Ingunar-Freyr
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Ingunar-Freyr is the name given to Freyr in the Lokasenna (43) and in the Great saga of Saint Olaf.
It is often assumed that Ingunar-Freyr is the West-Germanic equivalent of the Scandinavian Yngvi-Freyr[1].
A close form, frea Ingwina ("lord of the friends of Ing") is used in Beowulf (1319), where it refers to the Danish king Hroðgar.
The meaning of Ingunar-Freyr remains uncerain. It could be related to the Ingaevones, a Germanic tribe. Another solution is to understand Ingunar as the genetive form of Ingun, who would be a fertility goddess[2].
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[edit] References
- ^ Lindow, John. 2002. Norse mythology: a guide to the gods, heroes, rituals, and beliefs. New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0195153820.
- ^ Schröder, Franz Rolf. 1941. Untersuchungen zur germanischen und vergleichenden Religionsgeschichte. Vol. 1, Ingunar-Freyr. Tübingen: J.C.B. Mohr.
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