Jo Freya born 4 December 1960 is an English saxophone saxophonist , clarinet ist and singer . She was born Jo Fraser , but changed her name to Jo Freya as a condition of joining the actors union Equity trade union Equity , which does not allow two of its members to share the same name. She performs mainly folk music and world music and is part of the bands Blowzabella , Old Swan Band and Token Women , as well as performing with Lal Waterson , Pete Morton and Maalstroom . Discography Solo albums Traditional Songs of England 1993 Lush 1996 Lal 2007 Female Smuggler 2008 Anthology Migrating Bird The Songs of Lal Waterson 2007 As a member of Blowzabella A Richer Dust 1988 Vanilla 1990 Octomento 2007 Dance 2010 As a member of Fraser Sisters The Fraser Sisters 1998 Going Around 2001 As a member of Freyja Freyja 1996 One Bathroom 2001 As a member of The Old Swan Band No Reels 1977 Old Swan Brand 1979 Gamesters, Pickpockets and Harlots 1981 The Old Swan Band 1983 Still Swanning After All These Years 1995 Swan Upmanship 2004 As a member of Tanteeka A New Tradition 1997 As a member of Token Women The Rhythm Method 1993 Out To Lunch 1995 Elsa 2001 In conjunction with Maalstroom Meet 2010 External links http www.freyamusic.co.uk Official Website http myspace.com jofreya MySpace Page Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Freya, Jo ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH 4 December 1960 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Freya, Jo Category English folk musicians Category English folk singers Category Living people Category 1960 births ... more details
s.v. free A. Campbell Old Eng. Gram. 1959 410. ref For Old Norse, Snorri says that freyja is a tignarnafn ... should be in Swed. Fr a , Dan. Fr e the Swed. folk song of Thor s hammer calls Freyja Froijenborg ... uses fem. freyja in the sense woman, lady . See also Drohtin Frijj Yngvi Irmin D s God ... more details
closely on one another. Freyja means the gladsome, gladdening, sweet, gracious goddess, Frigg the free ... fr o , Gothic freis free . See also Frigg and Freyja origin hypothesis . because for some unknown reason discussion of this question is being censored by edit warriors Characteristics Both Frigg and Freyja ... and Spence 1913 in Swedish both Friggerock Frigg s distagg and Frejerock Freyja s Distaff , see ... them also Freyja Gefjun . Various female figures in medieval folklore have been traced to Frigg Frija ... , Freyja , Nerthus , Fulla , Nanna Norse deity Nanna , and others are essentially the same, personifying ... in H fingen , Bavaria. ref name PESCH125 128 See also Freyja Frigg Perchta Holda D s References reflist ... mythologie, VII De skaldenkenningen met de namen der godinnen Freyja en Frigg , Tijdschrift ... more details
image Stonehenge Heelstone.jpg right thumb 250px Southwest face of Heelstone The Heelstone is a single large block of sarsen stone standing within the Avenue archaeology Avenue outside the entrance of the Stonehenge earthwork, close to the main road Highways Agency A344 . In section it is sub rectangular, with a minimum thickness of 8 ft 2.4m , rising to a tapered top about 16 ft 4.7m high. Excavation archaeology Excavation has shown that a further 4 ft 1.2m is buried in the ground. It is 254 ft 77.4m from the center of Stonehenge circle. It leans towards the Southwest pictured view nearly 27 degrees from the Vertical direction vertical . The stone has an overall girth of 25 ft 7.6m and weighs about 35 tons. Mythology Myths and legends of the Devil striking a Friar s Heel with a stone resulted in its eccentric name, Heel Stone . Some claim Friar s Heel is a corruption of Freyja s He ol or Freyja Sul , from the Continental Germanic mythology Nordic goddess Freyja and allegedly the Wales Welsh words for way and Sunday respectively. It is doubtful whether any Prehistory prehistoric standing stone has experienced as many name changes and interpretations. Only in the past three decades have world scientist s used the name Heelstone consistently. Source Richard J. C. Atkinson Atkinson , R J C, Stonehenge Penguin