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Mythological Kings of Sweden: Freyr, Njoror, Odin, Yngling, Alrek and Eirik, Fjolnir, Halfdan, Dag the Wise, Yngvi, Vanlandi, Jorund, Agne

Mythological Kings of Sweden: Freyr, Njoror, Odin, Yngling, Alrek and Eirik, Fjolnir, Halfdan, Dag the Wise, Yngvi, Vanlandi, Jorund, Agne


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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 35. Chapters: Freyr, Njoror, Odin, Yngling, Alrek and Eirik, Fjolnir, Halfdan, Dag the Wise, Yngvi, Vanlandi, Jorund, Agne, Haki, Aun, Domalde, Sveigoir, Domar, Yngvi and Alf, Visbur, Dyggvi, Angul, Granmar, Hugleik, Gylfi, Saxo's kings of Sweden, Synardus, Mythical kings of Sweden, Ale the Strong, Hothbrodd, Buoli, Eric Weatherhat, King of Nerike. Excerpt: Freyr (sometimes anglicized Frey, from *frawjaz "lord") is one of the most important gods of Norse paganism. Freyr was highly associated with farming, weather and, as a phallic fertility god, Freyr "bestows peace and pleasure on mortals." Freyr, sometimes referred to as Yngvi-Freyr, was especially associated with Sweden and seen as an ancestor of the Swedish royal house. In the Icelandic books the Poetic Edda and the Prose Edda, Freyr is presented as one of the Vanir, the son of the sea god Njoror, brother of the goddess Freyja. The gods gave him Alfheimr, the realm of the Elves, as a teething present. He rides the shining dwarf-made boar Gullinbursti and possesses the ship Skioblaonir which always has a favorable breeze and can be folded together and carried in a pouch when it is not being used. He has the servants Skirnir, Byggvir, and Beyla. The most extensive surviving Freyr myth relates Freyr's falling in love with the female jotunn Geror. Eventually, she becomes his wife but first Freyr has to give away his magic sword which fights on its own "if wise be he who wields it." Although deprived of this weapon, Freyr defeats the jotunn Beli with an antler. However, lacking his sword, Freyr will be killed by the fire jotunn Surtr during the events of Ragnarok. Written around 1080, one of the oldest written sources on pre-Christian Scandinavian religious practices is Adam of Bremen's Gesta Hammaburgensis ecclesiae pontificum. Adam claimed to have access to first-hand accounts o...


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  • ISBN-13: 9781155372938
  • Publisher: Books LLC, Wiki Series
  • Publisher Imprint: Books LLC, Wiki Series
  • Height: 246 mm
  • No of Pages: 36
  • Spine Width: 2 mm
  • Weight: 82 gr
  • ISBN-10: 115537293X
  • Publisher Date: 29 Aug 2011
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Sub Title: Freyr, Njoror, Odin, Yngling, Alrek and Eirik, Fjolnir, Halfdan, Dag the Wise, Yngvi, Vanlandi, Jorund, Agne
  • Width: 189 mm


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