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Encyclopedia > Gefjon

In Norse mythology, Gefjun ("giver"; also Gefjon, Gefyon, Gefn) was a seeress and goddess, a member of both the Vanir and the Aesir. All women who die virgin are sent to her hall, and thus she is characterised as a goddess of virtue, yet she was also a fertility goddess.


Moreover, "Gefn" is one of the alternate names of Freyja, the Norse goddess of procreation. It is entirely conceivable that Gefjun is merely an aspect of Freyja in the same way that Morrigan in Irish mythology has a multiplicity of aspects.


She was associated with the plow, virgins and good luck. Girls who died as virgins became her servants in the afterlife.


Her husband was King Skjöld, son of Óðinn. Many Swedish kings claimed to be descended from her.


She created Zealand by taking soil out of Sweden with the help of her four sons, thereby creating the Swedish lake Vänern - which in its outline resembles Zealand.


The goddess's name is shared with a Norse term meaning "marriage", represented by the English language as "give", meaning "wife" (see dowry), and found in the form of a Rune.



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Gefjon ("den givande") var förmodligen en vanagudinna i nordisk mytologi.
Liksom hos Freja är Gefjon förknippad med fruktbarhet och åkerbruk och ett av hennes mer välkända attribut ett halssmycke.
Gefjon for då till Jotunheim och framavlade där fyra jättesöner som hon sedan förvandlade till oxar.
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