Books, 1956 Cleal, Walker, & Montague, Stonehenge in its Landscape London, English Heritage 1995 Cunliffe, B, & Renfrew, C, Science and Stonehenge The British Academy 92, Oxford University Press 1997 William Hawley Hawley, Lt Col W , Report on the Excavations at Stonehenge during the season of 1923 The Antiquaries Journal 5, Oxford University Press, 1925 Further reading Newall, R S, Stonehenge, Wiltshire Ancient monuments and historic buildings Her Majesty s Stationery Office, London, 1959 Pitts, M, Hengeworld Arrow, London, 2001 Pitts, M W, On the Road to Stonehenge Report on Investigations beside the A344 in 1968, 1979 and 1980 Proceedin ... more details
Hei r is the same figure as Freyja, and that her involvement with the sir somehow led to the events of the sir Vanir War. ref name FREYJA GULLVEIG Simek 2007 123 124 , Lindow 2002 155 , and Orchard 1997 67 . ref See also List of names of Freyja , a list of various names attributed to the goddess Freyja Notes reflist References refbegin Henry Adams Bellows Bellows, Henry Adams 1923 . The Poetic ... more details
Freyja , who was associated with sexuality, magic, fecundity and violent death, and also Frigg , who ... interpretation of the Norse goddess Freyja 1901 produced by Swedish artist Anders Zorn . Anglo ... to two distinct Norse goddesses, Freyja and Frigg . ref name Pollington 2011 213 In Norse pagan mythology, Freyja was believed to have originally been a member of the Vanir , one of the two clans of deity. Following the sir Vanir War , in which Freyja and her kin clashed with the other deity group, the sir , a truce was called, with Freyja actually joining her former enemies. According to literary sources, Freyja was associated with sexuality, magic, fecundity and also violent death. ref name ... century, it is stated that Freyja was responsible for introducing the magical practices of Sei r to the sir ... noted that Sei r was the only form of sorcery which Freyja was associated with. ref Pri02 Price 2002 . p. 108. ref Unlike Freyja, the Norse goddess Frigg was a member of the sir clan, and took on the role ... at the University of Uppsala , argued that Freyja and Frigg may have originally been the same ... more details
awaited them there. But so did something else. Freyja, says it is Lingfei lost land of legend ..., Thor has deja vu ing, as he had been there before. Freyja suggests that he has memories of his past ... fighting a giant sea serpent, with a mighty hammer. Freyja says that Thor saw the Hammer of the Gods ... a wooden bridge, Freyja sees a vision of Baldur sacrificing his life. Then the group hears screaming ... Thor saw this, he felt the lightning itself Freyja tells him that his visions are clues to finding ... head is soon a human head, and the Vikings figure out what their enemies are. Freyja also finds ... Ulfrich in two at the same time. Inside, Sif, Freyja, and Vali kill the captured and mortally ... to take it. Then the two fight. At the women fight, Freyja is killed, but then Sif kills Hel. Sif tells the dead Freyja that she will see her again, on the plains of Asgard. Then Sif goes and distracts ... as Freyja Vladimir Kolev as Hermoid Raicho Vasilev as Heimdall Nicole Ennemoser as Hel George Zlatarev ... more details
refimprove date September 2008 The article lists deity gods and goddesses Ansuz Ansewez , Wanizaz that may be reconstructed for Proto Germanic or Common Germanic Migration period Germanic paganism paganism , or which figure in both West and North Germanic mythology. See list of Germanic deities for a complete list of Germanic gods and goddesses, including those for whom there is insufficient attestation to produce Common Germanic reconstructions. NOTOC Deities gods W danaz , lord of poetic mantic inspiration , Germanic Mercury mythology Mercury , Norse inn often Anglicized Odin or, especially in older texts, Othin , Old English W den , Old High German Wuotan . Thor unraz , thunder , Germanic Jupiter mythology Jupiter , Norse rr Thor , West Germanic Donar , Old English unor . Teiwaz , god of war and early sky god, Germanic Mars