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Odin was one of the chief gods of the early people of Scandinavia in northern Europe. In their mythology (called Norse mythology), they imagined Odin as an old man with a…

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Freya, also spelled Freyia, Freyja, or Frea, in Norse mythology, was the goddess of love, beauty, youth, and fertility. Her brother was Frey, also a fertility god, and, like their father, Njord, a god of wealth.

The most beautiful of the Asynjur goddesses, Freya was considered second in rank only to Frigg, Odin's wife, with whom she was sometimes confused. Freya was also the goddess of a form of magic, called seiyr, which she taught to Odin and the other Aesir.

Like her brother and her father, Freya was one of the agricultural Vanir gods rather than the warrior Aesir gods, but was sent to live among the Aesir in their heavenly realm of Asgard as part of a peace treaty between the two groups.

In Asgard, Freya lived in a beautiful palace called Folkvangar (Field of Folks), which contained a large hall called Sessrumnir (Rich in Feasts). Like the Valkyries, Freya surveyed the battlefields to find the souls of the valiant. She traveled in a chariot driven by two cats. When warriors were slain in battle, she was entitled to half of these souls; the rest belonged to Odin. Freya would be their hostess for banquets in Sessrumnir. Sometimes she also waited on the heroes' souls at Odin's banquet hall Valhalla, along with the Valkyries.

Freya was married to Od (also spelled Ódr or Odur), about whom little else is known, except that they had a daughter named Hnoss, who was said to be as beautiful and precious as treasure. Od was often away on travels. When he was gone, Freya wept tears of pure gold in her longing for him. Sometimes she traveled in search of Od and adopted other names, such as Mardoll (Shining over the Sea), Horn, Gefn, Syr, and Vanadjs, among the people she encountered while looking for her husband.

Freya had a reputation for sexual adventures, for which she was often berated. She was sometimes called a "she goat" on account of her affairs, and the giantess Hyndla commented that "many have stolen under thy girdle."

As Freya was consummately desirable, she was often pressed for her favors. The giant who built the citadel of the gods had insisted on Freya as payment for the task, and the goddess was in danger of having to fulfill the bargain until the gods Loki and Thor intervened. In another episode, the giant Thrym stole Thor's hammer, Mjolnir, in an attempt to trade it for Freya's hand in marriage. Thor, with Loki's aid, impersonated Freya in order to trick Thrym and get his hammer back.

Freya loved jewels and adornments, and her most famous possession was the Brisingamen necklace. She happened to see the Brising dwarfs, who were skilled goldsmiths, make this necklace, and offered them a great deal of gold for it. But the dwarfs refused the gold. Instead, their price was that she spend one night with each of them. She agreed. In one account Loki stole the famous necklace from Freya and hid it in the sea at a place called Singastein. Loki turned himself into a seal in order to keep watch over it. Odin's son Heimdall, Loki's perpetual adversary, also turned himself into a seal, and retrieved the necklace for Freya.

High-ranking women in Scandinavia were given the title of Freya, or "Lady." Freya was considered a very accessible deity, sympathetic to prayers regarding affairs of the heart, and was known to be very fond of love songs

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Freya, also spelled Freyia, Freyja, or Frea, in Norse mythology, was the goddess of love, beauty, youth, and fertility. Her brother was Frey, also a fertility god, and, like their father, Njord, a god of wealth. The most beautiful of the Asynjur goddesses, Freya was considered second in rank only to Frigg, Odin's wife, with whom she was sometimes confused.

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Thor was one of the most important gods in Norse, or Viking, mythology. In some stories he was the son of Odin, the chief Norse god. Thor was sometimes equated with the Roman god Jupiter, who was also called Jove. The Romans named a day of the week for Jupiter. In English that became Thursday (Thor's day).

Thor's name was the Germanic word for thunder. He was a warrior who had enormous strength. In pictures he was shown as a large man with a red beard. He always had with him a magic hammer called Mjollnir. Thor used the hammer in many battles. He could throw it and it would return to him like a boomerang. The Norse people believed that when the ground was struck by lightning, Thor had sent his hammer crashing to the earth.

Thor protected the gods in their home, which was called Asgard. He also protected humans, who lived in Midgard. He battled giants, trolls, and other evil beings.

One of his battles was against a serpent called Jörmungand. He failed to kill the serpent, but he was destined to fight Jörmungand again at the time of Ragnarök, the end of the world. A book written in Iceland in the 1200s collected many of the stories of Norse mythology. According to that book, called The Younger (Prose) Edda, at the time of Ragnarök, the best fighter among the gods would succeed in killing the serpent. But Thor himself would die from the poison the serpent spat at him.

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Thor was one of the most important gods in Norse, or Viking, mythology. In some stories he was the son of Odin, the chief Norse god. Thor was sometimes equated with the Roman god Jupiter, who was also called Jove. The Romans named a day of the week for Jupiter.