The Fridthjof's Saga: A Norse Romance on Frey

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• attestation: In Tegnér's poem, Frey bears the sun as a crest on his bonnet and is depicted with a lordly presence alongside Odin on the dais of honor.

  "Frey and Odin supported the dais of honor, Odin with lordly look, Frey with the sun for a crest on his bonnet."

• attestation: The arm-ring bore images of Frey's castle Alfheim, Sokvabek where Odin and Saga drank wine from a gold shell representing the Ocean, and Balder enthroned at midsummer.

  "First there was Frey's castle Alfheim, that is the sun, which born newly, Starts once again to ascend the steep pathway of Heaven at Yule-time. There too was Sokvabek; seated within it were Odin and Saga Drinking together their wine from a gold shell,--that shell is the Ocean, Colored with gold from the glow of the morning."

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• attestation: Frey is the god of harvests and dispenser of wealth; Freyja is Frey's sister and goddess of love; Gerd is Frey's wife and very beautiful.

  "FREY (a lord). The god of harvests: the dispenser of wealth. FREYJA. Frey's soster, and goddess of love.

GERD. Frey's wife, and very beautiful."