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(Old Norse=Lord, master) North Germanic god of thriving crops and peaceful prosperity: the son of → Njörd, brother of → Freyja, and one of the → Vanir. In a temple in Old Uppsala there was a statue of the god in his phallic aspect as god of fecundity.
The Swedish royal dynasty of the Ynglinge regarded him as their progenitor. In myth he figures as the owner of the miraculous ship Skidbladnir and goldenbristled boar Gullinborsti. The esteem in which Freyr was held is evident from his epithets such as ‘patron of the gods’ and ‘world-god’.
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