Knowra Frigg Frigg Frigg is a goddess in Norse mythology, wife of Odin and associated with marriage, motherhood, and foresight. She presides over a household and knows the fates of beings, though she does not reveal them.
Baldr : A god in Norse mythology whose death is foretold and mourned by the gods. Frigg tries to protect her son Baldr from every danger, but an overlooked mistletoe becomes fatal.
Odin : The chief god in many Norse sources, associated with wisdom, war, poetry, and the dead. Frigg is identified as Odin’s wife, though myths sometimes portray them in conflict.
Freyja : A Norse goddess associated with love, fertility, battle, and the afterlife. Freyja shares associations with love and fertility, but the sources distinguish her from Frigg.
Friday : The day of the week between Thursday and Saturday, named for a Germanic goddess. The English name is traditionally connected with Frigg, though the precise goddess behind the weekday varies across traditions.
Nanna : A goddess in Norse mythology, wife of Baldr, who dies after his death. Her death and funeral deepen the tragedy surrounding Frigg’s son.
Æsir : The principal group of gods in Norse mythology, including Odin, Thor, and Frigg. Frigg belongs to the Æsir and shares their divine community.
Jörð : A personified earth goddess in Norse mythology and a mother of Thor by Odin. Jörð, rather than Frigg, is named as Thor’s mother in key sources.
Motherhood in Norse mythology : The roles and representations of mothers in surviving Norse mythological sources. Frigg’s grief for Baldr makes maternal loss central to her best-known myth.
Loki : A shape-shifting figure in Norse mythology who brings harm and disruption among the gods. Disguised as an old woman, Loki learns that Frigg left mistletoe unbound by her protective oath.
Norse mythology : The myths and religious traditions of pre-Christian Scandinavia and related North Germanic cultures. Its surviving texts provide the main accounts of Frigg.
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