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==References== {{refbegin|2}} * Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon (1989). ''Íslensk orðsifjabók''. Reykjavík: Orðabók Háskólans. * {{cite book|last=Berger|first=Pamela|title=Goddess Obscured: Transformation of the Grain Protectress from Goddess to Saint|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6kAj30ftRaAC|year=1988|publisher=Beacon Press|isbn=978-0-8070-6723-9}} * [[Arthur Gilchrist Brodeur|Brodeur, Arthur Gilchrist]] (tr.) (1916). ''The Prose Edda by Snorri Sturluson''. New York: The American-Scandinavian Foundation. [https://web.archive.org/web/20110917032757/http://www.cybersamurai.net/Mythology/nordic_gods/LegendsSagas/Edda/ProseEdda/ Available online] *{{Cite book|last=Davidson|first=Hilda E.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mxuqQRczoFYC|title=Gods and Myths of Northern Europe|date=1964|publisher=Penguin|isbn=978-0-14-194150-9|language=en|author-link=Hilda Ellis Davidson}} * {{cite book|first=H. R. 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(2005). ''Snorra-Edda: Formáli & Gylfaginning : Textar fjögurra meginhandrita''. Published online: [https://web.archive.org/web/20080611212105/http://www.hi.is/~eybjorn/gg/ GYLFAGINNING] * [[Finnur Jónsson]] (1913). ''Goðafræði Norðmanna og Íslendinga eftir heimildum''. Reykjavík: Hið íslenska bókmentafjelag. * Finnur Jónsson (1931). ''Lexicon Poeticum''. København: S. L. Møllers Bogtrykkeri. * Guðni Jónsson (ed.) (1949). Eddukvæði : Sæmundar Edda. 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[https://web.archive.org/web/20060212105546/http://www.historiska.se/collections/treasures/viking/frej.html Rällinge-Frö] * {{cite book |last=Sundqvist |first= Olof |year=2020 |chapter=Freyr |title=The Pre-Christian Religions of the North: History and Structures |volume= 3, ch. 43 |pages= 1195–1245 |editor-first1= Jens Peter |editor-last1=Schjødt |editor-first2= John |editor-last2=Lindow |editor-first3= Andres |editor-last3=Andrén |location= Turnhout |publisher= Brepols}} * {{cite journal |last=Sundqvist |first= Olof |year=2013 |title=On ''Freyr'': The 'Lord' or 'The Fertile One'? Some Comments on the Discussion of Etymology from the Historian of Religions' Point of View |journal=Onoma |volume= 48 |pages=11–35}} * Thordeman, Bengt (ed.) (1954) ''Erik den helige : historia, kult, reliker''. Stockholm: Nordisk rotogravyr. * [[Benjamin Thorpe|Thorpe, Benjamin]] (tr.) (1866). ''Edda Sæmundar Hinns Froða : The Edda of Sæmund The Learned''. (2 vols.) London: Trübner & Co. [http://www.germanicmythology.com/works/ThorpeEdda/ThorpeMAIN.html Available online] {{refend}} ===Primary sources=== * [[Adam of Bremen]] (edited by G. Waitz) (1876). ''Gesta Hammaburgensis Ecclesiae Pontificum''. Berlin. Available online Translation of the section on the Temple at Uppsala available at [http://www.germanicmythology.com/works/uppsalatemple.html The Temple at Old Uppsala: Adam of Bremen] * {{cite book|ref={{SfnRef|Tschan|2002}}|author=Adam of Bremen|others=Tschan, Francis J. (trans.)|title=History of the archbishops of Hamburg-Bremen|publisher=Columbia University Press|year=2002|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4XfoxDEcIcgC|isbn=978-0-231-12575-8}} * {{cite book|last=Saxo|first=Grammaticus|title=The History of the Danes|year=1979|publisher=DS Brewer |isbn=978-0-85991-502-1}} * Olrik, J. and H. Ræder (1931). ''Saxo Grammaticus : Gesta Danorum''. [http://www.kb.dk/elib/lit/dan/saxo/lat/or.dsr/index.htm Available online] {{s-start}} {{s-bef|before=[[Njörðr]]}} {{s-ttl|title=[[Mythological king of Sweden]]|years= |before=[[Njörðr]]}} {{s-aft|after=[[Fjölnir]]}} {{s-end}} {{Freyr}} {{Norse mythology}} {{Authority control}} [[Category:Freyr| ]] [[Category:Abundance gods]] [[Category:Æsir]] [[Category:Agricultural gods]] [[Category:Divine twins]] [[Category:Fertility gods]] [[Category:Killed deities]] [[Category:Light gods]] [[Category:Peace gods]] [[Category:Sky and weather gods]] [[Category:Solar gods]] [[Category:Summer deities]] [[Category:Norse gods]] [[Category:Semi-legendary kings of Sweden]] [[Category:Mythological rapists]] [[Category:Vanir]] [[Category:Legendary progenitors]]
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