, beasts, sicknesses …

💡 Did you know? Only the young mistletoe seemed too harmless.

Gná

On the steed Hófvarpnir: “hoof-thrower”.

💡 Did you know? Fulla and Hlín also belong to Frigg's circle.

in the dispute over the Lombards

She turned Odin's bed to the window: the “Longbeards” won.

💡 Did you know? So tells the origin legend of the Lombards.

the high seat Hlidskjalf

From there she too surveys all the worlds.

💡 Did you know? A privilege no other god possesses.

the beloved

From the same root as “free” and “friend”.

💡 Did you know? Her hall Fensalir means “sea halls”.