The Poetic Edda on Gefjun
The > Volume I > Introductory Note
- attribution: Gefjun delivers a speech in the verse.
"18. "To Loki I speak not | with spiteful words Here within Ægir's hall; And Bragi I calm, | who is hot with beer, For I wish not that fierce they should fight."
Gefjun spake:"
The > Volume I > Notes
attestation: Gefjun is a goddess served by women who died as maidens, according to Snorri
"Gefjun: a goddess, not elsewhere mentioned in the poems, who, according to Snorri, was served by the women who died maidens"
attestation: Gefjun may be another name for Frigg, with some of Freyja's attributes mixed in
"it has been suggested that Gefjun is really Frigg under another name, with a little of Freyja—whose attributes were frequently confused with Frigg's—thrown in"