god Mars , Norse T r , Old English T r Tiw , Old High German Ziu , continues Indo European Dyeus . Ermunaz , Saxon god speculative, based on Nennius Armenon . The word means strong or exalted Old High German ermen , Old Norse j rmaun or j rmun , Old English Eormen . Ullr Wul uz , glorious one , possibly originally an epitheton, mentioned on the Thorsberg chape , continued in Norse Ullr . Ingwaz or Inguz , identified with the god addressed as fraujaz lord Old High German fr , Gothic frauja , Old English fr a , Old Norse freyr goddesses Nerthus Ner uz , described by Tacitus as Mother Earth, possibly continued in Norse Nj r r Njord, Njorth . Frijj , http lexicon.ff.cuni.cz png pgmc torp b0247.png wife specifically here the wife of W danaz , Old English Frige , Norse Frigg , cf. Sanskrit http dsal.uchicago.edu cgi bin romadict.pl?page 105&table macdonell IAST priy mistress, wife . see Frigg and Freyja origin hypothesis Freyja Frauj , daughter of Nj r r, Norse Freyja , Old High German Frouwa , Old English fr o meaning lady , cf. Gothic Fr ujo lady, mistress , German Frau , Swedish, Danish and Norwegian Fru. Fulla Full , goddess or Fullaz ... more details
For the moon of Saturn named after rymr Thrymr moon Unreferenced date December 2009 In Norse mythology , rymr Thrymr , Thrym uproar was king of the J tunn jotnar . In one legend, he stole Mjollnir , Thor s hammer, to extort the gods into giving him Freyja as his wife. His kingdom was called J tunheimr , but according to Hversu Noregr byggdist , it was the Sweden Swedish province V rmland , then a part of Norway . rymr was foiled in his scheme by the gracefulness of Heimdall , the cunning of Loki , and the sheer violence of Thor. Thor, son of Odin , later killed Thrym, his sister, and all of his jotnar kin, which had been present at the wedding reception. The poem rymskvi a gives the details of how Thor got his hammer back. Bergfinnr is a son of Thrymr, the Giant of Vermland . Norse mythology DEFAULTSORT Thrymr Category Mythological kings Category J tnar bg da Trym de Thrymr Mythologie es rymr fr rymr hr Trym it rymr lt Trimas nl rymr ja no Trym nn Trym pl Thrym pt rymr ru sh Thrym sv Trym zh ... more details
Hei r from the Old Norse adjective meaning bright or the noun meaning honour is the seeress and witch v lva mentioned in one stanza of V lusp , related to the story of the sir Vanir war Heith they named her who sought their home, The wide seeing witch, in sei r magic wise Minds she bewitched that were moved by her magic, To evil women a joy she was. V lusp small 22 small , http www.sacred texts.com neu poe poe03.htm Bellows translation ref Bellows, Henry Adams trans. . 1923. The poetic Edda . New York The American Scandinavian Foundation. ref The general assumption is that Hei r is an alternate name for the witch Gullveig , mentioned in the previous stanza, who, in turn, is often thought to be a hypostasis religion hypostasis of Freyja . But it is sometimes argued that the v lva who recites the poem refers to herself. Hei r is also a seeress in several works such as Landn mab k small Sturlub k S 179 Hauksb k H 45 small , Hr lfs saga kraka small 3 small and rvar Odds saga small 2 small , where she predicts rvar s death. Hei r is lastly a child of the J tunn giant Hr mnir according to V lusp hin skamma Hyndlulj , small 32 small . References references Norse mythology norse myth stub Category People in Norse mythology and legends Heid Category Witchcraft in folklore and mythology nl Hei r ... more details
