The Routledge Dictionary of Gods and Goddesses , Devil and Demons
(south German Frija, Lombard Frea) Germanic goddess, incorporating on the one hand gross sensuality (she is accused of adultery) and, on the other hand, the maternal principle. Her name is translated both as ‘she who is loved’ and also as ‘spouse’.
She protects life and partakes in the wisdom of her husband → Odin. If she had a specific cult nothing is known of it. The Latin dies veneris (‘day of Venus’) was taken over by the Germans as ‘Frija’s day’ (Friday). The historian Paulus Diaconus mentions the goddess as patroness of the Lombards.
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