- Fulla
Fulla or Fylla is, in
Norse mythology , anásynja . Her name is related to the adjective "fullr", meaning "full." BySnorri Sturluson in "Gylfaginning ", she is described as follows:From this description, she appears to be something of a
handmaid toFrigg – which is also true forGná andHlín , two other ásynjur. Later in the same work – whenHermóðr unsuccessfully tries to retrieve the murdered godBaldr and his wife Nanna from Hel – it is related that "Nanna sent Frigg a kerchief and other gifts, and to Fulla she sent a golden finger-ring." ("Nanna sendi Frigg rifti ok enn fleiri gjafar. Fullu fingrgull.")Fulla also appear in some
kenning s. According to "Skáldskaparmál ", "höfuðband Fullu" (ribbon of Fulla) is a kenning forgold . A more garbled example is found in "Gísla saga ": "Fulla of rain of spear-shafts hall" ("Fals hallar /skal/ Fulla fagrleit"), which breaks down to simply meaningwoman . [http://www.wyrdwords.vispa.com/goddesses/goddessfaq.html#Fulla1]The Old High German "
Merseburg Incantations " mentions a "Uolla" or "Volla", and calls her the sister of "Friia" or "Frija" (in German paganism,Freyja and Frigg were identical). That Fulla is the sister of Frigg does not appear in the Norse literature.
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