& Winston, New York. p. 189. ref Etymology main Frigg and Freyja origin hypothesis Old Norse Frigg ... Orion s Belt was known as Frigg s Distaff Spindle textiles spinning wheel Friggerock or Freyja s Distaff ... relates how Odin s wife Frea Frigg Freyja had given victory to the Langobards in a war against the Vandals ... . Citation needed date March 2008 Connection between Frigg and Freyja This section is linked from Freyja Image Ring23.jpg thumb right Fricka rides a chariot in this illustration by Arthur Rackham to Richard Wagner s Der Ring des Nibelungen . Frigg is the highest goddess of the sir , while Freyja ... that Frigg and Freyja are really the same goddess, avatars of one another. ref H. R. Ellis Davidson .... Also Stephan Grundy Grundy, Stephen , Freyja and Frigg, pages 56 67 Nasstrom, Brit Mari. Freyja ... analysis, others on the fact that Freyja was not known in southern Germany, only in the north ... Freyja was married to r , both had special necklaces, both had a personification of the Earth as a parent ... and Freyja are part of a Triple deities Triple goddesses triad of goddesses together with a third .... ref Verify credibility date March 2009 The areas of influence of Frigg and Freyja do not quite match ... to Celtic and southern European culture. Finally, there is an argument that Frigg and Freyja are similar ... , page 44. Sterling Publishing Company, Inc. ISBN 1842931539 ref See also commons category Frigg Freyja ... more details
Freyja right 1895 by Lorenz Fr lich . The Vanir are mentioned in the Prose Edda books Gylfaginning ... name FAULKES23 Faulkes 1995 23 . ref Chapter 35 provides information regarding the goddess Freyja , including ... Freyja and Freyr are attested as accompanied by boars. In chapter 57 of Sk ldskaparm l , the god Bragi ... 1999 57 . ref Freyja is also repeatedly cited as a Vanr. In chapter 20, some of Freyja s names are listed and include Van deity and Van lady, and chapter 37 provides skaldic verse referring to Freyja ... Freyr and Freyja. However, among the sir it was forbidden to marry so near a kin. By Odin s appointment ... as gods among the sir. Freyja was priestess at the sacrifices, and it was she who first taught ... Stephan Grundy notes that like the Vanr goddess Freyja, the Vanir as a group are not attested outside ... 1998 . Freyja and Frigg in Billington, Sandra, and Green, Miranda 1998 . http books.google.com books ... more details
Additional parameters for this template are available at Template Infobox Planet . Infobox Planet discovery yes physical characteristics yes bgcolour FFFFC0 name 76 Freia discoverer Heinrich d Arrest discovered October 21, 1862 alt names named after Freyja mp category Outer main belt ref name jpldata Cybele asteroid Cybele epoch December 31, 2006 Julian day JD 2454100.5 semimajor 511.306 Gm 3.418 Astronomical unit AU perihelion 427.898 Gm 2.860 AU aphelion 594.715 Gm 3.975 AU eccentricity 0.163 period 2307.979 d 6.32 Julian year astronomy a inclination 2.116 asc node 204.535 arg peri 254.070 mean anomaly 299.268 avg speed 16.00 km s dimensions 183.7 km ref name jpldata cite web date 2008 03 04 last obs title JPL Small Body Database Browser 76 Freia url http ssd.jpl.nasa.gov sbdb.cgi?sstr 76 accessdate 2010 09 05 ref mass 6.5 e 18 kg density ? g cm surface grav 0.0513 m s escape velocity 0.0971 km s rotation ? d spectral type CP abs magnitude 7.90 albedo 0.036 ref http www.psi.edu pds resource albedo.html Asteroid Data Sets Bot generated title ref single temperature 151 kelvin K 76 Freia IPAc en icon f r a . Respell FRY is a very large main belt asteroid . It orbits in the outer part of the asteroid belt and is classified as a Cybele asteroid . Its composition is very primitive and it is extremely dark in color. Freia was discovered by the astronomer Heinrich d Arrest on October 21, 1862, in Copenhagen , Denmark . It was his first and only asteroid discovery. It is named after the goddess Freyja in Norse mythology . References references MinorPlanets Navigator 75 Eurydike 77 Frigga MinorPlanets Footer DEFAULTSORT Freia Category Cybele asteroids Category C type asteroids Category P type asteroids Category Asteroids named from Norse mythology Category Astronomical objects discovered in 1862 C beltasteroid stub ast 76 Freia ca 76 Freia de 76 Freia el 76 es 76 Freia eo 76 Frejo eu 76 Freia fa fr 76 Freia it 76 Freia la 76 Freia lb 76 Freia hu ... more details
may in fact represent either the goddesses Frigg or Freyja . Parallels have been pointed to between Odin from Lejre and a silver figure often identified as Freyja found in Aska, Sweden. ref ... more details
