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*Frijjō

Index *Frijjō

*Frijjō ("Frigg-Frija") is the reconstructed name or epithet of a hypothetical Common Germanic love goddess, the most prominent female member of the *Ansiwiz (gods), and often identified as the spouse of the chief god, *Wōdanaz (Woden-Odin). [1]

Table of Contents

  1. 44 relations: *Fraujaz, Æsir, Bracteate, Breta sögur, Dís, Deutsche Mythologie, Deutsches Wörterbuch, Distaff, Engen, Germany, Frau Holle, Freyja, Friday, Friendship, Frigg, Frigg and Freyja common origin hypothesis, Germanic languages, Großfahner, Gudme, Hüfingen, Hohenmölsen, Holtzmann's law, Household deity, Jacob Grimm, Jan de Vries (philologist), List of love and lust deities, Lombardic language, Low German, Lower Saxony, Odin, Old English, Old High German, Old Norse, Origo Gentis Langobardorum, Orion (constellation), Oxford English Dictionary, Perchta, Priya (given name), Proto-Germanic language, Proto-Indo-European language, Sanskrit, Spindle (textiles), Swastika (Germanic Iron Age), Upper German, Weaving.

  2. Domestic and hearth deities
  3. Germanic deities
  4. Germanic goddesses
  5. Reconstructed words

*Fraujaz

*Fraujaz or *Frauwaz (Old High German frô for earlier frôjo, frouwo, Old Saxon frao, frōio, Gothic frauja, Old English frēa, Old Norse freyr), feminine *Frawjōn (OHG frouwa, Old Saxon frūa, Old English frōwe, Goth. *fraujō, Old Norse freyja) is a Common Germanic honorific meaning "lord", "lady", especially of deities. *Frijjō and *Fraujaz are Etymologies, Germanic deities and reconstructed words.

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Æsir

Æsir (Old Norse; singular: áss) or ēse (Old English; singular: ōs) are gods in Germanic paganism.

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Bracteate

A bracteate (from the Latin bractea, a thin piece of metal) is a flat, thin, single-sided gold medal worn as jewelry that was produced in Northern Europe predominantly during the Migration Period of the Germanic Iron Age (including the Vendel era in Sweden).

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Breta sögur

Breta sögur (Sagas of the Britons) is an Old Norse-Icelandic rendering of Geoffrey of Monmouth's Historia regum Britanniae with some additional material from other sources.

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Dís

In Norse mythology, a dís (Old Norse:, "lady", plural '''dísir''') is a female deity, ghost, or spirit associated with Fate who can be either benevolent or antagonistic toward mortals.

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Deutsche Mythologie

Deutsche Mythologie (Teutonic Mythology) is a treatise on Germanic mythology by Jacob Grimm. *Frijjō and Deutsche Mythologie are Germanic mythology.

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Deutsches Wörterbuch

The Deutsches Wörterbuch ("The German Dictionary"), abbreviated DWB, is the largest and most comprehensive dictionary of the German language in existence.

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Distaff

A distaff (also called a rock"Rock." The Oxford English Dictionary. 2nd ed. 1989.) is a tool used in spinning.

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Engen, Germany

Engen is a town in the district of Konstanz, in Baden-Württemberg, Germany.

See *Frijjō and Engen, Germany

Frau Holle

"Frau Holle" (also known as "Mother Holle", "Mother Hulda" or "Old Mother Frost") is a German fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm in Children's and Household Tales in 1812 (KHM 24). *Frijjō and Frau Holle are Germanic goddesses.

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Freyja

In Norse mythology, Freyja (Old Norse "(the) Lady") is a goddess associated with love, beauty, fertility, sex, war, gold, and seiðr (magic for seeing and influencing the future). *Frijjō and Freyja are love and lust goddesses.

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Friday

Friday is the day of the week between Thursday and Saturday.

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Friendship

Friendship is a relationship of mutual affection between people.

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Frigg

Frigg (Old Norse) is a goddess, one of the Æsir, in Germanic mythology. *Frijjō and Frigg are Domestic and hearth deities, Germanic goddesses and love and lust goddesses.

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Frigg and Freyja common origin hypothesis

The Frigg and Freyja common origin hypothesis holds that the Old Norse goddesses Frigg and Freyja descend from a common Proto-Germanic figure, as suggested by the numerous similarities found between the two deities. *Frijjō and Frigg and Freyja common origin hypothesis are Etymologies, Germanic deities, Germanic goddesses and Germanic mythology.

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Germanic languages

The Germanic languages are a branch of the Indo-European language family spoken natively by a population of about 515 million people mainly in Europe, North America, Oceania and Southern Africa.

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Großfahner

Großfahner is a municipality in the district of Gotha, in Thuringia, Germany.

