In
Norse mythology,
Freyja (;
Old Norse for "(the)
Lady") is a goddess associated with love, sex, beauty, fertility, gold,
seiðr, war, and death. Freyja is the owner of the necklace
Brísingamen, rides a chariot pulled by two cats, keeps the boar
Hildisvíni by her side, possesses a cloak of
falcon feathers, and, by her husband
Óðr, is the mother of two daughters,
Hnoss and
Gersemi. Along with her brother
Freyr (Old Norse the "
Lord"), her father
Njörðr, and her mother (
Njörðr's sister, unnamed in sources), she is a member of the
Vanir. Stemming from Old Norse
Freyja, modern forms of the name include
Freya,
Freija,
Frejya,
Freyia,
Fröja,
Frøya,
Frøjya,
Freia,
Freja,
Frua and
Freiya.
