Frigg
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As the wife of Odin, Frigg is the highest-ranking female in Asgard, and she’s got the lifestyle to prove it: eleven maidservants who cater to her every demand, an open invitation to sit in Odin’s magic throne, Hildskjalf, and her very own hall, Fensalir.
Frigg is the goddess of marriage, motherhood, fertility, love, and of what the Norse considered “women’s work,” like household management, spinning, and weaving.
People sometimes mix up Frigg and Freya because they’re associated with a lot of the same things, like love and fertility, and both possess magical abilities. But in the Norse tradition, they’re totally different goddesses. If you're looking for some way to remember Frigg, think about this tender moment: she attempts to protect her favorite son, Balder, by forcing every living thing in the world to take an oath never to hurt him. Now that's love.
Basic Information
Name Frigg
Nickname Queenie, Beloved Lady (Old Saxon Fri), and, not to brag, but some people call me “foremost among the goddesses” (love you, Snorri!)
Sex Female (and proud of it)
Current city Asgard
Work & Education
Occupation Queen of the Gods
Goddess of Marriage, Fertility and Love
Goddess of Motherhood
Goddess of the Feminine Arts (household management, i.e. bossing around servants and planning awesome parties; weaving; spinning)
Mother and wife (sweet, I know)Education Asgard Academy of Prophecy
Beliefs
Political views Everyone should obey Odin. And me. Oh, and look out for Balder.
Family & Friends (& Enemies)
Parents Fjörgynn and an unknown mother
Siblings Nopers.
Children My beautiful boy, Balder.
I’m also a stepmother to many, many children: Thor, Hod, Hermod, Heimdall, Tyr, Vidar, Vali, and Skjoldr.Friends The goddess Eir, and my eleven maidservants, but especially Hlín, Gná, and Fulla.
Enemies Loki, who killed my beautiful boy.
Þökk, the giantess who refused to weep for Balder. Although, she might have been Loki in disguise.Relationships
Relationship status Married to Odin
Lover to Vili and Vé
It’s complicated with Mith-othinInterested in Men
Favorites
TV Shows Quotations “It’s not beauty but fine qualities, my girl, that keep a husband.”
– Euripides
“We sleep, but the loom of life never stops, and the pattern which was weaving when the sun went down is weaving when it comes up in the morning.”
– Henry Ward Beecher
“Sometimes the strength of motherhood is greater than natural laws.”
– Barbara Kingsolver
“Grief can’t be shared. Everyone carries it alone, his own burden in his own way.”
– Anne Morrow LindberghBooks An Ideal Husband by Oscar Wilde
Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert
The Winter’s Tale by William Shakespeare
Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy
A Doll’s House by Henrik Ibsen
Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf
The Help by Kathryn Stockett
The Life of Elizabeth I by Alison Weir
Better Homes and Gardens magazine
Martha Stewart LivingMusic Mother’s Little Helper by the Rolling Stones
Tears in Heaven by Eric Clapton
Sleeping Sun by Nightwish
Paparazzi by Lady Gaga
Respect by Aretha Franklin
I’m Coming Out by Diana Ross
Anything by Jennifer Lopez
Umbrella by RihannaMovies The Young Victoria
The Queen
Elizabeth
Revolutionary Road
Gosford Park
All About Eve
The Lion in Winter
AgoraActivities & Interests
Likes Dinner Parties
Children
Births
Weddings
Spinning Wheels, Sewing Needles, Thread, LoomsInterests Spinning and Weaving
Obstetrics
Party planning
Household managementGroups Goddesses of Asgard
Supreme Queens of the World
Loss and Grief Support GroupSpotter's Guide
(Middle school level)
Frigg can often be spotted wandering the halls of her very own digs, Fensalir. She may be accompanied by twelve ladies-in-waiting. Don’t see any throngs of women? Just look for the regal-looking lady wearing an enormous set of keys on her belt and carrying a distaff, a tool used in spinning to hold the finished threads. Sadly, she may be crying tears of gold over the death of her son, Balder.
Sex: Female
Age: A lady doesn’t tell!
Build: Imposing
Complexion: Fair
Hair Color: Probably blonde, definitely long
Facial Hair: Not a chance
Scars/marks/tattoos: No way! Tattoos would not be proper for a lady.
Jewelry and accessories: Household keys, distaff, and all the jewelry befitting the queen of Asgard.
Clothing: A falcon-feather dress that looks a lot like Freyja’s. Otherwise, the attire of a proper medieval Scandinavian lady.
Armor: None
Type of Weapon: Womanly wiles and an ability to see the future.Typical Companions:
Fulla, her most trusted maidservant and official caretaker of the royal shoes
Gná, another maidservant and her well-mounted messenger
Hlín, a maid.
Nine other ladies-in-waiting
Eir, a goddess of the healing arts and one of her dearest friends
Her husband, OdinKnown Hangouts:
Frigg has a lot on her plate managing not one, but three royal households: her own digs (Fensalir) and her husband’s official residences (Valhalla and Valaskialf). She doesn’t often wander far from these halls, although she has been known to head to a thing – an official gathering of her community’s leaders – especially when official business involves her son, Balder. Since her hall, Fensalir, is in the marshes, medieval Scandinavian women feel especially close to Frigg in the wetlands, and worship her there. So if you can’t make it to Asgard, you might try looking for her in a swamp.
Sightings
Dec 20, 2019 - Dec 20, 2019
Historia Langobardum
In the History of the Langobards by Paul the Deacon, Odin and Frigg disagree over which tribe to favor in the Winnili/Vandal war. Tricky girl that she is, Frigg manages to trick Odin into choosing the Winnili. Here's how she does it: Odin has sworn that he’ll favor whichever tribe he sees upon first waking up one morning; clever Frigg turns the bed so that he sees the Winnili first. Done and done.
Dec 20, 2019 - Dec 20, 2019
Gesta Danorum
In the Deeds of the Danes by Saxo Grammaticus, we see some Northern kings create a golden statue of Odin. Frigg is so jealous of it that she sleeps with a servant who agrees to destroy the statue for her. Odin is pretty insulted, so he leaves in a huff for a few decades, and Frigg takes up with a guy named Mith-othin, who helps her take control of Odin’s properties.
Dec 20, 2019
Ynglinga Saga
In Snorri Sturluson’s account of the history of the kings of Norway and Sweden, the Norse gods are the ancestors of the human kings. Frigg doesn’t come off too well in this story: she sleeps with Odin’s brothers, Vili and Vé, after Odin has been off for a while. Not cool, Friggster.
Dec 20, 1962 - Dec 20, 2019
Thor
When Thor becomes a superhero in the Marvel Comics universe, his stepmom, Frigga, comes along for the ride. She plays the same protective role to Balder that she does in the mythology, here casting spells to protect him from harm.
Dec 20, 2019
The Superhero Squad Show
In this parody of the Marvel comics universe on the Cartoon Network, Frigg (here called “Frigga”) shows up in two episodes. In one, she’s concerned that Thor doesn’t have a girlfriend (oh my); in another, she must find a way to get Odin back when a magic spell makes him fall in love with another woman.
Dec 20, 2019
Thor (the movie)
Rene Russo plays Frigga in the feature film version of the Marvel comic.