refimprove date February 2011 Infobox mountain name Besselvassheia other name photo Besselvassheia 12 02 2011.jpg photo size 280 photo caption Besselvassheia Feb. 12 2011 elevation m 76 prominence m range parent peak location Fr ya, S r Tr ndelag Fr ya , S r Tr ndelag , Norway map S r Tr ndelag map alt Map of the location map caption Location in S r Tr ndelag map size 220 label Besselvassheia label position right region NO topo type age first ascent easiest route Stuttvassdalen listing lat d 63 lat m 42 lat s 52 lat NS N long d 08 long m 43 long s 38 long EW E Besselvassheia , convert 76 m adj on above sealevel, is the highest point in the municipality of Fr ya, S r Tr ndelag Fr ya . The mountain was unnamed until the autumn of 2009 when it was given the name Besselvassheia ref cite web title Str lende varsel f r topptur Summit s brilliant herald url http www.hitra froya.no incoming article1248453.ece?act readDebate&id 1159867 publisher Hitra Fr ya.no date 07 Nov 2009 accessdate 2011 01 23 quote S ndag arrangerer lokalavisa turmarsj til Besselvassheia. Fr yas h yeste topp, som nylig ble navngitt av Hitra Fr yas lesere, er 76 meter h ... On Sunday, the local newspaper organized a hike to Freyja s highest peak recently named Besselvassheia by the Hitra Fr ya readers , which is 76 feet tall... ref The name is from a nearby lake, Besselvatnet. The well known Norwegian Soccer trainer Egil Olsen Drillo , also known for his interest in geography, told a local resident, Frank Angelvik, that the highest point of Fr ya was unnamed. ref cite web title Drillo og vi nysgjerrig p hva toppen skal hete Drillo and the rest of us are wondering what the top will be called url http www.hitra froya.no incoming article1246343.ece publisher Hitra Fr ya.no date 18 Sep 2009 accessdate 2011 01 23 quote I Oslo sitter det en kjent geografi nerd og vet det samme som oss at Fr yas h yeste topp ikke har noe navn. In Oslo, there is a known geography nerd who knows the same thing that we do, that ... more details
, as did Niord and his wife Ska i , Freyr and Freyja , as well as Vidar , the son of Odin. Many ... then attempts to take a grip, as do in turn , Freyja, Niord, Tyr, Freyr and Byggvir . The exchanges ... to thy bosom take. Freyja Mad art thou, Loki in recounting thy foul misdeeds. Frigg, I believe, knows all that happens, although she says it not. Loki Be thou silent, Freyja I know thee full well .... Freyja False is thy tongue. Henceforth it will, I think, prate no good to thee. Wroth with thee are the sir, and the Asyniur. Sad shalt thou home depart. Loki Be silent, Freyja Thou art a sorceress, and with much evil blended since against thy brother thou the gentle powers excited. And then, Freyja ... more details
goddesses, V r was originally one of Freyja s names, later apprehended as independent goddesses. ref ... . Boydell Press . ISBN 1843832054 N sstr m, Britt Mari 2003 . Freyja the great Goddess of the North ... more details
in jewels ref name SIMEK211 Simek 2007 211 . ref with Freyja. Viktor Rydberg 1889 identified Svipdagr as Freyja s husband r, Mengl herself as Freyja, and Fj lsvi r representing Odin. ref Rydberg ... more details
Nils Johan Olsson Blomm r 1816 1853 was a Sweden Swedish painter. Starting his career as an apprentice in Lund he experimented with painting portraits from the age of 20. He achieved some successes and in 1839 he had saved up enough money to move to Stockholm . There he took the name Blomm r and enrolled in the Fria konsternas akademi . After winning the academy s prize several times he got a stipend in 1847 to travel abroad. He spent time in Paris but later moved to Italy , where he married his wife Edla Gustafva Jansson , also a painter, in November 1852. A few months later he caught a fatal chest disease. Blomm r s best known works are based on Norse mythology and folklore . They include lfdr mmen , Sommarnattsdr mmen , N cken och girs d ttrar , Brage och Iduna , Freja , Loke och Sigyn and lfvor . Gallery gallery Image Freya and Heimdall by Blommer.jpg Heimdal fverlemnar till Freja smycket Bryfing Image ngs lvor Nils Blomm r 1850.jpg ngs lvor meadow elves , 1850 