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Gudme

Gudme is a town in central Denmark with a population of 925 (1 January 2024), The Mobile Database from Statistics Denmark located in Svendborg municipality on the island of Funen in Region of Southern Denmark.

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Hüfingen

Hüfingen (Low Alemannic: Hifinge) is a town in the district of Schwarzwald-Baar, in Baden-Württemberg, Germany.

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Hohenmölsen

Hohenmölsen is a town in the Burgenlandkreis district, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany.

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Holtzmann's law

Holtzmann's law is a Proto-Germanic sound law originally noted by Adolf Holtzmann in 1838.

See *Frijjō and Holtzmann's law

Household deity

A household deity is a deity or spirit that protects the home, looking after the entire household or certain key members. *Frijjō and household deity are Domestic and hearth deities.

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Jacob Grimm

Jacob Ludwig Karl Grimm (4 January 1785 – 20 September 1863), also known as Ludwig Karl, was a German author, linguist, philologist, jurist, and folklorist.

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Jan de Vries (philologist)

Jan Pieter Marie Laurens de Vries (11 February 1890 – 23 July 1964) was a Dutch philologist, linguist, religious studies scholar, folklorist, educator, writer, editor and public official who specialized in Germanic studies.

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List of love and lust deities

A love deity is a deity in mythology associated with romance, sex, lust, or sexuality.

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Lombardic language

Lombardic or Langobardic (Langobardisch) is an extinct West Germanic language that was spoken by the Lombards (Langobardi), the Germanic people who settled in Italy in the sixth century.

See *Frijjō and Lombardic language

Low German

Low German is a West Germanic language spoken mainly in Northern Germany and the northeastern Netherlands.

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Lower Saxony

Lower Saxony is a German state in northwestern Germany.

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Odin

Odin (from Óðinn) is a widely revered god in Germanic paganism.

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Old English

Old English (Englisċ or Ænglisc), or Anglo-Saxon, was the earliest recorded form of the English language, spoken in England and southern and eastern Scotland in the early Middle Ages.

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Old High German

Old High German (OHG; Althochdeutsch (Ahdt., Ahd.)) is the earliest stage of the German language, conventionally identified as the period from around 500/750 to 1050.

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Old Norse

Old Norse, Old Nordic, or Old Scandinavian is a stage of development of North Germanic dialects before their final divergence into separate Nordic languages.

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Origo Gentis Langobardorum

The Origo Gentis Langobardorum (Latin for "Origin of the tribe of the Lombards") is a short, 7th-century AD Latin account offering a founding myth of the Longobard people.

See *Frijjō and Origo Gentis Langobardorum

Orion (constellation)

Orion is a prominent set of stars visible during winter in the northern celestial hemisphere.

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Oxford English Dictionary

The Oxford English Dictionary (OED) is the principal historical dictionary of the English language, published by Oxford University Press (OUP), a University of Oxford publishing house.

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Perchta

Perchta or Berchta ('Bertha'), also commonly known as Percht and other variations, was once known as a goddess in Alpine paganism in the Upper German and also Austrian and Slovenian regions of the Alps. *Frijjō and Perchta are Germanic goddesses.

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Priya (given name)

Priya or Pria (lit) is a common given name in India which is also used in Nepal, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Thailand.

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Proto-Germanic language

Proto-Germanic (abbreviated PGmc; also called Common Germanic) is the reconstructed proto-language of the Germanic branch of the Indo-European languages.

See *Frijjō and Proto-Germanic language

Proto-Indo-European language

Proto-Indo-European (PIE) is the reconstructed common ancestor of the Indo-European language family.

See *Frijjō and Proto-Indo-European language

Sanskrit

Sanskrit (attributively संस्कृत-,; nominally संस्कृतम्) is a classical language belonging to the Indo-Aryan branch of the Indo-European languages.

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Spindle (textiles)

A spindle is a straight spike, usually made from wood, used for spinning, twisting fibers such as wool, flax, hemp, cotton into yarn.

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Swastika (Germanic Iron Age)

The swastika design is known from artefacts of various cultures since the Neolithic, and it recurs with some frequency on artefacts dated to the Germanic Iron Age, i.e. the Migration period to Viking Age period in Scandinavia, including the Vendel era in Sweden, attested from as early as the 3rd century in Elder Futhark inscriptions and as late as the 9th century on Viking Age image stones.

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Upper German

Upper German (Oberdeutsch) is a family of High German dialects spoken primarily in the southern German-speaking area (Sprachraum).

See *Frijjō and Upper German

Weaving

Weaving is a method of textile production in which two distinct sets of yarns or threads are interlaced at right angles to form a fabric or cloth.

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See also

Domestic and hearth deities

Germanic deities

Germanic goddesses

Reconstructed words

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/*Frijjō

Also known as B7-bracteate, Frijjo, Frijjō, Frījō.