#fjorgyn

Mentioned as Thor's mother. As Jord is also mentioned as such it's possible that these are just two names for the same person. As both names mean 'earth', and are considered Earth Goddesses.

Working with deities has been something I have been very standoffish about for a while and I've been sort of pushing the idea away, all while feeling pulled to a certain few. So I finally did it, I jumped in and made little offerings/symbols to Freya, Frigga, and Fjorgyn and put them on my makeshift altar. . . Freyas bottle is layered with pink salt, cinnamon, glitter, citrine points, and shed cat claws. 🐱 . The box for Frigga is filled with different spices and it smells so amazing and homey! Also contains sewing needles, a piece of cast off yarn from my current project, a rose quartz heart and an electric candle. 🏡 . The mini planting pot is for Fjorgyn of course. Layered with fake and real plants, acorns, bark, and both tree and moss agate. 🍃

Mentioned as Thor’s mother. As Jord is also mentioned as such it’s possible that these are just two names for the same person. As both names mean 'earth’, and are considered Earth Goddesses.

#FJORGYNN #FJORGYN References to him in Old Norse literature are even sparser than those to his female counterpart. In the Lokasenna, one of the poems in the Poetic Edda, the goddess Frigg is called Fjörgyns mær.[5]This phrase can be literally translated as “Fjorgynn’s maiden,” which could mean either “Fjorgynn’s daughter” or “Fjorgynn’s mistress.” The medieval Icelandic historian Snorri Sturlusonclaimed that Frigg was Fjorgynn’s daughter,[6] but Snorri can’t be taken at face value. The passage in the Lokasennahas Loki taunting Frigg over her infidelity and promiscuity, and in that context, mær can hardly mean anything but “mistress.” So this passage tells us nothing about Fjorgynn except that he slept with Frigg. Of course, few if any of the Norse gods and goddesses have been noted for their chastity or fidelity, so this passage tells us essentially nothing about Fjorgynn. Unfortunately, those two throwaway mentions are Fjorgynn’s only appearances in Old Norse literature. To gain any insight into Fjorgynn’s character, then, we have to turn to another kind of source: comparative religion. The thunder god of the Slavs and Balts of Eastern Europe, who was called Perun (“Striker”) or Perkunas, was essentially identical to Thor in his attributes and role within the Slavic and Baltic pantheons and mythologies. There are also many areas of overlap between those deities and the Hindu storm god Parjanya.[7] Such correspondences are relatively common amongst the various branches of the Indo-European peoples, which include the ancient Slavs, Balts, Norse, and Indians (India’s Indians, not American Indians, of course).