Talk:Gefjun

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[edit] Overhaul

I am going to give this article an overhaul and so I copy in advance the section where bits of information may be lost because I may not find them in my reference works:

Gefjun ("giver"; also Gefion, Gefjon, Gefyon, Gefn) was, in Norse mythology, a seeress and goddess, a member of both the Vanir and the Æsir. 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.^{[citation needed]}

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 (Odin). Many legendary Danish kings claimed to be descended from her.

The goddess' 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.

When I am done, anyone who feels that a piece of information has been unjustly removed can reinsert it from this talkpage.--Berig 07:50, 19 May 2007 (UTC)