Frigg’s Family Tree

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Family

• Odin(spouse),Baldur(child),Hod(child)— Marriage

  Odin and Frigg, queen of Asgard, are the parents of Baldur the Beautiful and the blind god Höðr. Baldur's death at Höðr's unwitting hand set in motion the events leading to Ragnarök.

  ⚠ Gylfaginning names Baldur as son of Odin and Frigg explicitly, but Höðr's mother is not specified in surviving sources. His inclusion as Frigg's son is a common scholarly inference.

• Fjörgynn(parent)

  Fjörgynn is the father of Frigg, as attested in the Lokasenna where she is called 'Fjörgynjar mær' (Fjörgynn's maiden).

• Ve(spouse)— Consort

  While Odin wandered far from Asgard, Vé took Frigg as his own alongside his brother Vili, sharing rule of the gods until Odin's return.

• Vili(spouse)— Consort

  While Odin wandered far from Asgard, Vili took Frigg as his own and ruled in his brother's stead until Odin's return.

Rules over

• Fulla,Gná,Hlín,Lofn,Sjöfn,Snotra,Syn,Var,Vör

  Frigg commands nine handmaidens — Fulla, Gná, Hlín, Lofn, Sjöfn, Vár, Vör, Syn, and Snotra — each appointed to carry out a specific function on her behalf among gods and mortals.

• Fensalir

  Frigg presides over Fensalir, her own hall among the dwellings of the gods, where she holds court with her handmaidens.

Member of

• Aesir

  The Æsir are the principal tribe of Norse gods who dwell in Asgard, including both native members and Vanir hostages received after the Æsir-Vanir War, as catalogued in Gylfaginning.

Equivalent to

• Frija(Germanic)

  Frigg descends from the Proto-Germanic goddess Frija, invoked in the Second Merseburg Charm and called Frea in the Lombard origin legend where she tricks Wodan into granting her people victory.

Associated with

• Baldur

  Frigg extracted oaths from every substance in the world not to harm Baldur, but overlooked the mistletoe, which Loki exploited to bring about Baldur's death.

• Hel

  Frigg sent Hermóðr to plead with Hel for Baldur's release. When Hel's condition that all things weep was nearly met, Loki's refusal as Þökk thwarted Frigg's desperate effort to reclaim her son.

• Loki

  Loki exploited the one weakness in Frigg's protection of Baldur — the mistletoe she overlooked. In the Lokasenna, Loki taunts Frigg about her son's death, and she accuses him of his role in the tragedy.

• Odin

  In the Grímnismál, Frigg and Odin wager over the virtue of their respective foster-sons — Odin champions Geirröðr while Frigg favors Agnarr — and Frigg outwits Odin by secretly sending a warning that leads to Geirröðr's downfall.