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125:. However, the figure described by Tacitus is female. Based on this scholars have suggested a Proto-Germanic hermaphroditic deity or a gender aspectual pair (similar to Freyja and Freyr), identified the obscure Old Norse goddess name 361:. Grimm suggested that Freyja was thought of as the daughter of the female Nerthus and Freyr as the son of the male Njörðr. It is possible that the goddess' name survives in the uncharacterized 1623: 78:
The situation is further complicated in that narratives describing the birth of Freyr and Freyja contradictorily cite the birth of the siblings occurring either after or before Njörðr left
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that occurred after he came to live among the Æsir, Snorri states that Freyr and Freyja were born after that; Freyr is also presented as the son of Njörðr and Skaði in the Eddic poem
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as a potential name for the otherwise unnamed goddess, and in some cases identified a potential reflex of a narrative about Njörðr and his sister-wife in
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While Njorth lived with the Vanir he had his sister as wife, because that was the custom among them. Their children were Frey and Freya.
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as more likely to be original and taken Freyr and Freyja as having been therefore born to Njörðr by an unmentioned Vanic wife.
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characterizes Freyr and Freyja as the offspring of Njörðr by his unnamed sister, to whom he was married by Vanic custom:
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also in the 13th century but based on earlier traditional material. The figure receives no further mention in
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Freyr, and presumably Freyja, accompanies Njörðr when he comes to live with the Æsir as a hostage after the
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ch. 13 (24): "Njǫrðr í Nóatúnum gat síðan tvau bǫrn. Hét sonr Freyr en dóttir Freyja." In
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deity, or more likely that they were a married twin pair, parallel to Freyr and Freyja.
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Die Götter—Vorstellungen über den Kosmos—der Untergang des Heidentums
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alludes to Freyja having been "surprised" in Vanic incest with her brother.
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Anthropomorphic wooden cult figurines of Central and Northern Europe
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Myth and Religion of the North: The Religion of Ancient Scandinavia
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suggested a remnant of ancient Indo-European custom. Since
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people, clan, and place names in Germanic heroic legend
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describes rituals surrounding a deity by the name of
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Index

Norse mythology
Njörðr
Freyr
Freyja
Poetic Edda
Lokasenna
Heimskringla
Ynglinga saga
euhemerized
Snorri Sturluson
Old Norse
Vanaheimr
Æsir
Skaði
Skírnismál
Germania
Tacitus
Nerthus
etymologically
Njörun
Saxo Grammaticus
Gesta Danorum
euhemerized
Ynglinga saga
Snorri Sturluson
Lee M. Hollander
Eddic
Lokasenna
Loki
Ursula Dronke

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