- Frīge
Frīge (Anglo-Saxon), Friia (German), or Frea (Langobard) was a love goddess in
Germanic paganism , and the wife ofWōden (Odin ). In English, the weekday Friday was named after her (via theOld English frigedæg, meaning the day of Frige) in analogy with Venus.Although the name "Frige" is most certainly
Frigg , the names "Friia" and "Frea" are closer toFreia /Freya . In the last surviving and by far best known version of Germanic mythology,Norse mythology , someWho|date=September 2007 believe she had split into two related goddesses, Freyja, who was married toOdr , andFrigg , who was the wife ofOdin ("Frigg" is theOld Norse form of the name "Frige", whereas "Freyja" is an unrelated noun which originally meant "lady"). This theory arises from the belief that "Freo" was indeed the same Goddess as Frige, as both have been described as "Goddess of Love" and sometimes as wife of Woden (West Germanic form of Odin).
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