Freyr, the ruler of Alfheim (“elf home”=realm of the elves), is the god of sun and rain, virility, fertlility and the patron of bountiful harvests. He is both a god of peace and a brave warrior.
Freyr is the most prominent and most beautiful of the male members of the Vanir.
He is married to the beautiful giantess Gerd, and he and his twinsister Freya, are the children of Njord and Njord’s sister Jord.
Freyr has two equestrian-animals: A golden boar Gullinbursti (“golden bristle”) ,which was made for him by the dwarves Brokk and Eitri, and a horse named Blodighofi - (“The one with blood on the hoofs”).
Freyr owns the ship Skidbladnir (“wooden-bladed”), which always sails directly towards its target, and which can become so small that it can fit in Freyr’s pocket.
He also possessed a sword that would by itself emerge from its sheath and spread a field with carnage whenever the owner desired it.
Freyr’s shield bearer and servant is Skirnir, to whom he gave his sword, which Skirnir demanded as a reward for making Gerd his wife.
Would he miss his self-fighting sword? There are two mentioned fights where he doesn’t have his self-fightning sword:
He fought Beli (who seems to have been the celtic God with powers similar to his own) and defeated Beli with an antler as a weapon. Beli was no match for him, and he could have killed Beli with his bare hands.
His second mentioned fight/duel is harder:
On the day of Ragnarok Frey will, in lack of the self-fighting sword, wrestle the fire giant Surt, who kills him.
Freyr, sometimes referred to as Yngvi-Freyr, was especially associated with Sweden and seen as an ancestor of the former Swedish royal house. The center of his cult was the city Uppsala in Sweden. In southern Sweden he was called Fricco.
~Mary & Mattias~
Freyr has two equestrian-animals: A golden boar Gullinbursti (“golden bristle”) ,which was made for him by the dwarves Brokk and Eitri, and a horse named Blodighofi - (“The one with blood on the hoofs”).
Freyr owns the ship Skidbladnir (“wooden-bladed”), which always sails directly towards its target, and which can become so small that it can fit in Freyr’s pocket.
He also possessed a sword that would by itself emerge from its sheath and spread a field with carnage whenever the owner desired it.
Freyr’s shield bearer and servant is Skirnir, to whom he gave his sword, which Skirnir demanded as a reward for making Gerd his wife.
Would he miss his self-fighting sword? There are two mentioned fights where he doesn’t have his self-fightning sword:
He fought Beli (who seems to have been the celtic God with powers similar to his own) and defeated Beli with an antler as a weapon. Beli was no match for him, and he could have killed Beli with his bare hands.
His second mentioned fight/duel is harder:
On the day of Ragnarok Frey will, in lack of the self-fighting sword, wrestle the fire giant Surt, who kills him.
Freyr, sometimes referred to as Yngvi-Freyr, was especially associated with Sweden and seen as an ancestor of the former Swedish royal house. The center of his cult was the city Uppsala in Sweden. In southern Sweden he was called Fricco.
~Mary & Mattias~
