Freya and Óðr are husband and wife, but Óðr wanders far from home on endless journeys. Freya searches the world for him, weeping tears of red gold in his absence. Their daughters are Hnoss and Gersemi, whose names both mean "treasure."
Óðr, the wandering husband of Freyja, shares his name-root with Óðinn and mirrors the Allfather's restless journeying — a figure whose identity collapses back into Odin once the two traditions are set side by side.
⚠ The identification of Óðr with Odin is widely accepted among scholars (e.g., Simek, Dictionary of Northern Mythology) but remains a reconstruction, as no primary text explicitly states it.
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