Editing Freyr (section)

==Adam of Bremen==
Written {{circa}} 1080, one of the oldest written sources on pre-Christian Scandinavian religious practices is [[Adam of Bremen]]'s {{lang|la|[[Gesta Hammaburgensis ecclesiae pontificum]]}}. Adam claimed to have access to first-hand accounts on pagan practices in Sweden. He refers to Freyr with the [[Latinized name]] '''Fricco''' and mentions that an [[Cult image|image]] of him at [[Skara]] was destroyed by the Christian missionary [[Egino (Bishop of Dalby)|Bishop Egino]].<ref>{{Harvnb|Tschan|2002|p=192}} (Book 4, ix (9))</ref> Adam's description of the [[Temple at Uppsala]] gives some details on the god.

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| style="padding: 1pt 10pt;" |In hoc templo, quod totum ex auro paratum est, statuas atrium deorum veneratur populus, ita ut potentissimus eorum Thor in medio solium habeat triclinio; hinc et inde locum possident Wodan et Fricco. Quorum significationes eiusmodi sunt: 'Thor', inquiunt, 'praesidet in aere, qui tonitrus et fulmina, ventos ymbresque, serena et fruges gubernat. Alter Wodan, id est furor, bella gerit, hominique ministrat virtutem contra inimicos. Tertius est Fricco, pacem voluptatem que largiens mortalibus'. Cuius etiam simulacrum fingunt cum ingenti priapo.
::''Gesta Hammaburgensis'' 26, [https://web.archive.org/web/20050207105412/http://hbar.phys.msu.su/gorm/chrons/bremen.htm Waitz' edition]
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In this temple, entirely decked out in gold, the people worship the statues of three gods in such wise that the mightiest of them, [[Thor]], occupies a throne in the middle of the chamber; [[Woden]] and Frikko have places on either side. The significance of these gods is as follows: Thor, they say, presides over the air, which governs the thunder and lightning, the winds and rains, fair weather and crops. The other, Woden—that is, the Furious—carries on war and imparts to man strength against his enemies. The third is Frikko, who bestows peace and pleasure on mortals. His likeness, too, they fashion with an immense [[phallus]].
::''Gesta Hammaburgensis'' 26, Tschan's translation<ref>{{Harvnb|Tschan|2002|p=207}} (Book 4, xxvi (26))</ref> 164815
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Later in the account Adam states that when a marriage is performed a [[libation]] is made to the image of Fricco.

Historians are divided on the reliability of Adam's account.<ref>Haastrup 2004, pp. 18–24.</ref>