Image Idunn and Bragi by Blommer.jpg Brage och Iduna Image Freyja and cats and angels by Blommer.jpg Freja Image N cken och girs d ttrar Nils Blomm r .jpg N cken och girs d ttrar gallery References commons category This article is based on the public domain Svenskt biografiskt handlexikon http runeberg.org sbh a0109.html Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Blommer, Nils ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH 1816 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH 1853 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Blommer, Nils Category 1816 births Category 1853 deaths Category Swedish painters Sweden painter stub de Nils Blomm r fr Nils Blomm r fy Nils Blomm r it Nils Blomm r ja sv Nils Blomm r ... more details
Use mdy dates date April 2012 icelandic name Krist n Marja Krist n Marja Baldursd ttir is an Iceland ic writer born on January 21, 1949 in Hafnarfj r ur . She received her degree in 1991 from the University of Iceland in the fields of German and Icelandic. Her first novel M vahl tur Seagull s Laughter became a play and film. Her work has been translated into German, Dutch, Danish, and Swedish. In November 16, 2011, Krist n Marja received the J nas Hallgr msson Award, given every year to an important Icelandic writer. According to the jury s verdict, Krist n Marja s subject matter is the reality of Icelandic women. She illuminates the life and work, dreams and longings of women. ref http www.sagenhaftes island.is en news nr 3243 ref Novels H s r h si From House to House Kar tas n titils Kar tas, Without Title Kular af degi As The Day Gets Colder M vahl tur Seagull s Laughter External links http www.bokmenntir.is ritaskra.asp?cat id 624&bid 9882&author id 56&flk 4&lang 8 A page about Krist n Marja on the Icelandic website Bokmenntir.is http www.margret vilhjalmsdottir.de Website about Margr t Vilhj lmsd ttir, who played the character Freyja in the film version of M vahl tur References reflist colwidth 30em Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Kristin Marja Baldursdottir ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION Writer DATE OF BIRTH January 21, 1949 PLACE OF BIRTH Hafnarfj r ur , Iceland DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Kristin Marja Baldursdottir Category Icelandic writers Kristin Marja Baldursdottir Category 1949 births Category Living people Iceland writer stub da Krist n Marja Baldursd ttir de Krist n Marja Baldursd ttir es Krist n Marja Baldursd ttir fr Krist n Marja Baldursd ttir nl Krist n Marja Baldursd ttir ... more details
AM 738 4to or Edda oblongata is an Iceland ic paper manuscript dated to ca. 1680. It is now in care of the rni Magn sson Institute , Reykjavik . It contains 13 pages with 23 illustrations to Norse mythology . Edda oblongata is a reference to it being unusually tall compared to its width. class wikitable collapsible collapsed width 60 Sample images gallery File AM 738 4to, 34v, BW Odin.jpeg Odin File AM 738 4to, 36r, BW Nj r r.jpeg Nj r r File AM 738 4to, 36v, BW Baldr.jpeg Baldr File Heimdallr edda oblongata.png Heimdallr File AM 738 4to, 37v, BW Freyja.jpeg Freyja File AM 738 4to, 39v, BW Ullr.jpeg Ullr File AM 738 4to, 40v, BW Hoenir.jpeg H nir File AM 738 4to, Bragi.jpg Bragi File AM 738 4to, 41r, BW Loki.jpeg Loki File AM 738 4to, 41v, BW Gunnl .jpeg Gunnl File AM 738 4to, 41v, BW kk.jpeg kk File AM 738 4to Valh ll.jpg Valh ll File Jormungandr.jpg J rmungandr File Fenrir bound manuscript image.jpg Fenrir File AM 738 4to Yggdrasill.png Yggdrasill gallery External links commons category Images from AM 738 4to AM 738 4to http skaldic.arts.usyd.edu.au db.php?table mss&id 338 Digitized version of AM 738 4to from the Skaldic database Poetic Edda Category Literary illuminated manuscripts Category Icelandic manuscripts Category 17th century illuminated manuscripts Category Sources of Norse mythology Category 1680s books Category rni Magn sson Institute collection manuscript art stub fr AM 738 4to it AM 738 4to ja AM 738 4to sv AM 738 4to ... more details
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