Freyr

Norse tradition. See the whole pantheon.

Domains: peace, fertility, sunshine, rain
Symbols and attributes: Boar Gullinbursti, ship Skíðblaðnir, sword he gave away
Parents (per the sources used): Njörðr

Odin rides to Hel, W. G. Collingwood, after the Poetic Edda.

Key myth

Seeing the giantess Gerðr from Odin's seat, Freyr fell ill with longing. His servant Skírnir won her for him, and Freyr gave away his sword, which is why he will be weaponless at Ragnarök.

Primary sources

Skírnismál
Gylfaginning 24, 37

All sources for the Norse pantheon

Lineage in the sources used: Njörðr.

Place in the family graph

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More traditions

Papyrus of Ani, British Museum (New Kingdom), a Book of the Dead.

Elsewhere in the world

Deities in other traditions who share a theme with Freyr: earth, harvest and fertility, sky, storm and thunder, love, desire and fertility. This is overlap in one area only.

Egyptian